THE ORATOR, OR STILES' RAILROAD REGISTER. The Orator, $1; Two Subscriptions to Railroad Register. $1. 15. 10 copies Byron's and Shakspeare's Works, $5 each, 25. 30 66 Chambers' Journal, $2 each, 55. 30 Engravings, $1 each, 84 Total, $100 75 50 40 20 48 15 60 50 60 30 $548 NOTE.- We will give to any person or persons sending us twenty subscribers to the Orator, at one time, a silver hunting case Watch, which is worth, at retail, $20. In the same manner, for every fifteen subscribers, we will give a Watch worth $15. MANNER OF DISTRIBUTING OUR GIFTS TO CLUBS, &c. First, we enter all the numbers on our books, between 100 and 1,000, and allow each subscriber to choose any number undisposed of, between the above extremes, of which we shall distribute 875. When they are disposed of, we shall add the numbers sold together, and the numbers remaining together, and subtract the one from the other, and cut off the first three figures on the right of the remainder, (cyphers not counted in the place of hundreds, or to the left, when they are dot necessary to fill the deficiency of figures,) and the certificate having upon it the three figures cut off, will be entitled to the first gift. We shall then subtract the highest number sold from the whole of said remainder, and cut off in the same way, and the certificate corresponding with the number cut off will receive the second gift. And in like manner, all the gifts are distributed. We will illustrate our plan by the following formula : As there is but one figure, two cyphers are necessary to fill the dfieciency of figures, making 600, which is entitled to the first gift. Suppose the highest number sold 888, subtracted from 6,000,000 888 5,999,-112 Cut off the figures to the right, we have 112 entitled to the second gift. Any person sending two subscriptions to the Register, or one to the Orator, will be entitled to a number. In all cases, specify your number, and, if disposed of, the next higher will be sent. Five subscribers to the Orator, at $1 each, will receive seven numbers. Ten subscribers to the Register, at 50 cents each, will receive eight numbers. Papers publishing this Prospectus, will receive the Orator one year, and any nnmber they may choose. All orders should be addressed to THE ORATOR, Buffalo, N. Y. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "THE ORATOR"-A new claimant, in the periodical line, for public favor. Yet here is a new chord struck, a new vein opened, a pasture green unfed. The Orator is published in Buffalo, N. Y., and is conducted by our old friend, D. T. STILES, Esq., author of sundry books on elocution, etc. "It is a monthly magazine of choice literature, original, and selected from speeches, poems, and the best literature of the day, particularly adapted to reading and recitation, in schools and academies, as well as for those interested in the study of oratory." The very thing our young friends want. At the completion of a volume, the numbers, bound, would make a desirable addition to any one's library. Terms, $1 a year; single numbers 12 cents. Address D. T. STILES, Buffalo, N. Y.Lansing Republican. THE ORATOR, published in Buffalo, N. Y., by D. T. STILES, is an efficient help to young men, in obtaining proper selections for declamation. $1 per year.- Seacoast Democrat. THE ORATOR. We have received several numbers of this magazine, and find it to be a valuable work for what it is intended.- Lyons Mirror. OUR young friends will find the Orator an efficient help in oratory.— Namasket Gazette. THE ORATOR.-This is the name of a neat monthly magazine, edited by D. T. STILES, Buffalo, and devoted to literature, adapted for recitations in schools, debating clubs, etc. There are, also, some excellent articles on the art of oratory, which will render it a very useful work to those who study that useful and ennobling science. The number before us contains an excellent article on Action, which is worth the whole year's subscription. There are many excellent pieces for recitation, among which may be mentioned, The Drunkard's Soliloquy, Crazy Lula, and Tell's Soliloquy in the Mountains. A short poem, entitled My Last Charge, is very fine. All persons who wish to become masters of the art immortalized by a Demosthenes, a Cicero, and a Burke, should subscribe for the Orator. The price is only one dollar per year, with great inducements for clubbing.Orono Sun. TO SUBSCRIBERS. EACH person who has sent to us for specimen numbers, will be entitled to a yearly subscription, by forwarding the balance of one dollar, and, if they desire, will receive a number in our Gifts. Teachers, if they desire a number in our gifts, must also send sufficient, in addition to their subscriptions, to make $1 respectively. All of the property we give to subscribers will be of the first quality, and warranted, as if purchased of regular dealers. SEND EARLY, and secure such numbers as you desire. CARD. THE undersigned is prepared to Lecture upon Oratory, and give Public Readings and Recitations before Lyceums and Schools, from Original and Selected Pieces, upon the shortest. notice. Also, to teach Public Oratory and Reading, in all departments of Public Speaking. Terms moderate. D. T. STILES. ONE HUNDRED DIALOGUES; For Reading and Exhibitions in Schools and Private Circles, and for General Reading. By WM. B. FOWLE. Seventh thousand; $1. THIS is not a collection of old pieces, but the dialogues are new and original; all of a high moral tone. "The Hundred Dialogues" is a most valuable book, and supplies a want that the teachers of elocution have long felt. Most books for school exhibitions find their attraction' in the expression of warlike sentiments and violent passions, and are, besides, often beyond the full comprehension of the pupil; but this work avoids both of these faults; its style is easy, natural, and intelligible; it is very popular among my own pupils, and will, I doubt not, do much good in holding up to ridicule many of the follies and vices of the times; while it will be found an efficient aid in training children to a graceful, natural, and pleasing elocution."-[G. F. Thayer, Principal Chauncey Hall School, Boston. "Here we have short and long, labored and easy, comic and serious, witty and wise- -something for every body.-[New York Teacher. "It has high merit. There is much spirit and variety in these dialogues. The humorous have a vivacity that must delight the young; and those which are serious, convey a moral as pleasantly, and more effectually, than a fable of Esop."-[New York Criterion. "I think it eminently suitable for schools, not only as an Exhibition Book, but as a Reading Book for daily Exercises."-[H. B. Farrar, Teacher, N. C. "The young like freshness and humor, and here they have it. This is not a rehash of old stories, but a collection of new pieces. The moral tone of the book is good."-[N. Y. Independent. "The serious ones are not heavy, and the comic ones not coarse. The high moral tone is especially to be commended."-[Christian Register. "It is highly commended by our best teachers, and has become a favorite with all."-[Sec. Bd. Ed. N. H. "For the private circle, no less than the school-room, the volume will be highly prized; and would make a welcome gift to young people."-[Boston Transcript. "I have introduced it into my school, and it has given an impulse, in its department, to my pupils, never before equaled. It proves just the book needed, and ought to be in every school."-[M. J. Lee, Principal Public School, Alton, Ill. "Some of them are very sharp; all have a good moral; and it excels any thing of the kind we have seen."-[N. Y. Evangelist. "They mingle amusement and instruction, in very happy proportions."-[Puritan Recorder. "It is decidedly the very best book of the kind."-[T. Brooks, Prin. Pub. Sch., Troy, N. Y. THE SCHOOL HARP: Containing Eighty-five Pleasing and Instructive Songs for Schools and Classes. Price 25 cents. It is used in the best schools in all parts of the country. I have examined "The School Harp," and can cordially recommend it to teachers generally, as a collection of songs well adapted to the wants of our schools. The words are appropriate, the tunes easy, and the general sentiment unexceptionable.-T. W. Valentine, Prin. Pub. Sch., Brooklyn, N. Y. After a careful perusal of "The School Harp," I am free to say, that it suits my idea of a School Music Book, the best of any thing of the kind I have seen.-[8. B. Gove, Esq., School Com, and Teacher, Raymond, N. H. We have long felt the need of such a work as "The School Harp," in which the words, so beautiful and appropriate for schools, are applied to familiar and popular airs, together with a pleasing variety of new, original songs.-[M. A. Willard, Principal New Worcester School, Mass. The State Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio, having introduced it, the Principal, A. Holbrook, Esq., says: "We are well pleased with it. It will make its way wherever it has an opportunity to be used. It is the best thing of the kind I have seen for common school purposes.' SCHOOL MELODIES. A Collection of Popular and Familiar Music, with appropriate Words. Price 17 cents. THE MIND AND HEART. Containing Tales, Poems, Dialogues, Fables, Anecdotes, etc., for School aud Fireside Reading. A pleasing Gift for Children—of a moral tone. Price 45 cents. The above sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of price. MORRIS COTTON, Publisher, Boston. TRUMAN & SPOFFORD, Cincinnati. KEEN & LEE, Chicago. OR, DRAMATIC SCENES: For Home Amusement, Soirees, Exhibitions, &c., &c. BY THE AUTHOR OF "ONE HUNDRED DIALOGUES." Price, $1. These Dramas are so constructed, that but little scenery is required; and most of them can be represented in a common parlor. They vary in length, from twenty minutes to an hour; and, while mainly intended to amuse, can not fail, also, to instruct, and to inculcate sound morals. Although more particularly designed for the Domestic Circle, they will also meet a demand which has been felt in our HIGH SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, AND LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS, NEW AND ORIGINAL, MORRIS COTTON, Publisher, Boston. TRUMAN & SPOTFORD, Cincinnati. KEEN & LEE, Chicago. PLAYS, PLAYS, PLAYS. THE STANDARD AND MINOR DRAMA, And all other Published Plays. For sale by S. FRENCH, No. 121 Nassau Street, New York. Price, 12 cents each; ten for $1. Bound vols., $1. A new Play published every week. Complete lists sent by mail, "free," when requested. Instructors in the Science of Accounts, and Lecturers on Business Customs. H. B. BRYANT, H. D. STRATTON, J. H. GOLDSMITH, S. S. PACKARD, W. H. HOLLISTER, E. R. FELTON. Instructors in Business and Ornamental Penmanship, and Lecturers on Commercial Correspondence. J. W. LUSK, W. P. SPENCER, P. R. SPENCER,* HORACE MANN, HON. GEO. W. CLINTON. Lecturers on Commercial Law. E. L. PIERCE, Esq., A. W. WINDOTT, Esq., Special Lecturers. H. T. HELM, Esq. Lecturer on Political Economy. C. A. DUPEE, Principal of Chicago High School. Lecturers on Commercial Ethics. REV. HARVEY CURTISS, REV. R. W. PATTERSON, REV. R. H. CLARKSON. R. K. SWIFT, T. P. HANDY, E. G. SPAULDING. Lecturers on the General Principles and Details of Railroading. HENRY FARNAM, Esq., JAMES F. JOY, Esq. Lecturers on Commercial Calculations. IRA MOORE, Teacher in High School, D. S. WENTWORTH, Principal in No. 3. A Scholarship issued from the Chicago College, will be good in Cleveland, Buffalo, and Albany, and vice versa. TERMS. Scholarship for Full Course, including all Departments of Book Keeping, Lectures, Commercial Calculations, and Practical Penmanship, . Fer same Course in Ladies' Department, Persons taking Penmanship alone, will receive twenty lessons for Through the extensive business acquaintance of the Principals, many of the Students, on graduating, are placed in lucrative situations. Author of the Spencerian System of Penmanship. |