Author: Albert A. Pope

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781331140818

Excerpt from Errors in School Books: Dedicated to the Advancement of Learning To all Persons interested in the Advancement of Learning: In submitting to you Errors in School-Books we call your attention to the previous search for errors which we instituted over a year ago and invited teachers to compete. The details concerning that search, and the results finally obtained, are fully set forth in the following pages. We have now decided to institute another search for errors more comprehensive than the former; and, as truth has no limitations, we have decided to invite all persons throughout the world to join in the search for the elimination of errors from the text-books or school-books of the United States. There are many persons not school-teachers who take deep interest in education, and who have expressed their disappointment at not being invited to compete in searching for errors in school-books. Here in the United States we recognize that there is no monopoly of brains, and that intellectual strength may exist in any individual, however humble his situation in life, and we are of the opinion that it is possible that some of the most successful competitors may be outside the ranks of schoolteachers. Therefore, we earnestly urge every one who wishes to benefit the school children of the country to send to us any statement that may appear erroneous in any school-book. As an additional stimulus we have decided to award one of our best pneumatic-tired Columbia Safeties, '93 pattern, price $150, to each of the five persons who shall send to us the greatest number of errors which shall be determined to be errors by the publishers and the authors of the books in which they occur, or by a board of examiners which we may appoint. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.