The Students Manual - Outlines for Study and Classfied Questions in Nature-Work, Geography, History, Biography, Literature, the Arts and Sciences, Industries and Inventions; With Page References to the New Student's Reference Work (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Students Manual: Outlines for Study and Classfied Questions in Nature-Work, Geography, History, Biography, Literature, the Arts and Sciences, Industries and Inventions; With Page References to the New Student's Reference Work

In order that our readers may readily appreciate the reliable and authentic information to be obtained from following the course of reading and study in The Students Manual, we give a brief history of The New Student's Reference Work:

Over sixteen years ago Mr. Beach prepared The Student's Cyclopaedia, in two volumes, the pioneer reference work that has won the approval of the educators and the public. Then, with the assistance of a large corps of leading educators, he began gathering together new and valuable material, and after a long period of such preparation The Student's Cyclopaedia was entirely rewritten. New ideas were incorporated, the scope of the work was so broadened that it became more than a mere cyclopaedia, and a new work in three volumes was launched under the name of The Student's Reference Work. This gave such excellent satisfaction in supplying a real need in the home, that it has long been recognized as the standard work of its kind.

In making the latest edition, The New Student's Reference Work, our aim has been, not only to maintain the high standard character of The Student's Reference Work and to keep abreast of the times, but to move ahead along the most approved lines of educational work by securing the services and suggestions of those advanced and progressive educators who represent the best thought in the educational world. We were indeed fortunate in having, as editor-in-chief of this new work, the same man who, with such rare initiative ability, prepared The Student's Cyclopaedia sixteen years ago. The experience gained during these sixteen years in constantly studying the needs of students has given him the mature, broad judgment necessary to select the ablest editorial associates and to direct and supervise their work.

The names of the educators who have contributed to The New Student's Reference Work are alone a sufficient guaranty of authenticity and excellence. We wish, however, to acknowledge here the splendid assistance that has been rendered by over two hundred city superintendents, who have contributed articles, and to many other educators who have given us encouraging and helpful ideas.

The Student's Manual is the result of an earnest wish on the part of the publishers to render the great wealth of information contained in The New Student's Reference Work more accessible and helpful than is possible even with our especially devised system of cross indexing. To this end we had a series of ideal outlines for study prepared. These were arranged by educators best fitted for the task, whose only instructions were to make the most perfect outlines possible. When completed, our indexers merely inserted the page references.

This Manual is an aid to the teacher in summarizing subjects and in its suggestions. It is helpful to the student as an aid to school work in the preparation of special topics, in reviews and in securing a comprehensive grasp of main subjects. It is of inestimable value to the young man who may be denied the advantage of a college education and must depend on his own resources to become that best product of our American civilization - "a self-educated man."

Two departments have been made in the Manual. The first consists of Outlines. The second contains over 6,000 interesting Classified Questions.

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Product details

• Authors: Chandler Belden Beach
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 260 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography