Vol VII, No 10, 11, 12. Vol. VIII, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 (skipping no. 10). Title page for Volume VIII with (2)p index. Half leather with marbled boards, quarto. Heavy wear to extremities, with chipping to leather along the spine, corners rounded. Persistent but largely unobtrusive dampstaining and foxing. Pencil signature of Seymour Green, Osceola Co., with a bonus pencil portrait on the rear endpaper.

An interesting capsule offering insight into the topics and debates surrounding what and how to teach, and the role of education for American children (with frequent comparison to the school systems of European nations). It also addresses women's education and actions in the Southern States. Index includes: "Queen's English," "Young Men, what have they done," "Teachers, one thing at a time," "Odds and Ends, by two," "Cholera," and "Dull Boys." The first issue in the volume (Jan 1847) reprints the State Constitution of New York adopted Nov 3, 1846. Copious advertisements for school books and teaching aids.