Object Details
- Description
- Henry Bartlett Maglathlin prepared this work "on the basis of" textbooks by Benjamin Greenleaf", a widely-known author. Although Maglathlin retained the topics covered by Greenleaf in National Arithmetic (except for natural philosophy and astronomy), he appears to have extended the discussions of fractions and finance and reduced the material on decimals. He moved several subjects to an appendix, including gauging, Roman numerals, repeating decimals, and series. Maglathlin numbered the exercises in each unit and the paragraphs throughout the entire book consecutively. He also made substantial use of boldface. He added potential test questions and also collected problems from the entrance examinations at seven colleges-Ivy League schools and the State University of New York. On page 49, an overhead bar is used to change the order of operations in the exercises (directing the student to add before multiplying, etc.).
- One other interesting feature is that the book announces on the cover that it is published "with answers," without any of the dire warnings issued by other publishers, such as A. S. Barnes & Co., that only teachers were authorized to read the key.
- This book is signed by Rufus H. Allen, a teacher living in 1892, and Arthur E. Morrell of Norwich, Maine. It is not clear whether Morrell was Allen's student. There are several miscellaneous pencil markings throughout the book. There is an obituary of Maglathlin in the Wareham (Massachusetts) Courier, 24 February 1910, p. 6.
- See also 1982.3001.04 and 334401.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- author
- Maglathlin, Henry Bartlett
- publisher
- Leach Shewell and Sanborn
- Date made
- 1881
- Credit Line
- Gift of Arthur Skebeck
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 2.8 cm x 13.5 cm x 19 cm; 1 3/32 in x 5 5/16 in x 7 15/32 in
- Object Name
- Book
