BY G. A. WALTON, Principal of Oliver Grammar School, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Walton's Written Arithmetic. 334 pages. Walton's Intellectual Arithmetic. In press. Key to Walton's Arithmetical Table. TESTIMONIALS. The definitions, explanations, and rules, in Walton's Arithmetic, are clear, concise, and accurate. The system of reviews by dictation exercises, and a table for the practice of the fundamental operations, are marked and admirable features of the work. The examples are copious, and of an eminently practical character.— E. FLINT, JR., A.M., Master of Lynn High School. The best treatise on Written Arithmetic I have ever read; and I arrive at this conclusion after having given it a very careful examination.-GEO. M. GAGE, A.M., Principal of the State Normal School, Farmington, Maine. I do not hesitate to say that, in its treatment of both the theory and the practice of Arithmetic, it is the best book I have ever seen. 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