Excerpt from Teachers' Manual for the Elementary Schools of the State of Washington The Superintendent wishes to acknowledge specially the invaluable assistance given in the preparation of this Manual by President T. F. Kane, A. H. Yoder, H. C. Sampson, F. W. Eply, Miss Cora Bratton, B. W. Johnson, Miss Effie Berkman, J. H. Morgan, D. R. Augsburg, L. L. Benbow, O. C. Whitney, J. W. Shepherd, J. A. Tormey, T. A. Stiger, P. A. Williams; also, the authors of the Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon and Indiana courses. R. B. Bryan, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Olympia, Sept. 1, 1905. 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.