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THE FIRST EDITION.

Within the limits of a small

THE OBJECT kept in view by the writers of this work has been to make it useful to all who take an interest in educational questions, and especially to those engaged in the work of teaching, whether in Elementary, Secondary, or the Higher Schools. Cyclopædia an exhaustive treatment of the great variety of subjects dealt with is not to be expected. It has therefore been the aim of the Contributors to give a telescopic rather than a microscopic view of the educational facts and questions discussed, and to bring their

purely pedagogic features into clear outline.

more important articles only, as a carefully compiled Bibliography of
References to authorities have been given at the conclusion of the

Pedagogy is given as an Appendix to the book.

The biographical

section of the work does not, for obvious reasons, include notices of

living persons.

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PREFACE

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THE SECOND EDITION.

THE FAVOURABLE RECEPTION which the first edition of this work has met with both in the United Kingdom and in the United States, has necessitated, within twelve months, the preparation of the present edition, which embodies the results of a careful revision. Profiting by the suggestions thrown out by the Rev. R. H. QUICK and other educational authorities who have done me the honour to criticise the book, I have made many alterations and additions, which I trust will be regarded as improvements. My thanks are specially due to the Rev. E. F. M. MACCARTHY, M.A., Miss SUSAN WOOD, B.Sc., the Rev. Dr. MOULTON, and Mr. A. H. GRANT, M.A., for valuable hints which have been of great help to me in revising the work.

A. E. FLETCHER.

LIST OF PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS.

J. MAITLAND ANDERSON, Chief Librarian, St. Andrews University.

Miss A. M. C. BAYLEY, Secretary to the Froebel Society.

Miss BEALE, Principal of the Ladies' College, Cheltenham.

Mrs. ANNIE BESANT, M.L.S.B.

Rev. CANON BLORE, D.D., formerly Head Master of the King's School, Canterbury.

H. COURTHOPE BOWEN, M.A.

OSCAR BROWNING, M.A., King's College, Cambridge.

W. FREELAND CARD, Greenwich Hospital

School.

J. SPENCER CURWEN, President of the Tonic Sol-fa College.

JOSEPH DARE, B.A.

ALFRED MILNES, M.A., Assistant Secretary, London University.

H. KEATLEY MOORE, Mus. Bac.

Rev. H. KINGS MILL MOORE, M.A., Principal of the Church of Ireland Training College, Dublin.

Professor A. F. MURISON, M.A., University College, London.

for Brighton, author of ' School Hygiene.

Dr. NEWSHOLME, Medical Officer of Health

J. L. PATON, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Rev. H. D. RAWNSLEY, M.A.

JAMES DONALDSON, M.A., LL.D., Senior Place Board School, Borough Road, London. DAVID SALMON, Head-master of Belvedert

Principal of St. Andrews University.

R. T. ELLIOTT, B.A.

Mrs. HENRY FAWCETT.

RICHARD GOWING.

ALEXANDER H. GRANT, M.A.

ARTHUR SIDGWICK, M.A., Corpus Christ College, Oxford.

Rev. A. J. SMITH, M.A., Head-master of King Edward's School, Camp Hill, Birmingham. Professor E. A. SONNENSCHEIN, M.A.,

J. F. HEYES, M.A., Magdalen College, Mason College, Birmingham. Oxford.

J. HOWARD HINTON, M.A., formerly
Mathematical Master, Uppingham School.

Rev. J. DENIS HIRD, M.A.
Rev. J. W. HORSELEY, M.A.

WALTER LOW, M.A., Mercers' School, College Hill.

Rev. E. F. M. MACCARTHY, M.A., Headmaster, King Edward's School. Five Ways, Birmingham, and Vice-chairman of the Birmingham School Board.

Sir PHILIP MAGNUS, Principal of the Central Technical Institution, South Kensington.

FRANCIS STORR, M.A., Merchant Taylors School.

Professor JAMES SULLY, M.A., formerly Examiner in Psychology in the University of London.

WILLIAM WHITELEY, M.A., Head-master Gloucester Road Board School, Camberwell. ROBERT WILSON, author of The Life and Times of Queen Victoria.'

Miss SUSAN WOOD, B.Sc., Training College, Cambridge.

RICHARD WORMELL, M.A., D.Sc., Headmaster, City Corporation Schools.