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102 SCHOOJLS IN PALERMO.
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ment , but , on the contrary , the wonder is that the school exists no doorway n at arrow w all repaired . , Passing opp ty littl osi and * te e down t street used o the the remains as to a the Via dwelling left o Macgueda f , and N -house orman stopped we . ch Following turned urch at an , wh into arc ich ' h our ed i a
of cour a t eous arrow guide staircase , Signor so di G- letel , we M moun oorish ted in t he harac steep ter s that teps
for a moment I was back , comp in Algiers y again , and expecting to , see the ting pretty me face from , d the eck corridor ed with . flowers , of my old friend Mimi
gree Eut the strangest contrast awaited us , for after going through an outer roomwe found ourselves in a small chaelwith seats
, p , wh the of i carved ch Eas came t end wood all , w th running i e th li a ht narrow that along fell arched the on sides the window books —a disman oppos of 16 it tled or , 20 throug altar at h
girls who were seated g in the room . At the moment of young our entrance , the master was giving a lesson in geography , but our
g ar iven ival twh to caused o the had subject t visi oo muc ted for h th several confusion e schoo minutes ls in to m allow . A towns gen att tleman en of tion Nor o be t f hern our ing
p Italy , now began to question the girls in any the kindly sympathetic result manner as , wh to ic the h alone acquirements renders it of possi the ble t ils o arrive Certainl at any with true
these shy and timid girls , less pleasant word pup s would . have en y , tirely heads frightened but the iven little a great knowled deal _ge for they sh possessed and timidity out of their the
girls w ; , al g , most lamentably ignorant yness . , We must not forget that all the lessons are iven and have
to be repeated in Italianwhich adds much to the g difficulty in almost all casesas few or , none of the ils on enterinseak
anything but Sicilian , , which is a dialect pup , or indeed one may g p say , a language distinct in itself .
here schools It in would , Palerm of the assuredl o sam the y e Ibe class out ils in of are p either taken lace to France from compare 15 or this Eng school land of . with and For
upwards , with the , sole pup proviso that they can read years a littl age e and hav write e to a little be taug . ht All to the these most irls elementary as they branches are quite without of education
g , pre ten vious times training more — ignorant and many than of those a child above of 10 20 years trained of age in are an
English village school . years The school at 9 o ' clockand the directress overlooks
the lessons of opens the pupils , and makes , ready generally for the a day short ' s work hour . ' s At lesson 10 o . ' clock At 11 ; the , comes first the professor next professor comes and , and gives so
the on , one girls each disperse hour . until I fear 3 few o ' clock of , the when girls the reall school y enter closes school and
102 Schoojls In Palermo.
102 SCHOOJLS IN PALERMO .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/30/
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