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    jh ^ dJt ^ e ^^ jpoo ^ e carefully superintended than that of the first class , amHheir fylfyfe ' ffgig rj ^ pW ^ l ^^ # < H 7 rar ^ , l < # nsjd « er them , therefore , as affording ^ J 0 i ^ % kv ^^ o ^ J ^ t ipay be effected by this method of teaching languages with , jfroys Jyh ^ ji aye jbacj tn $ advantage of a judicious and enlightened treatment in their previous instruction , such as is possessed by most of those in > yho $ e education , a knowledge of Greek and Latin is considered ; to be a necessary part , previously tp the commencement of the experiment with

    them , they had read Evans ' s " First Lessons , " and possessed a tolerably familiar acquaintance with the inflections of nouns , verbs , &c * Within the period of fourteen months , including two vacations , they had translated the whole of the following , with the exception only of a few of the fables of Phaedrus , and about half of the last book of Caesar's Civil War : —the Gospel of John ; Epitome Historiae Sacrae ; Pfaaedrus ; . Nepos ; Caesar ' s Gallic and Civil Wars ; Sallust ' s Jugurthine and Catiline Wars ; Livy , half the first book ; Ovid , 2 , 300 verses ; and Virgil , the first book .

    Upon an average , they had not devoted more than two hours and a half per day to the Latin language , including the time they were so occupied with their teacher ; so that it will not be supposed that more was exacted of them than ought to be required of children of so tender an age , or more than is required where the old plan alone is adopted . Many of your readers will perceive that this is considerably more tlian is usually accomplished within the same time , and by children of the same

    age ; and nothing , I imagine , will oppose their unqualified assent to die great advantage that would be gained by the adoption of such a method ^ unless it be an apprehension which they may have , in common with the late Dr . Jones , that the pupil " Learns his lesson superficially ; that if he may be said to know the words , he knows them , only so far as he recollects the drift of the whole ; and that , as the whole cannot be long retained , the meaning of every term is effaced with it . " * To remove all doubt of the

    * My own ' testimony with respect to this might not be regarded as sufficiently impartml and unprejudiced ; but I am permitted to give that , contained iir the foliovyiug tetteiv of air individual well known tft most of your readers , ( Dr . MereW , of Brighton *) vtf * o ; was much interested in observing tjho results of these expert inents , and frequently examined each o ( f the classes at different stages of their ^ ogress ; abd whose talents , attainments , and long experience in teaching in the usual manner , will be considered to give great authority to his opinion . " Brighton , July 30 , 1828 .

    # « * * «« On-everjr account f should be glad to see a well-attested statement of the result of your experience in the method of verbal translation made public . None whx > have never made or witnessed the experiment can suppose that yonng children , wiljl be able to do so much ,, ai )< fc that m well , as you hare found to be possible ^ and evqn easy and . pleasant tp ( h ^ wselve ^ \> y tlis improvement on the customary method of teaching the languages of ajpttyujty . 1 Relieve tjje great majority © tfboya wh 6 ha # read Nc ^ pbs , Csbsar , and Sallus ^ t , in the usual way , would be nimble to translate them ! oif-liaiKJ in 5 fttty \ mi % a * the pleasure of the examiner , md by the

    with as much apcur ^ y « readiubss ; as was ; doue M- * s for me ; an ^ . t ^ ey i ? ot only construed , ^ ter , J ^ qt ^ je jvve ^ greater grammatical accnuacy in parsing than is commonly done at the endi oJf tlirce or four years by boya ievei ; ai years older . What had bqen ^ one by F- — -i-ir at a later age was quite as satisfactory in proof of the working of the picaent plan- and F—s gave gobd proof of ity en \ -ct in Greek a » well as Lathi . < ? 'The result of whac 1 have seM in ^ hese cia « es , amd of wjiat I have experienced in others , is < an eutire

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    758 Hamiltonutrt Experiment .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 758, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/30/