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The Bachelors Holydays , with some Thoughts of a Theoretical Philanthropist . London : Houlston . Thb author is not only a theoretical but a practical philanthro pist , as is evidenced by the publication of this volume . It has an unquestionable tendency to do good ; and the narratives of which it is cprnpose 4 # although lacking some of the strong and spirit-stirring qualities which
are requisite for fictions to make an impression on the public mi ml , have yet a tone of simplicity , truth , and gentleness , which beautifully harmonizes with the purpose of the writer and . the objects contemplated . Sound sense , religious and moral principle , beneficent purpose , and a prevailing judiciousness of manner in the execution ,. are characteristics tliat ought to win the favourable regard of a numerous class of readers , an < J induce them to place this unpretending volume on their family book * fltefyes .
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A Leetwne on Education . I > elivered by Jonathan "Duncan , Esq ., at the Guernsey Mechanics' Institution , on the 6 th o [ April , 1835 . Every indication that there is a growing sense of the importance of educating the people at large , must be hailed with satisfaction . The present lecture evinces abundant zeal in the good cause . It contains also some valuable remarks on the necessity of clearness in language , and a plan of teaching grammar with a view to obtaining that clearness which is ingenious , and mig-ht possibly prove efficacious .
As- an inciter to the work of education , therefore , Mr . Duncan deserves all praise . He is not ao successful when he attempts to direct the process of instruction . lie conceives that ' the succession of the mental powers is the only sure basis on which any sound and copious system of education can be founded , ' and here we most cordially agree with him . But this succession , according to him , is , ' perception first , memory second , judgment third , reasoning fourth . ' It is rather
difficult lo perceive what kind of judgment that is which would come before reasoning . His idea of imagination , too , is , that * it is the antagonist of judgment , and exercises itself in a manner directly the reverse ;" U ) ftt 'blending together iato one confused mass ideas esseatially difi <* U&ct , it compounds what is simple and aims at complexity , which is
th * characteristic of falsehood and sophistry / He also declares thai ' . nothing can be done by a teacher to improve the faculty of perception * * The truth se « m * to be , on the contrary , that there is no faculty which may apt be improved by culture ; and this view of the matter is by no means inconsistent with the vast diversity of original power , and
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1835, page 818, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2652/page/62/
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