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    Messrs . W . and R . Chambers , the conductors of Chambers ' Edinburgh Journal , have projected a series of works on education , the first of which has just appeared under the title given above . It is intended that this course shall comprise about thirty small volumes , several of which will be especially

    addressed to parents and teachers , the remainder will be calculated , as much as possible , for the use of uninstructed persons of all kinds , and in all circumstances . The series will comprise works on physical , moral , and intellectual education ; and under the latter head , besides the ordinary school-book subjects , will be included , works on various branches of Natural History , Natural Philosophy , and Chemistry ; History , Biography , Literature , Political Economy , &c .

    The first volume of the series is intended " to form a complete directory for instituting and managing- the seminaries called Infant Schools , and also for the guidance of private individuals who have the charge of children at that period of life . " We entertain a favourable opinion of this work , and we think that the remainder of the series , if they equal this specimen , will form a useful addition to our works on education . We have but few treatises on the education of very young

    children , and most of these treatises are bad . There are many excellent remarks on the subject in the works of Miss Edgeworth and others , but these remarks are too general to be of

    any great service to those parents and instructors who remiire them most . Plenty of good precepts , abundance of excellent advice , might be readily culled from existing works , bat where are we to find directions for their practical application 1 The plan of a fine mansion is put into our hands , we are exhorted to proceed boldly in the erection of it ; but alas ! we axe

    • Infant Education from two to » ix rears of as ^ , applicable to tk-e Iofiaot Schnafl . a » d the Nursery . Edinburgh , \ V . and R . Chambers . ami Orr wad Smith , Lowkak . ltoo . 1 B 35 * 2 * .

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    we cannot omit to notice tbe form of the Dramatis Pertorue , where the foolish Earl , by Mr . Diddear , is placed above the noble Provost , by Mr . Macready . The comparison is apt . A king may be made of any body . But we trust the author will believe that our silence concerning many passages in his play is not from a deficiency of admiration , but want of space He has done much in producing this work ; he can do more , and we anticipate his future success with pleasure and confidence . The Autlior of the Exposition of the FaUe Medium , S ^ c .

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    INFANT EDUCATION *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1836, page 141, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2655/page/13/