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      Hile Statesmen Are Discussing The Extens...

      HILE statesmen are discussing the extension of the county franchise and the admiaaion fl Wto the electoral and the roll Revised of the agricultural Code of 1882 labourer has alread , the education resulted of iu our future masters kfj

      proceeding apace , y a very considerable i development of what are jstill described in Acts of Parliament as the elementary schools of the 1

      schools country . will Wkether ultimatel the y tend strong to infusion the adoption of secondary by the State subjects of in the the control syllabus , or of at the least priman of the j 1

      supervision , of the instruction of the middle and lower middle classes of the population I remains to be seenbut even a = 3 mattera stand , higher subjects are generally taught , and are re- I

      warded with a Government , grant . The natural result of this process of levelling-up has been I such a general raising of the educational platform that a complete change has come over our I

      school literature , and men of high intellectual capacity , and of the foremost rank in the world I , of books , are devoting ^ J their energ + m ^ ies to meet the demand which the movement has created - ~ -mm for av | j « i ^ k _~ ^ k ^^^^^^^ h ^^ k ^ n ^ B ^ K A H ^ M ^ ft > ^ A ^ B

      works of a superior ^ class . What was formerl ^^ y supplied orally by the pedagogue is ^ now given ^ I in a large number of instances in the introductions and notes which form a feature in nearlI

      all the popular text-books , until it is literally true that the school-boy has in his locker what y I was formerly the privileged possession of the master's library . Whether the wearers of the I

      f toga altogether approve of this entrustment of the sharpest weapons to what are often unskilled I hands is open to questionbut the effect must be to call forth from the teacher an exhibition I

      I of higher power , from the , simple fact that the scholar is already supplied with the aid which I I men of the highest attainments have placed within his reach . Notes which twenty years ago I

      j classics were only are to now be fo put und within in the general Latin annotations reach in the in vul some gar of tongue the / more and famous the school editions -boy may of , the if j 1

      he will , , go to his desk prepared on almost all points . That this is nu exaggerated description j of the state of things which the educational activity of the age has produced , a glance at the 1

      I publishers' lists in our present number will abundantly prove , and although the London School I I Board has earned an unenviable notoriety by its dealings with the publishers in the selection I

      of its books , the country at large is still iri favour of free trade in this important matter , and ] of that healthy competition to the existence of which the rich assortment of works hereafter 1

      named bears witness . 1 When we find houses of ancient fame and modern excellence sustaining their reputation , I

      and the younger all eagerly inviting the attention of governing bodies , School Boards , and I I head masters for their spteicdites , the character of the literature provided for our colleges and j I

      I schools is virtually placed above criticism , and although doctors will still continue to differ , as I they have ever differed , on method and style , the single aim of author and factor is to give the j I

      ' article best suited to secure the end in view . To our readers we leave the pleasant task of I I comparing page with page , and although we will not run the risk of incurring the fate of the I

      stern father in Mr . Anstey ' s * Vice Versa / by expressing a desire to go to school again in order I the to put productions the modern of the educational several firm improvements s an examination to a practical sufficientl and y close personal to justif test y us , in we commending have given j s I I

      them to the favourable notice of all who are interested ' in the subject . j I

      The Bitter Controversy Engendered By The...

      The bitter controversy engendered by the unwise publication of extracts from the I late Bishop Wilberforce ' s diary and letters , which most unquestionably their writer t fashion would I

      never and taking ' knowled have sharp willing steel geable / ly in All g men iven friendshi ML LK 3 / lkVA to to the quote ' world UVCl one the , has of dead UOttU Lover opened body ' s h the appy of Ui year it p mutual UtUtUiU hrases in a , most friend 11 * have 311 unp been leasan When giving the I and & w , I I

      fri J Canon UOtJOULUg . J . J . U ends M . UJ 3 Ashwell QWUJ to vv wxha entrust ^ O uov ICO undertook * . him mill with . wiLu the tM any any . ll difficult . p yj letters letvcrs over ta they T CILO sk , ney of had iiau writing . received receiv UUUJ ed the fro iroin a life m of his iu » the lord loru Bishop piup shi p . . , , * it , «> an was ** *» « d •«» ** asked © generally 7— m 1 I I

      felt the i / no volumes vviuuicd that he wh n had iiiun ich incurre he « u ? uiiLbuu edited d a very were were grave iui for the uiiv responsibility most mu » b part pu . LL satisfactorily BULisiHULuniy ; but at leas , 11 if t he not ikji realised brilliantl n / i ^ JULjLniiMjr its y , , gravity done **¦«¦ - life --- , , a w » ^ j 1 I

      produced same produced verdict b of y late his cannot son , , for we has it fear met is scarcel with be passed y too upon much univers the to al say third chorus that volume no of p disapproval iece of the of literary great So man cra complete ' ^ s ?* no »» L iJ I I

      years a more . been preacher the g expression iving vent of to opinion his feelings evoked in a that caution we are to public not surprised men against to find keep a ing prominent diaries . * Afl ^ 1 I I wordand it cannot considerable amoun I

      are Canon Fleming ' s s , be denied that there is a truth from in them the : biograp ' It is h often of tho great ught a great which advantage is and before hel the p to world keep a that journal the \ , disadyanMP but-it w > " I I

      are seem DCOJIU moment sometimes HUII d to 1 ttXLKJ set sacred Vl down red as great Lt and \ yjliy things y inviolate as Ul a » the which gLt 3 benefits i * lJ man afterwards llltt . ll WX ; for 11 UJ 1 an see IB now I 1 exuberant UW the MtJlUrtJ light , that lilt nature but ? WU culled which 1 JLU may HUM the tne oug be material ht * temp . j to ^ - ted hav to ® ^ ^ 1 I 1 I I

      I life regarde regarded : given as to the public , and / inviolate , , no no matter matter whose whosa the tho hand hn . n <\ that culled maun *** * - - ^^ m

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1883, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011883/page/2/