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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th January 1885, Edition 1 of 1, Page 2

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      The Miles Memorial Fund.—The Subscriptio...

      THE MILES MEMORIAL FUND . —The Subscriptions to this Furi -M- a >«¦* # »• time to # about »» £ * " 600 » >> " » ^> ^ - * It TT « is --U

      amount up to the present . prop osei to keep the fund open till the end of the present month . Intendini

      subscribers should therefore send in their subscriptions before thai dateafter which it is proposed to print and publish the list of

      subscrib , ers . Subscriptions »^^ - may be ¦ sent to William ¦ Henry CrossEsq . St . Bartholomew ' s

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      188 Fleet Street, London, E.O. : Jan. 15...

      188 Fleet Street , London , E . O . : Jan . 15 , 1885 .

      Rtvhe Onward March Of Education, Despite...

      rTVHE onward march of education , despite the gloomy asseverations of the Hon . Lyulph JL Stanley that England is behind the times in the great work , is noticeable on all sides ;

      and if Mr . Chamberlain ' s programme is carried out by the next Parliament , Free Schools will ultimately become the rule . Even as matters stand , intellectual training is placed so

      completely within the reach of all classes of the people at a merely nominal price , that education is already virtually free , except to the poorest of the poor ; and the movements to supply

      penny dinners to those children in the Board Schools whose ^ - parents are unable to provide . * A « F for their little ones is another proof that no effort will be spared by our public men to meet

      the needs of the people . The connection between physical health and mental growth is so intimate , and the capacity of the brain to meet the demands of the educator so largely

      | s i * ponds upon the vigour of the body , that very much is to be said in { favour of bringing the ! s : >< iolmaster and the medical man more frequently into conference , and it is to be hoped

      j i rtjiat , while the opportunities of education are increased — - , this view of the subject will receive - . due consideration . In any case , the determination to increase rather than diminish the

      expenditure on schools and all that is connected with them is evidently common to all parties ; and thus , whatever may be the result of the political movements now in progress ,

      nothing is likely to retard the work which Mr . Mundella and his colleagues have in hand . Turning to the share in that work which is allotted to the publishers , booksellers , and

      stationers , we find activity and enterprise ruling on all sides . The issue , by Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co ., of the first volume of the ' Dictionary of National Biography' is , in effect ,

      a significant proof of intellectual progress ; for the entry on a scheme of such magnitude presupposes a demand for the work which could only exist ' in an age of educational progress .

      In the same field , the publication of the admirable Stormonth Dictionary , ' by Messrs . BIiAckwoodand the ' Dictionary of English History / by Messrs . Cassell < fc Co . are ' signs

      , , of the times , ' proving that the wants of public educationists are being liberally met . Mr . Murray still distances all competitors by his series of Dr . William Smith ' s Dictionaries ,

      volumes ranging from for the the schoolboy greater works ' s desk for ; while the stu his dy of ' Student the scholar ' s Manua and ls divine ' also ~ , hold down ~ - - their to the ground j handy a 3

      care Macmiixan , fully comp & iled Co . summaries in th ^^ eir ' , Classical dealing r briefl Series y but ' hav full e a y well with -edited their various set of texts subjects — , — and . ^— Messrs for the . , , ; ,

      modern side of the school , their ' Science Primers' and ' History and Literature Primers completely cover the ground . Messrs . Seeley & Co . have adopted in their * Cheap School

      te Books the rm Head head ' ' a master master conven k , with of ient notes the tne arrangement successful successrui by compe Citv t , en by of which edi London tors . each Th ecliool School volume e books f gives or issued young sufficient hv pup tlm ils material , by Dr firm . Abbott for The i one ,

      Cjlarek the don -- Pjress or , of which Mr . Henry uity or Frow juonaon de is the manage , , are are issued in ' the by Row the same name ' combines nrzn . . in » its issues a large selection of the English Classics—ShakspeareMilton ~™» Chaucer , •—¦ Addisoiv

      authors authors w Spenser ^ T ~ rw ~ r ^~— » - — -- . . — , B Messrs lYLessrs — acon * '* , . and . Wj wjixiam Dryden ixiam jcslackwood Blackwood —with a strong & < sc Sons » ons infusion , in in addition addition — of good — ^~~ M ^ ^^ to to editions ^^ their their , T ** editions aclitinna ^ a ^ of ^^ *••» , m the —1 ~ ii > j of of Latin miWf'm ^•• m the the ^ r ^^ , w Storm Storznw and Greek onth ^

      , Dictionaries Natural 0 wv ¦¦ History ¦ r ~> —* ¦ alread by y Dr mentioned . Mackay , and hav Dr e . some Page valuable ; f whileto Manuals meet the ¦¦¦ of growing Mkkah Ph ysical demand J | Geograp j > w ¦ for hy school » " <*

      books »^ ^ ^ «^ ^* mmm » m * w on * ' ' <• " A ^ griculture - ~ - _» - — ^ m and Agricultural qj Chemistry * m * , , they — — ^ have ^ ^^ ^^ ^* ^^ prepared ^^ ¥ ^ A | I » A £ Ek ^ a _^_ ^ f series *^ —l— *»^ — of ^ cheap I * catechismsedited bProfessor Johnston . Their Headers for elementary schools include a

      iseries on general , topics y , and two setya of geographical and historical readerscarefully graduated ,

      Uto , suit th © different ' standaras / In text-books of modern Languages , Messrs . WlixiAMS ?

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1885, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011885/page/2/