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      188 Fleet Street : August 15, H83. '

      188 Fleet Street : August 15 , H 83 . '

      Fphe Issue Twice A Year Of The Special '...

      FPHE issue twice a year of the special ' Educational Number' of the Publishers Circular J- affords a convenient opportunity of noting any new departure in the work of national

      affect education the trad ; and e interests as it is obvious of those that who any supp impor rfk ly the tant school changes books of system and school or method maUriel must which — largel form » yyjL Ml y ^ | ,

      the veritable sinews of the war against ignorance , no apology is needed for bringing the subject before our readers . At the present moment we are , unless appearances partake of

      more than their proverbial deceitfulness , on the eve of the commencement of a new and considerable effort to meet the wants of a section of the population for which hitherto too little

      has been done—the lower division of the middle class of the population . The Endowed Schools Commission , which sat long and reported voluminously some years ago , did , it is true

      succeed in effecting improvements in many of the old foundation schools scattered throughout the country , but as far as the large towns are concerned ¦ , its recommendations were - ¦

      ductive of ^ but J little benefit , the maj mmT ority of the endowments having been left in places which — pro W-r ™ ^ f though once numerously inhabitedhave now but scanty populations . To meet the needs of

      , families who do not care to resort to the State-aided schools , whether under the rule of the relig c ^ p ious bodies or of the school boards , two distinct schemes are at the present ^ u moment ¦

      being promoted , the first by the Church of England , on a large and comprehensive basis , by means of a limited liability company ^ k mf * , and the second by 9 r several separate * m * and distinct — — —

      companies , working in particular districts , and supplying what is for the most part avowedly secular instruction . Both these movements arewe believe , likely to exercise a very marked

      , influence over the future of our national education , and they ought , if they succeed , to relieve the over-burdened ratepayers by providing , on a self-supporting and distinctly commercial

      basis , education for the children of all those who can afford to pay for it , thus leaving only those whose circumstances can be shown legitimately to prevent them from educating their

      j offspring at their own cost to come upon the local rates or the imperial exchequer for assistance . In the encouragement of such schemes the trading classes have a direct interest . J

      The mi traders > 1 of Eng "m lan " 1 d contribute i * ii a very larg 1 e proportion i * both T i "I of the i 1 direct t i and indirect t ¦ i taxationwhich goes to meet the demands of the spending departments of the State , and it is

      , a double injustice to them if they are not only called upon to pay for the education of the children of operatives and artisans , who are in their degree well able to contribute their quota ,

      but if they are at the same time , owing to the diversion—to the benefit of the upper ranks ^ of _/ J _ societ KJ WXV / V y W —of V ^ Jk endowments ^ bS AA . V >» ^—^ V V JL . A . M . ' ^^ iJk . a . * - Ps ^ ori - \^ f Jk . At g . in A . JKJ all W . S . A y W ^ left ^^ A . ^/ ^ for . V / J . the VAAV middle ^ . AA . ^ . W »—^* - % ^ classes ^^ Jk «^ W *> mP * . ^ ^^ K _ V , « J left * . ^^ «• ** without W » ^ V **\/ ^ - ^ - fc * any V ^ A . A . W satisfactory Ps ^«^« w * . # — vwr > |

      schools for their own families . On every ground , then , we are of opinion that this effort to ive good ifc secondary schools on a sound basis deserves to be welcomed _____^ and _ supported .

      g ^ g ^ k ^ b w ^* r a- »*~ ^^ ' ^^^ ¦— ~^"" —¦ - ^ " ^ ¦ ' — — — ~ ^^ — ' — — — —^ — ^ " - — — - ¦— — — — — - ~ ' - ^ — - »~ r ^ " ^ — " — ' — — — — — ^^ A iewed from the narrower , but to us not unimportant , standpoint of the increased demand for school — books . and — kindred publications which this new movement is likely to bring ^ in its train ,

      — __ ____ _ ^ ^ _ j we have still stronger reasons for wishing it well . Whatever may be the case in elementary I schools where blackboard teaching and the massing of large numbers of children are adoptedas I

      generally as possible , the teaching in secondary schools , or in what it is the fashion in some I quarters to term higher primary schools , ' must be given largely by books , and thus the trade I

      must benefit in proportion to the growth of such schools . Authors and publishers of educa ^ I tional literature may w , therefore , be congratulated >— ' on the prospect ¦ mm ^ -, of a busy -w- winter , if tho m I ^^

      schemes now put forward are taken up as they deserve to be . I il the -in In varied vn the . riftfl provision list list ; of nf the t . Vi of books Clarendon Ct . Am ^ Tsr for TiOTsr college - "Fress Pi ^ . F . ss use ; the t- and . hn Dictionaries T for ) if » . hi schools r > - na . rifis . of Historical T- ¦ TiRinri the hi r . ji g her Man TVTa . class n uals iials . we ¦ and ana may jBduca ^ auoa note I

      tional the Mr . Arithmetical Potts Series , and of issued Mr Work . Murray by s Messrs of , the edited . Relfe late by Bishop Dr Brothers . Wm Colenso . Smith ; the ; French and the , Mathematical the Manuals ¦ ¦ Scientific of Works M Text . , Contanscau Books edited by ot , I

      Messrs Manuals - other »/ r issues . Longmans of _ x""n of / r __ the David i ~ v . ; Cambridge the Nutt -k . t * Cambrid the n University ge varied Bible __ •! series for Press Schools of | c c a ; the , , erican ' th varied e ¦ ' School < - Pitt < ¦ _ i _ list - _ Press 1 and of French Classical s ~ H _ ti ^ Text T and ' Series ^ - > -w - BooKs _ German 'RfifllfS , ana . I

      Mr . ; ' AmCollege especially rich in works on history and natural science , sold in England by Messrs . Sampso . ^ H

      l their J Classics fJlfLRRi . oW n « f Manual rs & & , and and Co Co . .. , s JScientinc Scientific of who who * Science havft have Work Works also a and . lRn s their tVmir Practical of of Messrs TVl own own ¦ fiRarR Art . . Classical Olfl W W ¦ . Rm ' — . a & Sn oa ¦ . 1 sp K R and a idaliU . . . rjHAMRF Chambers IVTodprn Modern in school pa Tjfl . Language the th . norii « literature acyft well well-- Ulass Class known known - ; -i BooKS the OOK books ow Engus » , > *¦ * on - m m

      (( Elementary eun edited > t ; u by uy xjl Dr Science . . xFreeman 3 retJiiiH , Modern . ii ) / of ul jMessrs . * Languages xe »« rH . . Macmiixan i . rxAi , iMLiJL and . JLAJN Mathematics & ol Co \ jo .., who > vxio ( Barnard nave have ; aiao also Smith a u > valuable vi uu ' s ) and « 0 Huxi I © * ne ! * ^ I I h

      Elementary and advanced Classical Works , and the ' Science Primers * of Professors ym j J ( oscoe For , junior and Balfour secondary Stewart and , elementary schools ¦ tlie most noteworthy books are the t- ^ I

      I I ^ ducational Series' and * Standard Class . Books' of Messrs . Wiixiam JBUckwow »^||

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1883, page 686, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081883/page/2/