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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th August 1889, Edition 1 of 1, Page 930

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    • _ ^ St. Dunstan's House, E.C. j August 15, 1889.
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      930 The Publishers' Circular August 15,1...

      930 The Publishers' Circular August 15 , 188 9

      » / - • - ——— Ooistteiett's

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      Literary Intelligence 930—953 Books And ...

      LITERARY INTELLIGENCE 930—953 BOOKS AND RUMOURS OF BOOKS 931 , 932

      NOTES AND NEWS 932—934 AMERICAN NOTES AND NEWS 934—935 PUBLISHERS AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION .. 935—938

      AN EDITION AND ITS LIFE . —II 938 , 939 CURRENT EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE 940—946 UNDERSELLING AND COUNTRY

      BOOKSELLERS IN GERMANY 946 , 947 HOLIDAY BOOKSELLING j .. 947

      THE NEWSPAPER SOCIETY 947 THE BOOK TRADE THREE HUNDRED YEARS i AGO 947

      FRENCH TASTE IN ENGLISH BOOKS 947 THE AUTHOR OF * BO ^* AND COXL' 948 THE NEW YORK GIRL AT SCHOOL V & T

      IN MEMORIAM 948 , 949 — . _ , . - _ , * > j .

      TRADE CHANGE 3 94 % 969 REVIEWS , < fcc 950—952

      INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN BETWEEN AUGUST 1 & Is 952 , 953

      books published ik great britain from ;! august i to is 953—956

      AMERICAiN NEW BOOKS 956 , 957 NEW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY

      PUBLISHED .. 957—1010 MISCELLANEOUS 1011—1023 - BUSINESS CARDS 1 1020 , 1021

      BUSINESSES FOR SALE 1022 ASSISTANT WANTED 1022 WANT SITUATIONS . 1022

      BOOKS FOR SALE 1022 , 1023 BOOK ^ WANTED TO PURCHASE .. 1023—1028 V .

      _ ^ St. Dunstan's House, E.C. J August 15, 1889.

      _ ^ St . Dunstan ' s House , E . C . j August 15 , 1889 .

      Rphe Majority Of English Schoolmasters A...

      rpHE majority of English Schoolmasters are - * - scattered far and wide just now in search

      of health and recreation , and their pupils , revelling in the first delights of freedom , are

      probably not in the least degree inclined to sigh for their speedy return . In the course of

      another month , however , many a bright , ambitious lad will be eager enough to resume the

      pursuit of knowledge , and even the laggards in learning will find themselves once more in

      harness . Meanwhile , as the pages of our present issue abundantly testify , the publishers

      I of Educational Works and Appliances have not been idle , and the number of new school

      and college books which have come under our notice up to date is , to say the least , quite

      equal to the average of former years . We cannot pretend as yet to estimate more

      exactly the number published in contrast to those which have appeared in previous years ,

      for many houses prefer to hold back their educational as well as general announcements

      until , with the dawn of October , the publishing season begins in earnest . But if we are

      .. unable to speak definitely about the quantity , we can affirm with perfect confidence , from the

      scores of books which have already reached us , that of course the qualit be invidious y was never in this better 1 column . It would of the

      Publishers' Circular to single out any particular book or set of books for special allusion ;

      it is enough for us here to assert in general bujb I emphatic terms that in point of research ,

      clearness , arrangement , literary skill , and artistic illustration , we have never seen better

      or more attractive school books than most of I the new volumes submitted this year by the

      trade fdr the approval of the teaching pro- \

      fession . I Praiseworthy efforts have been made in

      many quarters of late to meet the requirements of fche New Code , as well as to simplify

      in the interests of other and more advanced pupils the essential parts alike of classical and

      modern Education . The remarkable impulse which has been given in recent years to art

      and technical training has led to the production of a class of school books of which the

      pedagogues of fifty years ago knew nothing ; whilst the progress of research in almost

      every department of science , pure and applied , has called into existence , within the

      last decade , some admirable manuals and text-books , which help to render the study

      of even abstruse subjects fascinating . Lord Ripon , speaking ¦— at Oxford last

      rib r <^ ' Friday night , at a great meeting of educationalists drew attention to the wonderful

      development of the University Extension Scheme—a movement which promises to do much to

      quicken the intellectual life of the nation . The University of Oxford has now been

      engaged in this work for a period of five years , and whereas in 1885 -6 there were twenty-seven

      courses of lectures delivered , in the year 1888-9 the number had risen to one hundred

      and nine courses . "Very few students at first availed themselves of this opportunity of

      culture , but laat year no less than fourteen thousand three hundred and fifty V-one enrolled

      themselves for hard and honest intellectual work . Similar efforts have been made by

      V Cambridge , London , and the Victoria University of Manchester , and as a result upwards

      ** r -Jk , of 35 , 000 students have been brought under the operation of the system . Thus in every

      • m , V sr direction , it i's apparent that the schoolmaster

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1889, page 930, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081889/page/4/