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      962 The Publishers' Circular August 15 , 1890

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      Literary Intelligence 962 Books And Rumo...

      LITERARY INTELLIGENCE 962 BOOKS AND RUMOURS OF BOOKS 963

      NOTES AND NEWS 964 CONTINENTAL NOTES .. 965

      BOOKSELLERS OF TO-DAY VIII . MR . B . T . BATSFORD 967

      CURRENT EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE 968 THE DISCOUNT QUESTION 973

      AUTOMATIC SOL-FA HARMONIUM 973 THE IDEAL TEACHER 973

      PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION .......... 973 FREE SCHOOLS 974

      EDWIN WAUGH , THE LANCASHIRE LAUREATE 974

      IN MEMORIAM 974 REVIEWS , & c 975

      INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN BETWEEN AUGUST 1 <& 15 98 ]

      BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN FROM AUGUST 1 TO 15 982 NEW . BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED .. 985

      MISCELLANEOUS , 1046 BUSINESS CARDS . 1051

      BUSINESS FOR SALE 1053 SITUATIONS WANTED ............. ,, . 1053

      ASSISTANTS WANTED , , 1053 BOOKS FOR SALE ,. 1053

      BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE , 1053

      St. Dunstan's House, E.C., August 15, 1890.

      St . Dunstan ' s House , E . C ., August 15 , 1890 .

      Rphe Ever-Increasing Activity Which Is N...

      rpHE ever-increasing activity which is notice-J- able in the educational world , ad well in

      remote quarters as in long-recognised centres of enlightenment , must be counted an auspicious

      sign of the times . The most conservative are beginning to discern that esoterism is a

      dangerous principle in education , that culture is for the people and not merely for a few

      favoured scholars and experts , that , in a word , education to achieve its best and final

      results must be less and less exclusive and more and more national . Hence , while the

      standards of instruction are almost annually raised , while more is now demanded of

      teacher and pupil than at any previous period , an energetic , and it may be said a successful ,

      attempt is being made to extend the scope and popularity of educational * institutions high

      as well as low . The Government is laudably anxious to co-operate , as is evidenced by the

      prompt and satisfactory manner in which the revision of the New Code has been carried

      out ; and it is gratifying to observe that the people as a whole are not insensible to the

      X ffo rt s made in their behalf . Proof is not wanting that they are at length recognising

      the fact that the educated citizen is in a better position / enj W oy w s amp — ler opportunities — — than the

      JL uneducated , . Knowledge is power and culture the art of using it ; together , as Milton said ,

      they enable a man ' to perform justly , skilfully , and magnanimously all the offices , both

      private and public , of peace and war . ' The public A . appreciation -. ~ of the benefits of

      education is , perhaps , nowhere shown more emphatically than in the support which has

      been given to the University Extension movement . The history of that movement is

      highly interesting and significant . Originating in the desire of a few liberal-minded

      *¦ " - •¦—c * scholars to have the benefits of university ¦ r m . . ¦ . _ _ m ^^^^—__^_^^_^^^^^—^^¦^¦^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ™

      education extended to those whom

      circumstances prevented from attending a university , academic bodies looked askance on the scheme

      and the bulk of the people regarded it with , ! indifference . But the unceasing efforts of its — ^^

      ; advocates brought a change , and to-day the University Extension muvement is an

      or-! ganised been Deen singuiany singular and a ! v recognised rapid rapid . . As As force early earlv . Its as as growth 1850 1850 the tho has .

      scheme was suggested , but it was not until 1885 that it assumed definite shape and

      importance . Since then it has grown beyond the most sanguine hopes of its originators .

      From a little book which Messrs . H . J . Mac-I :, kinder and M . E . Sadler have published M . we

      learn that while during the session 1885-86 172 courses of lectures were delivered in

      connection with Oxford , Cambridge , and London , the courses for the session 1889-90 number

      I 380 , and whereas five years ago the attendance at all the courses was 16 , 752 , it is now

      se over lvA 8 40 , 000 i are . These bufc one figures indication speak out for of them-> many

      that might be cited of the general activity in matters educational . The spread of

      knowledge necessarily means an increase of books specially adapted to purposes of study , and a

      careful perusal of our pages to-day will show that the wants and demands of teachers and

      students have not been neglected .

      ——?<>?—The Greatest English Ecclesiastic...

      ——?<>?—THE greatest English ecclesiastic of later

      J- times • and one of the . m first * - » . ¦ ' ¦¦ Eng ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ lish ¦» writers a of any % f time has disappeared A . Mm in the person M . of

      Cardinal Newman . Time was when his name was almost exclusively mfassociated with the

      Tractarian movement , when people saw in him only the fiery and matchless controversialist

      who keenly delighted in overcoming an opponent ; but a younger generation untouched

      , by the spirit of old antagonisms , sees in him a

      choicely gifted man of letters , who , departing ? ' 1 11 1 . _ , 1 . 1 1 . I 1 f \ >

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1890, page 962, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081890/page/4/