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    188 Fleet Street, E.C. : Aitgusb 15, 1881.

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    fTIHE speech of Mr. Mundella on the Educ...

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    188 Fleet Street, E.C. : Aitgusb 15, 1881.

    188 Fleet Street , E . C . : August 15 , 1881 .

    Ftihe Speech Of Mr. Mundella On The Educ...

    fTIHE speech of Mr . Mundella on the Education Estimates indicates the intention of the I JL department over which he presides to introduce two sweep _ ing — and radical alterations into

    i our elementary A educational system ^ . , the results of which can scarcely fail to have an effect gradual and indirect if not immediate and absolute , upon the supply of educational literature . ,

    A change is in the first place to be made in the basis upon which the Government grant is to be be paid -naid m in elementary elementarv schools schools , tne the enect effect 01 of w which nicn , speaKing sneaking generally generally , , will win be oe to to substitute substitute

    for what we may term the recognition , of special , results , the far fairer and more logical , system of appraising the general fruits of the teaching given . For some years past the

    tendency has been to pay masters and mistresses on a system which enabled them to gain large grants by producing a certain number of exceptionally smart scholars , whereas in

    future they will "be . led to give their attention to the average attainments of the whole school rather than to the brilliant achievements of the few . That this will be a vast improvement in

    the interests of the country can scarcely be questioned ; for while the forcing process has I worked badly for those who have not possessed sufficient talent to mark them out as objects J

    I of interest to their instructors , the children who have been taken , as it were , out of the ranks have not xmfrequently been compelled Mb to overtax their p hysical powers . A

    JL . v V J , — remodelling of the system of inspection is to follow , and assistant inspectors are to be ultimately advanced to be inspectors «¦ - . The second import _& . ant change *^ - * announced is the

    intention to accept University graduates in virtue of their degrees as candidates for the post of teacher in schools receiving Government aid ; and although educational experts will doubtless

    assert that a B . A . of Oxford or Cambridge is very far from being the equal of a student from a Training College , the result of the movement will be to introduce an element of

    higher culture into what is fast becoming a well-paid and honourable profession ; and a possible link between our systems of primary and secondary education will at once be

    supplied . Such changes as these , by tending to raise the general standard of the educational attainments of children througho ' — ' ut the country V * , and by V improving -Mm «¦ „¦* the machinery Qjfor their

    instruction , must tend to increase the demand for school literature , and naturally must operate towards improving its quality ; and there is , therefore , a special appropriateness

    in a brief reference to the subject by way of prelude to the invitation which we are able once more to give our readers to glance through the lists of books , suited to schools of every

    grade , which will be found in our present number . From the elementary school , whether under the Voluntary or School Board regimeup to the University , there is an abundance of

    , materiel , and the names of the well-known firms who devote themselves to this class of literary production will be a sufficient guarantee of the excellent quality of their wares .

    Messrs . Longmans give prominence to their ' English History Reading Books , ' and commence wide variet this month y of subj the ects issue . of Messrs a new . Cassell c Modern i , Petter Series , ' & of Galpot elementary , to meet school the -books demands embracing of the a Revised tf Code - « - ¦ ** have — — vw - - ^ prepared |— — - »¦—— — a -w new — « v r r series *—IV of r Geograp ^ 1 ¦ v-klK f hical Jfc Readers . f tT A . » n ^ / and a % JV general ¦ series of books

    of •*» - -w « the - . vr-v -w sam —» —•• - e class » •¦ , , entitled J" - " < ' The w »« Modern . r-r mr a . .. *~ r School - **—» >•* ** Readers ' *» «* W -T ^ « V / ' 1 ^ F whil * ^ ^^ V e ^ V ^ S * their i ^ A M-JVJL standard JL V /^ >^ K X ^ JL JL % ji works * H _ ^ f f : hj \^/ A now . * F ! f V-rf include JU I' - ' ^ - * ^ ^^ Professor Black woods Morley ' Standard ' s admirable Class ' Library Books of Eng from lish Literature the simple in Outlines its comp of lete Science form . Messrs to ela- .

    range up borate their their scientific scientinc treatises and ana , such mathematical mathematical as the Manuals works worns of Messrs Messrs Zoology . . Micmtllin Macmillan and Palaeontology have have the the by Professor assistance assistfl . n ™ Nicholson of of manv or of . the tne In

    most distinguished masters of natural science in the Universitiesand their classical many series is to Classics — — — be — — — — extended — ™ / — edited — — to by j what G i . Eugene —¦— promises ^^ - * - ' Fasnacht to tv be a very and presenting valuable /« «^^^ k class the iujlax ^ of most *_¦_¦ books , popular , entitled ¦ j ¦ French ' Forei and gn German School — — ——

    tional works . Works Messrs ~—— . v - of -w * . . Crosby * Dr . ^—» De Fivas Lockwood ~~ - ^ - ^ — while >^* Avv ^ < fe anoth . ** , m Co »^ v ^** . ^— still er »• |^ feature ^ . ^ give the . ^ . At in . — p their lace ., vw of list v honour ijx is ^ p m _/ v furnished * *" , to j the ^ v > AX V French A b cvaa a v * v- ^ Educa ^^ lete - series ll / of ' Civil Service Handbooks , / which has been brought down to date y the comp issue of

    BOJ ' The . O Civil VJ * . Viva Service KJCJ . Coach V 1 V ; D JLM / . CblX to meet V \ J * JtS . O j the W 1 J wants . JLUH . 1 XU of / O UCC those 11 UlUUgJlt who are entering WIJL LU the ClUiliU lower by UV Lilt ? grade l » 5 O"v of vclerkshi 3 oai / j \ yji their forei ix manuals Messra lucaai Asher present jji eauxiL modelbooks of Commercial %

    v when Correspondence wjicji , jha *> , , xijl in . j ps . j o . . truth uxu Among uxi .. ixj , , in ' all u -xji ^ various > ujucjij the me world wuau x languages ^ jLci gn ' s » a a , uuiaxjiuixi stage » u < , *^ well « ' for xui adap the tiie ted a man iixiiii . . x to \ aa these . si of 01 * is , business uusuiess days of UlUtltJl ) ; intern and ana - - they tney UOOiva ational have nave Ol competition vuxjiajja also atis u ov some * »« * - " - ,

    recent standard developments Hebrew works by . publishing Messrs . Isbistek Manuals & of Co Animal . ( Limited Physiology ) provide , Gymnastics for education , and in Domestic its more Economy Jiiconomy , in in addition addition to to their their well w « ll--known known Uopy nrmv--hrbooks » r » lcs and an c \ Readers Tt . anAn-ra Messrs TVT ^ aavsi Chakles flwAPinia ubif GrifFIN * w

    suited & Co . to graduate , students the of classics various attainments in a very practical , from the fashion junior by classes publishing . in school Standard . up to the Text of students the -books last in iithe umvorsi jyj i & Readersmeet all the

    edition book jl mo s they University of the provide Code i ) . . the , successfull Messrs and . «»» in r » . . their Bjlackie x > ju y for * jjKjL Yere « the a , Foster oojv Son exercise a ' s C opy , of eaaersi -books pen ^ , pencil mee , Drawing t an , and tji - books bru requirements requirements sh , . and Mr Water . Frei un - > colour eiucK * in « *~~ 8

    I I NoRG series ^ of rB German brings Reading standard Books play , a edited of the by German Dr . Buchheim stage before and publishes the English many student text-books ' ^ , ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1881, page 618, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081881/page/2/