Published by Smith, Elder & Co, 1913
Seller: Lincolnshire Old Books, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 37.30
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SCARCE title. Normal wear to extremities with some grazing along the top edge of the back board & just slightly down the leading edge of this board. A few light marks only. Internally complete with NO INSCRIPTIONS. Some light foxing to blank endpapers o/w text is FREE & CLEAN. An Uncommon title covering the new school; the way out of the present pessimism; the Head Master and his duties; the need for inspection; the limitations of the inspector; the student teacher; the Royal Road; the Primrose Path; the Murder of the Greek; the resurrection of the Greek; Latin and mechanical obedience; in defence of the mother tongue; the english essay in schools; our inheritance in letters; the new way with hitory and geography; home thoughts from abroad; the jack of all trades; the mercenary motive; modern schools and modern sides; the Montessori method; the critics of Montessori; an experiment; ideal of class teaching; the claim of beauty in education; the school poet; squalor, social and physical; De minimis; intellect and empire; the explorers eye.