Fourth Form (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 140 x 207 x 29mm. (xv) + 296pp + publisher's catalogue. Exceptionally clear and legible typeface. Some wear at spine-ends; previous owner label to front pastedown; free endpapers discoloured/spotted, but internal text clean and bright throughout; sound stitched binding. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

Hardcover. 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.