John Radiger (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Vol. II. Nos. 1-12, Jan.-Dec. 1858. 192 p. 30 cm. Occasional wood cuts. Cloth hardcover with gold and blank impressing. Corners and edges worn, spine ends ripped. HInges cracking internally. Small label on front pastedown. Paper browned. Contains essays, teaching advice, editorials, appointments, official notices, reports, advertisements. Articles such as: The moral discipline of children; Corrupt English, Educataion out of doors, Dull boys: don't abuse them, Questions for self examination of teachers, Red river half-breed and Buffalo hunters, etc. Poem entitled "The Teacher's Grave.".

Soft cover. 4to. 29cm, 192p., illustrations, tables, poetry, advertisements, 12 issues bound in the original blind decorated wavy-grain cloth, gilt title & illustration on front, hand title on spine, some fade spots, very good copy (cnds). ~ P.J.O. Chaveau (1820-1890), Superintendent of Education for Lower Canada (1855-1867), established the Journal of Public Instruction in 1857 as a monthly periodical. Each issue includes articles on education, university history, appointments, official notices, literature, poetry and education related advertisements. The Journal was published, in both English and French, until 1879. Chaveau's tenure was noted for the establishment of normal and separate schools in Lower Canada. In 1867, he became the first prime minister of Quebec (1867-1873).