NOTICE. THE Committee of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge are desirous of explaining the degree of superintendence which they think that they ought to exercise with respect to this publication. It will of course be their duty not to sanction anything inconsistent with the general principles of the Society. Subject, however, to this general superintendence, they feel that the objects of the Society will be better forwarded by placing before the readers of this work the sentiments of able and liberal men, and thus enabling them to form their own conclusions, as well from the difference as from the agreement of the writers, than by proposing to them, as if from authority, any fixed rule of judgment, or one uniform set of opinions. It would also be inconsistent with the respect which the Committee entertain for the persons engaged in the preparation of these papers, were they to require them strictly to submit their own opinions to any rule that should be prescribed to them. If, therefore, the general effect of a paper be favourable to the objects of the Society, the Committee will feel themselves at liberty to direct its publication: the details must be the author's alone, and the opinions expressed on each particular question must be considered as his, and not those of the Committee. As they do not profess to make themselves answerable for the details of each particular essay, they cannot, of course, undertake for the exact conformity of the representations which different authors may make of the same facts; nor, indeed, do they, for the reasons already given, feel that such conformity is requisite. By Order of the Committee, THOMAS COATES, Secretary. NOTICE. THE Committee of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge are desirous of explaining the degree of superintendence which they think that they ought to exercise with respect to this publication. It will of course be their duty not to sanction anything inconsistent with the general principles of the Society. Subject, however, to this general superintendence, they feel that the objects of the Society will be better forwarded by placing before the readers of this work the sentiments of able and liberal men, and thus enabling them to form their own conclusions, as well from the difference as from the agreement of the writers, than by proposing to them, as if from authority, any fixed rule of judgment, or one uniform set of opinions. It would also be inconsistent with the respect which the Committee entertain for the persons engaged in the preparation of these papers, were they to require them strictly to submit their own opinions to any rule that should be prescribed to them. If, therefore, the general effect of a paper be favourable to the objects of the Society, the Committee will feel themselves at liberty to direct its publication: the details must be the author's alone, and the opinions expressed on each particular question must be conAs they do not sidered as his, and not those of the Committee. profess to make themselves answerable for the details of each particular essay, they cannot, of course, undertake for the exact conformity of the representations which different authors may make of the same facts; nor, indeed, do they, for the reasons already given, feel that such conformity is requisite. By Order of the Committee, THOMAS COATES, Secretary. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION.. SCHOOLS AT MENARS. FEW of our readers may be aware that five miles from Blois, and as many posts from Orléans, two establishments have been recently formed, one for the education of the richer and the other of the poorer class of society. These establishments, although at present in their infancy, appear to us on many accounts too important to be overlooked; and we shall, therefore, give some notice, limited perhaps, but the best we are able, of the nature of the undertaking. We feel that, on the subject of education, every additional means of moral and intellectual culture is a rich addition to the civilization of the world; and when we consider what is the state of education in France, so extensive in its diffusion, and so feeble in its influence, we hail with pleasure a system of instruction which gives promise of better results, and induces a hope that it may contribute essentially to the introduction of higher notions of duties, higher views, and higher principles than we can assume are at present cherished. These two establishments are called The Prytaneum,' and The School of Arts and Trades.' They are situated in the village of Menars, on the banks of the Loire, in the department of the Loire and Cher, and on the high road from Orléans to Blois. They were opened to the public in the course of 1832; and notwithstanding the novelty of the undertaking, and the short time which has elapsed since the commencement, the numbers already composing the classes are considerable: if they both proceed with success equal to what they have already had, they will soon become a source of advantage to the country at large, as well as to the immediate neighbourhood. Oct., 1833—Jan., 1834. B |