UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE SQCIETY FOR THE

DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

THE

SCHOOLMASTER:

ESSAYS ON PRACTICAL EDUCATION,

SELECTED FROM THE

WORKS OF ASCHAM, MILTON, LOCKE,
AND BUTLER ;

FROM

THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION;

AND FROM

LECTURES DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. II.

LONDON:

CHARLES KNIGHT, 22, LUDGATE STREET.

MDCCCXXXVI.

1.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

PARTICULAR BRANCHES OF EDUCATION.

On Teaching Reading. By Charles Baker

On the Spelling of Words, and a Rational Method

of Teaching their Meaning. By G. F. Thayer,

Principal of Chauncy Hall School, Boston,

United States

On Teaching by Pictures. By G. Long

Page

1

17

38

51

On Teaching Arithmetic. By A. De Morgan

On the Method of Teaching Fractional Arithmetic.

By A. De Morgan

74

On the Method of Teaching the Elements of

Geometry. By A. De Morgan

94

On Mathematical Instruction. By A. De Morgan 138

On the Study of Geography. By G. Long

On Geographical and Statistical Knowledge.

By

On the Study of Natural Philosophy. By A. De

161

186