EDINBURGH: T. CONSTABLE,

PRINTER TO THE QUEEN, AND TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS.

No. V.-APRIL 1862.

THE OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS,

THE ENGLISH TRAINING-SCHOOL SYSTEM. By the Rev. H. G. Robinson,

DETAILS OF METHOD IN TEACHING THE MOTHER TONGUE. By James

Clyde, LL.D.,
NOTES ON ROBERT BROWNING. By John Nichol, B.A. Oxon.,
RECIPROCAL NATURALIZATION. 3. The Gallican proposal of a Collége-
International. By Jas. Lorimer, Jun., A.M., F.R.S.E.,

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OPEN TEACHING IN THE UNIVERSITIES OF SCOTLAND. By Alexander

Taylor Innes, M.A,,

49

NATURAL HISTORY IN SCHOOL EDUCATION. By Robert Patterson,

UNIVERSITY HALLS AND COMMON TABLES,

THE LATE GEORGE RANKINE LUKE,

TRANSLATIONS FROM LONGFELLOW's "HIAWATHA." By Professor F. W.

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129

140

150

No. VI.-JULY 1862.

THE EDUCATION DISCUSSION IN ENGLAND. By J. D. Morell, A.M., LL.D.,

HOW SHALL WE TEACH MYTHOLOGY? By Edwin Goadby,

EDMUND SPENSER. By Alexander Smith, University of Edinburgh,

PUPIL-TEACHERS. By Rev. John G. Cromwell, M.A., Principal of the

Training-School for Masters, and Honorary Canon of the Cathedral,

Durham,

MERIVALE'S "KEATSII HYPERION." By Horace Moule,

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164

NOTES ON ANALYSIS: a New Notation. By W. Scott Dalgleish, M.A.,

Edin.,

PORT-ROYAL AS AN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. By Gustave Masson,

Harrow,

171

175

TRANSLATION FROM THE CLASSICS AS AN EXERCISE IN ENGLISH COMPOSI-

TION. By Professor Rushton, Cork,

186

EDUCATION AND Manners in AmeRICA. By J. F. Corkran,

193

QUINTILIAN AS AN EDUCATIONIST. By W. B. Hodgson, LL.D.,

257

AMERICAN POETRY. By Professor Nichol,

268

PRONUNCIATION Of Greek and LatIN. By Rev. J. R. BLAKISTON, M.A.,

281

REPORT OF THE PRIVY-COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. By Simon S. Laurie,

286

M.A.,

NATURAL HISTORY IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION. By Robert Patterson,

Belfast,

Reading and the REVISED CODE. By Rev. William Ross, Alderney,

GALILEO. By Professor Kelland,

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SCHOLASTIC REGISTRATION. By Rev. H. G. Robinson, Canon of York,

CURRENT LITERATURE,

3. The Educational Institute of Scotland-Evening Meetings,

383

FIRST STEPS IN ARITHMETIC. By Rev. A. R. Grant, Hitcham,

JACOTOT'S SYSTEM OF UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION,

CHRISTOPHER NORTH. By Alexander Smith, University of Edinburgh, .

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407

PRACTICAL HINTS ON TEACHING GEOGRAPHY. By W. Lawson, Training-

College, Durham,

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1. Merivale's History of the Romans under the Empire, .

460

2. Egger's Mémoires de Littérature Ancienne,

3. Clark's Comparative Grammar,

NOTICES OF BOOKS,

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5. The British Association for the Advancement of Science,

498

6. Appointments, .

500

CORRESPONDENCE AND NOTES AND QUERIES:-

1. Revision of Apothecaries' Weight by the General Council of