Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1887.

Excerpt from The Addresses and Journal of Proceedings of the National Educational Association: Session of the Year 1877, in Louisville, Kentucky It may be asked, and will doubtless be asked by those who shall follow me in the discussion of this question, Is any serious modification of the ordinary common-school curriculum possible? Within the brief limits of this paper it is of course impossible to discuss details still it may rea sonably be expected that I should indicate the direction in which, in my Opinion, the change should proceed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.