Excerpt from Epitome of History and Principles of Education The first edition of this book was a pioneer in the effort to organize the facts in the history of education. That effort found immediate justification in training schools, normal schools, universities, and especially home study by zealous men and women who could not take established courses in educational institutions. This second edition, revised and enlarged, embodies eight years more of experience, suggestions from many educators, the benefits of scholarly research by other authors, and the helpful contributions from various kinds of experiment to determine standards of effectual teaching. The book itself is an expression of gratitude to all who have aided in making a clearer presentation of history and principles of education. 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.