Excerpt from The Principles and Practice, Early and Infant School Education Part II. Treats on the subject-matter of instruction in early school-education. This is not arbitrary or conventional, but necessary and of universal propriety. Its various com ponents stand in a determinate relation to each other; and, whether viewed individually or in this mutual relation, are evidently suggested, with respect to their time, manner, and extent, by a consideration of the child's constitution. This Part should therefore be studied with a constant reference to Part I on which its conclusions are founded. It has been considered of importance to give exa'mples of lessons under almost every department of instruction. Regarding these it may be remarked, that what has been aimed at is, not to give the very words that may be supposed to consti tute the lesson, - for the attempt to do so, though very com mon, is quite futile, - but merely to suggest an appropriate train of thought for each, and to show how the illustration should be introduced. Practical teaching cannot be learned from book, even from the most exact photography of les sons it must be learned, like any other art or profession, by imitation of good models and by practice under the eye of a master. Part III. Exhibits those features of Teaching and Manage ment which are of general application in early school-edu cation. School-management is particularly dwelt on, in respect that it is frequently overlooked, and undue promin ence given to the mere act of teaching, which yet bears rather on the intellectual than on the moral well-being of the school. 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.