Excerpt from The English Journal of Education, 1859, Vol. 17 Whilst we have the pleasing duty of thanking our friends, amongst whom are those whose names will for ages to come be honoured as educationists, we have to express our regret that so many who some years ago contributed to our pages, have discontinued their literary aid. We are not surprised at this. Their contributions were then thrown aside to afford space for matter entirely devoid of interest to the great majority. Of the large' number of subscribers which then looked only to the English Journal for the educational topics of the day. The numerous editorial changes within the last few years have materially weakened, the contributing staff, and some of our personal friends, whose writings would greatly enhance the value of the periodical, declined to contribute until a new volume commenced. The fear expressed was that in the course of a few months another editorial change might take place. We trust that no necessity may exist for apologetic remarks in the Preface to the Nineteenth Volume, and the Fourteenth of the New, Series. 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.