Barrow, William. An Essay on Education; in which are particularly considered the merits and the defects of the discipline and instruction in our academies. London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington; by Bye and Law, 1802
Contemporary half red morocco, gilt spines, binderÕs ticket of J. Soulby in Ulverston (Ramsden, p. 153)., xx, 314; iv, 333, [1, blank], [1, ads] pp.
Slight rubbing, spines a bit faded, minor foxing. A fine copy of an important book, in an attractive provincial binding., The author was a prominent clergyman who went on to become archdeacon of Nottingham (see DNB). BarrowÕs preface cites the theories of Locke, Rousseau, the Edgeworths, and Knox; included here are chapters on the discipline and instruction of infants, the comparative advantages of public and private education, the choice of a school, grammars, the study of the English language, the art of teaching, Òcompulsion and correction,Ó Òdiversions and holidays,Ó the virtues and vices of boys, Òornamental accomplishments,Ó the effects on education of the French Revolution, etc., CBEL II, 1717.
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