Contents: Introductory lecture, by W.H. Furness -- On the study of the classics, by A. Crosby -- On a proper education for an agricultural people, by Samuel Nott, Jr. -- On the political influence of school masters, by E. Washburn -- On the state and prospects of the German population of this country, by H. Bokum -- On religious education, by R. Park -- On the importance of an acquaintance with the philosophy of the mind to an instructor, by J. Gregg -- On the ends of school discipline, by Henry L. McKean -- On the importance and means of cultivating the social affections among pupils, by J. Blanchard -- On the meaning and objects of education, by T.B. Fox -- On the management of a common school, by T. Dwight, Jr. -- On moral and spiritual culture in early education, by R.C. Waterston -- On the moral uses of the study of natural history, by W. Channing, M.D. -- On schools of the arts, by W. Johnson.
Publisher: Boston : Charles J. Hendee, 1836.
Description: xxi, [1], 291, [1] p. ; 25 cm.
Notes: Spine title: Introductory discourse and lectures of the American Institute of Instruction.; Last page blank.; Not in Checklist Amer. imprints.; Errata on one unnumbered page following p. xxi.; Paul G. Chandler Textbook Collection.
Other title: Introductory discourse and lectures of the American Institute of Instruction.
