FOURTH FORM — The New Schoolmaster

Smith, Elder & Co. 1913, 1st Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, Scarce title. Normal wear to extremities with some grazing along the top edge of the back board & just slightly down the leading edge of this board. A few light marks only. Internally complete with no inscriptions. Some light foxing to blank endpapers o/w text is free & clean. An uncommon title covering the new school; the way out of the present pessimism; the head master and his duties; the need for inspection; the limitations of the inspector; the student teacher; the royal road; the primrose path; the murder of the greek; the resurrection of the greek; latin and mechanical obedience; in defence of the mother tongue; the english essay in schools; our inheritance in letters; the new way with hitory and geography; home thoughts from abroad; the jack of all trades; the mercenary motive; modern schools and modern sides; the montessori method; the critics of montessori; an experiment; ideal of class teaching; the claim of beauty in education; the school poet; squalor, social and physical; de minimis; intellect and empire; the explorers eye. Good.