Whittaker & Co."s List of Cla.s.sical, Educational and Technical Works.
by Whittaker & Co.
Mr. Leland"s Educational Publications.
_Third Edition, Crown 8vo, Cloth, 6s._
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
A WORK ON PREPARING THE MEMORY, DEVELOPING QUICKNESS OF PERCEPTION, AND TRAINING THE CONSTRUCTIVE FACULTIES.
By CHARLES G. LELAND.
_Author of "The Minor Arts," "Twelve Manuals of Art Work," "The Alb.u.m of Repousse Work," "Industrial Art in Education, or Circular No. 4, 1882,"
"Hints on Self-Education," etc._
Mr. Leland was the first person to introduce _Industrial Art_ as a branch of education in the public schools of America. The Bureau of Education at Washington, observing the success of his work, employed him in 1862 to write a pamphlet showing how hand-work could be taken or taught in schools and families. It is usual to issue only 15,000 of these pamphlets, but so great was the demand for this that in two years after its issue more than 60,000 were given to applicants. This work will be found greatly enlarged in "Practical Education." Owing to it thousands of schools, cla.s.ses, or clubs of industrial art were established in England, America and Austria.
As at present a great demand exists for information as to organizing Technical Education, this forms the first part of the work. In it the author indicates that all the confusion and difference of opinion which at present prevails as to this subject, may very easily be obviated by simply beginning by teaching the youngest the easiest arts of which they are capable, and by thence gradually leading them on to more advanced work.
"The basis of Mr. Leland"s theory," says a reviewer, "is that before learning, children should acquire the art of learning. It is not enough to fill the memory, memory must first be created. By training children to merely memorize, extraordinary power in this respect is to be attained in a few months. With this is a.s.sociated exercises in quickness of perception, which are at first purely mechanical, and range from merely training the eye to mental arithmetic, and problems in all branches of education. Memory and quickness of perception blend in the development of the constructive faculties or hand-work. Attention or interest is the final factor in this system."
"_Mr. Leland"s book will have a wide circulation. It deals with the whole subject in such a downright practical fashion, and is so much the result of long personal experience and observation, as to render it a veritable mine of valuable suggestions._"--BRITISH ARCHITECT.
"_It has little of the dryness usually a.s.sociated with such books; and no teacher can read its thoughtful pages without imbibing many valuable ideas._"--SCOTTISH EDUCATIONAL NEWS.
"_Strongly to be recommended._"--CHEMICAL NEWS.
"_This valuable little work._"--LIVERPOOL DAILY POST.
"_Many of Mr. Leland"s suggestions might be carried out advantageously among the young folks in our large towns and villages._"--NORTHERN WHIG.
Minor Arts and Industries.
A SERIES OF ILl.u.s.tRATED AND PRACTICAL MANUALS FOR SCHOOL USE AND SELF-INSTRUCTION.
EDITED BY CHARLES G. LELAND.
This series of manuals on "The Minor Arts and Industries" is designed on the lines laid down in Mr. Leland"s treatise on education. Each handbook will present the subject with which it deals in a thoroughly popular and practical manner; the lessons carry the student on his road step by step from the veriest elements to the point where the most advanced works fitly find their place in his course of study; in short, the greatest pains are taken to ensure a thorough mastery of the rudiments of each subject, and to so clearly state each lesson, ill.u.s.trating it where necessary by plans and drawings, that even very young children may be interested in and trained to practical work. On similar grounds the self-taught student will find these manuals an invaluable aid to his studies.
_Part 1 now ready. Paper cover, 1s. or in cloth, 1s. 6d._
DRAWING AND DESIGNING: IN A SERIES OF LESSONS, WITH NUMEROUS ILl.u.s.tRATIONS,
BY CHARLES G. LELAND, M.A., F.R.L.S.
Other volumes will follow at intervals, amongst the subjects of which may be named--
WOOD CARVING.
MODELLING.
LEATHER WORK.
METAL WORK.
CARPENTERING.
COMMERCE, ETC.
GREEK AND LATIN.
Bibliotheca Cla.s.sica.
_A Series of Greek and Latin Authors, with English Notes, edited by eminent Scholars. 8vo._
aeSCHYLUS. By F. A. Paley, M.A. 8_s._
CICERO"S ORATIONS. By G. Long, M.A. 4 vols. 8_s._ each.
DEMOSTHENES. By R. Whiston, M.A. 2 vols. 8_s._ each.
EURIPIDES. By F. A. Paley, M.A. 3 vols. 8_s._ each.
HERODOTUS. By Rev. J. W. Blakesley, B.D. 2 vols. 12_s._
HESIOD. By F. A. Paley, M.A. 5_s._
HOMER. By F. A. Paley, M.A. Vol. I. 8_s._ Vol. II. 6_s._
HORACE. By Rev. A. J. Macleane, M.A. 8_s._
JUVENAL AND PERSIUS. By Rev. A. J. Macleane, M.A. 6_s._
LUCAN. The Pharsalia. By C. E. Haskins, M.A., and W. E. Heitland, M.A.
14_s._
PLATO. By W. H. Thompson, D.D. 2 vols. 5_s._ each.
SOPHOCLES. Vol. I. By Rev. F. H. Blaydes, M.A. 8_s._
---- Vol. II. Philoctetes--Electra--Ajax and Trachiniae. By F. A. Paley, M.A. 6_s._
TACITUS: The Annals. By the Rev. P. Frost. 8_s._
TERENCE. By E. St. J. Parry, M.A. 9_s._