And cries," Begone!" unto the imps,-and four All blythe and boisterous,-but leave two more, To weep, whilst all their mates in merry sunshine bask, Like sportive Elfins, on the verdent sod, And, with shillelah small, break one another's brow! But careful Dominie, with ceaseless thrift; Now changeth ferula for rural hoe; Or plucks the fragrant leek for pottage green, And so he wisely spends the fruitful hours, Or rules in Learning's hall, or trims her bow'rs;- Of Cam and Isis, for alack! at each There dwells, I wot, some dronish Dominie, That does no garden work, nor yet doth teach, But wears a floury head, and talks in flow'ry speech! THE NEW ENGLAND COUNTRY SCHOOL. THE following sketch of a Country School in New England-" as it was," is copied from the "Columbian Muse, a selection of American Poetry, from various authors-published by Matthew Carey, Philadelphia, 1794,"-where it is credited to the New Hampshire Spy. "My nose bleeds, mayn't I get some ice, You had your orders yesterday. Give me the ferrule, hold your hand.” "Oh! Oh!" "There,-mind my next command." "Silence! The second class must read As quick as possible-proceed. Not found your book yet? Stand-be fix'd The next read, stop-the next-the next. You need not read again, 'tis well." "Come Tom and Dick, chuse sides to spell. "Will this word do?" "Yes, Tom spell dunce. Sit still there all you little ones." "I've got a word," "Well, name it." "You spell it Sampson." "G, I, Z." "Spell conscience, Jack." "K, O, N, Gizzard." "O shocking! Have you all try'd?" "No." "Say Master, but no matter, go Lay by your books-and you, Josiah, Help Jed to make the morning fire." INDEX TO ENGLISH PEDAGOGY. A-B-C., how taught, 417, 306. Academy, Milton's Plan of, 150, 181. Authority in Studies, 111. Academicum Nosocomium, or College of Health, 204. Awe, or Reverence of Parents, 241. Acting of Plays-Bacon and Raumer on, 92. Active Amusements, 40. Activity, Mental, 351. Ad Clerum, Sermon at Cambridge, 173. Education of Children, 52. Borrowing and Suretyship, 53. Esop's Fables in Latin, 308. Affectation in Manner, 251. Agriculture, Plan of College of, 191. 46 Hartlib, 188, 191, Locke, 337. Air, exercise in open, 229. Allurements to learning, 71. Alphabet, how taught, 306, 417. Amusements, 397. Anger, in parent or child, 364. Animals, cruelty to, 287. training of, 345. Annotations on Bacon's Essay on Education, 96. Studies, 104. Antiquity, Bacon's Estimate of, 85. Architecture, 183. Aphorisms on Education, 11, 137. Archery, 39, 43. Archimedes, application of Aphorism of, 142. Value of Pastimes, 41. Style, 38. Influence of, 117. Bacon's opposition to, 87. Arithmetic, 201, 323. Arts, Degrees in, 172. Ascham, R., Memoir, 23. Toxophilus, 24, 39. Interview with Lady Jane Grey, 32. Character as a Teacher, 25. แ Writer on Education, 38. Asterly, J., 55. Treatise on Riding, 55. Astronomy, 183, 190, 324. Astronomical Observatory, 190, 203. Athens, Example of Right Training, 66. Aubrey's Account of Milton's Studies, 167. Austin, S., Attainable ends of Education, 20. Aylmer, 28, 32. |