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 ball, 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. "Will pray Sir Master mend my pen?” "Yes,-bring some wood in-What's that noise?" "Come Billy, read-What's that!" "That's A-" "Sir, Jim has snatch'd my rule away-" "Return it, James. Here, rule with this- 66 "The boys are out"-"Then call them in-" "Not wash'd your hands yet, booby, ha? You had your orders yesterday. Give me the ferrule, hold your hand." "Oh! Oh!" "There,-mind my next command." What are the stops and marks, Susannah?" "Small points, Sir."-" And how many, Hannah?" 66 Four, Sir." "How many, George? You look:" "Here's more than fifty in my book." "How's this? Just come, Sam?" "Why I've been-" "Come in." "Who knocks?" "I don't know, Sir." "Come, we can dance to night-so you We'll have a fiddle and a player." 44 Well, mind and have the sleigh-bells sent, I'll soon dismiss my regiment." "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. 64 Gizzard." "Will this word do?" "Yes, Tom spell dunce. "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. Æsop's Fables in Latin, 308. Affectation in Manner, 251. Agriculture, Plan of College of, 191. Hartlib, 188, 191, Locke, 337. Aylmer, 28, 32. Bachelor of Arts, 173. Bacon, F., Memoir, 77. Raumer's Estimate of Philosophy, 77, 84, 93 Goethe, Criticism on, 89. Opinion of Schools of the Jesuits, 91. Methods should vary, 90. Public and Private Schools, 91. Acting of Plays, 93. Essay on Custom and Education, 95 Annotations on, 96, 104. Bacon, R., 80. Barrow, I., Idea of Education, 13. Beating, 55, 170. Anselin, 55. Beds for children, 236. Behavior, formed by Practice, not by lectures, 25% Bent, natural, 91, 107. Bible on Education, 308, 309, 330. Biology, 392. Birch, scholastic uses of, 422. Blood, quantity and quality, 354. Bodies of Children, 347. Bond R., teacher of Ascham, 23, 405. Books, 108, 139, 463. Botany, 183, 190. Bowling, as Recreation, 44. Bristol Diamonds, 404. Brain, Influence on Bodily Functions, 354. Burleigh, Memoir, 51. Advices to his Son, 51. See Advices. Burke, E., Education of Mankind, 17. Butler, S, 425. Byron, Lord, 425. Caeser, 70. Callimachus, 43. Calling, or Natural Inclination to Pursuit, 107 Cambridge University, 23, 167. Milton's Residence at, 167. Physical Exercise, 171. Quadriennium, 172. Degrees, 173. Triennium, 174. Corporeal Punishment, 170 Darkness and Objects of Terror, 298. Dating, Double Mode of, 167. Dejection, or Cowing, 243. Development, 353. Diary of a Domestic, quoted, 51. Dictation not Teaching, 25. Didactics, referred to, by Milton, 189. Diet of Children, 345. Milton, 185. Locke, 231 Spencer, 345. Difficulties should not be multiplied, 313. Diodati, Friend and Correspondent of Milton, 176. Discipline, Nature's Law of, 358. Illustrated, Consequences, 362. Influence on Parents, 369. Aim of, Self-government, 370. Disposition, or Liking to a Study, 257. District School as it was, 416. Docendo disces, 25. Dominion, or Love of Power, 276. Double Translation, 37. Drawing and Designing, 381. Petty, 201. Locke, 410. Drawing out of the Faculties, 11, 16. The Good Schoolmistress, 421. Milton, 12. |