THE HISTORY OF MODERN

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

WITH EMPHASIS ON SCHOOL PRACTICE

IN RELATION TO SOCIAL CONDITIONS

BY

SAMUEL CHESTER PARKER

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AND DEAN OF
THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

OF EDUCATION

COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY SAMUEL CHESTER PARKER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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The Athenæum Press

GINN AND COMPANY. PRO-
PRIETORS BOSTON U.S.A.

DEDICATED

TO MY MOTHER