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BARNETT, M.A., late Chief "I have shown it to one or two members of my staff who are interested in the teaching of English. We think it the best book of the kind we have seen."— DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. "Scarcely could we hope to find within a limited compass a more concise or practical presentation, or a manual one could more confidently recommend.”JOURNAL OF EDUCATION. PHERS 22 Berners Street, London, W.1. Cloth Boards, 1s. 8d. Limp, 1s. 4d. 4s. 6d. net. Limp Cloth, 10d. Paper, 7d. book. Science they did not touch at school. He learns French, but knows none. Now that boy is the son of an officer well up in the Army, is intended for the Army himself, and will probably by hook or by crook be shoved both into the public school and into it. He is costing his parents about £200 a year, and he is not an imbecile. I question if he is at all below average intelligence, but his education has failed so completely to help him, or to teach him to help himself, that he has lost all self-confidence, all curiosity, all initiative. Yet he does not dislike his school, and physically, he has been well looked after. He is good at cricket, and as his father and uncle were noted cricketers, his mother has hopes, apparently well-founded, that he will be admitted to their old school by virtue of his and their achievements in that line. Well, for his sake, as he is a good and lovable boy, I hope she may be right. It will certainly not be through his work in any of the examination papers. Even most of the questions will be double-Dutch to him. But if he succeeds in this, I cannot help wondering what kind of an officer, what kind of a citizen of our world-wide Empire he will make. What has his costly education, so far, done for him? He cannot read an ordinary schoolboy tale easily enough to be interested in it. 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Read each carefully. If you think it is true put 'Yes' on your answer paper; if you think it is false put 'No.' If you don't know, put a dash." Here are samples from the geography and history papers: Our imports are mainly food and raw materials for manufacture. Macintoshes are used more in Kent than in Cumberland. York is an old Roman town. The American colonies revolted because they objected to being taxed without their consent. The wars with Napoleon caused low prices and much prosperity. The repeal of the Com Laws in 1846 made bread dearer, and caused great distress. In 1870 education was made compulsory. A very valuable addition to the book is a Group Intelligence Test for Juniors and for "C" divisions. It needs no apparatus, RESEARCH IN EDUCATION. 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