THE

21848

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,

AT PORTLAND, ME., AUGUST, 1864.

INCLUDING

THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

BOSTON:

COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
1865.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

W. E. SHELDON, Chairman Com. of Publication,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

S. CHISM,- Franklin Printing House, 112 Congress St., Boston.

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LECTURE II.

THE TEACHER IS AN AGENT, NOT A SERVANT. By J. W. Allen, .

LECTURE III.

THE RELATIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY TO EDUCATION. BY P. A.