If only so much is done at school, it is an attainment worthy the energy of instructors to secure to every member of the common school system. Hence this communication is respectfully submitted by

ELIZABETH P. PEABODY.

P. S. The work referred to above is "La Methode Franco-Polonaise," of General Bem. The American reproduction of it is called "The Topography of Time, being a Manual of the Polish American System of teaching Chronology, explaining two Charts." The work is published in Boston, and has been already adopted in several large and important schools in different parts of the United States.

GENERAL INDEX

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TO ALL THE VOLUMES, FROM 1830 TO 1850, INCLUSIVE.

NOTE.-These volumes, twenty-one in number, embrace nearly
two hundred Lectures and Essays, on a great variety of important
topics, many of them by some of the ablest scholars and most suc-
cessful teachers in the country. Besides the Lectures, they contain
Records of Proceedings at Annual Sessions of the Institute, held at
Boston, Salem, Lowell, Worcester, Springfield, New Bedford, Plym-
outh, Pittsfield, Northampton, Portland, Bangor, Concord, N. H.,
Montpelier, Providence, Hartford, and New Haven.

The volumes not having been numbered, they are here designated
by their respective dates.

They may be obtained of TICKNOR & Co., Boston.

Academies and High Schools, their influence on Common Schools, by
WILLIAM C. FOWLER, 1831.

Agricultural People, Education for an, SAMUEL NOTT, Jr., 1835.

Algebra and Geometry, FRANCIS J. GRUND, 1830.

Arithmetic, WARREN COLBURN, 1830; FREDERIC A. ADAMS, 1845.

Arts, Schools of the, WALTER R. JOHNSON, 1835.

Astronomy and Geography, Use of Globes in Teaching, A. FLEMING,
1841.

Attention, best mode of fixing, WARREN BURTON, 1834.

Bible in Common Schools, HEMAN HUMPHREY, 1843.
Blind, Education of the, SAMUEL G. HOWE, 1836.
Brain and Stomach, USHER PARSONS, 1840.

Chemistry, History and Uses of, CHARLES T. JACKSON, 1834. -
Classic Taste in Common Schools, LUTHER B. LINCOLN, 1839.
Classics, Study of the, CORNELIUS C. FELTON, 1830; ALPHEUS
CROSBY, 1835; JOHN MULLIGAN, 1837; ALlen H. Weld, 1844.
Classification of Knowledge, SOLOMON ADAMS, 1843.

Classification of Schools, SAMUEL M. BURNSIDE, 1833.

Common Schools, Improvement of, STEPHEN FARLEY, 1834; WIL-
LIAM D. SWAN, 1848; Importance of, SAMUEL J. May, 1843; Man-
agement of, THEODORE DWIGHT, Jr., 1835; Obligation of Towns to ele-
vate the character of, LUTHER B. LINCOLN, 1846; Obstacles to their
greater success, CHARLES NORTHEND, 1844.

Common School Education, Essentials of, RUFUS PUTNAM, 1846.
Composition, ASA RAND, 1832; RICHARD G. PARKER, 1837.
Constitutional Law, EDWARD A. LAWRENCE, 1841.

Connecticut, School System of, DENNISON OLMSTED, 1838.

Courtesy, GIDEON F. THAYER, 1840.

Declamation, T. D. P. STONE, 1836; WILLIAM RUSSELL, 1837.
Definitions, GIDEON F. THAYER, 1830.

Defects of our Systems of Education, R. B. HUBBARD, 1843.

Diseases of Literary Life, GEORGE HAYWARD, 1832.

Division of Labor in Instruction, THOMAS CUSHING, Jr., 1839.
Drawing, Linear, WALTER R. JOHNSON, 1830.

Early Training, Importance of, SOLOMON JENNER, 1850.
Earnestness, ROGER S. HOWARD, 1849.

Education, Early, A. B. ALCOTT, 1832; Comparative Results of, THOMAS
P. RODMAN, 1839; Demanded by the peculiar character of our Civil
Institutions, BENJAMIN LABAREE, 1849; Essentials of, THOMAS H.
PALMER, 1849; the Condition of National Greatness, E. D. SANBORN,
1849; of a Free People, ROBERT RANTOUL, Jr., 1839; Man, the Sub-
ject of, 1838; Meaning and Objects of, THOMAS B. Fox, 1835; Neces-
sity of in a Republican Form of Government, HORACE MANN, 1844;
Practical, W. C. GOLDTHWAIT, 1849; Primary, GARDNER B. Perry,
1833; the Religious Element in, CALVIN E. STOWE, 1844; of the Five
Senses, WILLIAM H. BROOKS, 1831; in the Western States, EDWARD
WYMAN, 1850; Innovations and Extremes in, HUBBARD WINSLOW,
1834; Moral, JACOB ABBOTT, 1831; ROBERT C. WATERSTON, 1835;
JOSHUA BATES, 1837; GEORGE B. EMERSON, 1842.

Elocution, Methods of Teaching, T. D. P. STONE, 1836; WILLIAM RUS-
SELL, 1837; DAVID FOSDICK, Jr., 1837.

Emulation, JOHN L. PARKHURST, 1831; LEONARD WITHINGTON, 1833.
English Language, Study of, D. HUNTINGTON, 1846.

Examining Committees, Duties of, E. D. SANBORN, 1845.

Faculties of the Mind, best Method of Exercising them, WILLIAM B.
FOWLE, 1841.

Failures in Teaching, JOHN KINGSBURY, 1848.

Females, Education of, GEORGE B. EMERSON, 1831; WILLIAM RUS-
SELL, 1844; JOEL HAWES, 1845.

Female Teachers, Duties of, DANIEL KIMBALL, 1836..

Geography, Teaching of, JAMES G. CARTER, 1830; WILLIAM C. WOOD-
BRIDGE, 1833; A. FLEMING, 1841; WILLIAM B. FOWLE, 1845; in
connection with History, G. S. HILLARD, 1845.

Geometry and Algebra, FRANCIS J. GRUND, 1830.

German Population of this Country, Prospects of, H. Bokum, 1835.

Girard College, E. C. Wines, 1842.

Globes, Use of, A. FLEMING, 1841.

God's Plan for Educating Man, C. C. CHASE, 1350.

Government, Science of, as a branch of Popular Education, JOSEPH
STORY, 1834.

Grammar, GooLd Brown, 1831; ASA RAND, 1832; RICHARD G. PAR-
KER, 1838.

High Schools, (See Academies.)

History, in connection with Geography, GEORGE S. Hillard, 1845;
Essay presented by ELIZABETH P. PEABODY, 1850.

Home Preparation for School, JASON WHITMAN, 1846.

Incitements to Moral and Intellectual Well-doing, J. H. BELCHER, 1836.
Infant Schools, WILLIAM RUSSELL, 1830; M. M. CARLL, 1834.
Innovations and Extremes in Education, HUBBARD WINSLOW, 1834.
Instruction, Objects and Means of, A. B. MuzZEY, 1840.

Intellectual Action, its Influence on Civilization, H. R. CLEAVELAND,
1836.

Introductory Discourse, FRANCIS WAYLAND, 1830; JAMES WALKER,

1831; FRANCIS C. GRAY, 1832; WILLIAM SULLIVAN, 1833; CALEB
CUSHING, 1834; WILLIAM H FURNESS, 1835; ELIPHA WHITE, 1837;
ROBERT RANTOUL, Jr., 1839.

Intellectual Philosophy, ABIJAH R. Baker, 1833; J. Gregg, 1835.
Intellectual Education in harmony with Moral and Physical, JOSHUA
BATES, 1840.

Intellectual Faculties, Development of, JAMES G. CARTER, 1830; Educa-
tion of, SAMUEL J. MAY, 1846.

Intellectual and Moral Culture, Relative Importance of, ELISHA Bart-
LETT, 1838.

Jacotot's Method of Instruction, GEORGE W. GREENE, 1833.

Laboring Class, Education of the, THEODORE PARKER, 1841.
Language, Study of, HUBBARD WINSLOW, 1847.

Languages, Living, best Method of Teaching, GEORGE TICK NOR, 1832.

Languages, Ancient, best Method of Teaching, ALPHEUS S. PACKARD,

1833.

Language, Universal, SAMUEL G. HOWE, 1842.

Legislatures, Duties of, in relation to Public Schools in the United States,
CHARLES BROOKS, 1849.

Literary Responsibility of Teachers, CHARLES WHITE, 1838.

Lyceums, NEHEMIAH CLEAVELAND, 1830; STEPHEN C. PHILLIPS,
1831.

Manual Labor, Union of with Mental, BERIAH GREEN, 1834.

Maternal Instruction, and Management of Infant Schools, M. M. CARLL,
1834.

Mathematics, Teaching the Elements of, THOMAS SHERWIN,
Mind, and its Developments, EMERSON DAVIS, 1839.

Model Schools, THOMAS D. JAMES, 1838.

Monitorial System, HENRY K. OLIVER, 1830.

1834.

Moral Culture essential to Intellectual Education, E. W. ROBINSON, 1841;
H. B. HOOKER, 1846.

Moral Dignity of the Teacher's Office, J. H. AGNEW, 1843; JOEL HAWES,
1845.

Moral Education, JACOB ABBOTT, 1831; ROBERT C. WATERSTON, 1835;
JOSHUA BATES, 1837; GEORGE B. EMERSON, 1842.

Moral Influences of Physical Science, 1832.

Moral Philosophy, ALEXANDER H. EVERETT, 1839.

Music, Vocal, WILLIAM C. WOODBRIDGE, 1830; JOSEPH HARRING-
TON, Jr., 1838; A. N. JOHNSON, 1845.

Natural History, CLEMENT DURGIN, 1831; AUGUSTUS A. GOULD,
1834; WALTER CHANNING, 1835; JOHN LEWIS RUSSELL, 1837;
ASA GRAY, 1841; CHARLES BROOKS, 1844; WILLIAM O. AYERS,

1849.

Natural Philosophy, best Method of Teaching, BENJAMIN HALE, 1833.
Natural Theology, HENRY A. MILES, 1839.

Parents, Duties of,.in regard to Schools, JACOB ABBOTT, 1834.

Parents and Teachers, Mutual Duties of, DAVID P. PAGE, 1838; Co-opera-
tion of, JACOB BACHELDER, 1848.

Penmanship, Prize Essay on the Teaching of, B. B. FOSTER, 1832.
Phonography and Phonotypy, STEPHEN P. ANDREWS, 1846.

Physical Education, JOHN C. WARREN, 1830; ABEL L. PIERSON, 1839.
Physical Science, moral influences of, JOHN PIERPONT, 1832.

Physiology, EDWARD REYNOLDS, 1833; WILLIAM A. ALCOTT, 1836;
EDWARD JARVIS, 1845; of the Skin, JOHN G. METCALF, 1839.

Political Economy as a Study for Common Schools, AMASA WALKER,
1850.

Practical Education, WILLIAM C. GOLDTH WAIT, 1849.