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MR. DUFIEPS NEW SYSTEM QF EDUCATIOk
LITERARY PLEDGE REDEEMED.

Mr. Dunn has the honour of announcing to the Friends and
Promoters of Education, and to the Public in general, that the
Fifth Edition of " NATURt Duna,/ an, in her Mode of Teach-
ing Languages to Man, adapted to the French," containing his
last improvements and considerable additions, comprised in two
large volumes, dvo. consisting of dearly ma pages, closely
printed on fine paper, is just published, at the reduced price of
Twenty-four Shillings' and gray be had of all Booksellers.
In announcing the Fifth Edition of a work already honoured
with the most extensive patronage, Mr. Dunn respectfully soli-
cits the attention of the Public to the following statement, as it
will give some idea of the great national Importance of the work,
which he with due deference submits to the candid judgment of
the British Nation :

" I have said it already, and I repeat the assertion, that it is
Nwruas which is our first Instructor. Hence I infer that the
only way to arrive at Inventions or Discoveries is to do as she
teaches us."—Abbe de Cornsmisc.

" The uniformity in the proceedings of the human mind, is a
circumstance which cannot fail to attract the notice of the atten-
tive observer. In every step towards any improvement, it never
fails to proceed on the same principles, and to observe the same
rules ; and, should any real improvement result from its progress,
it is not so much from conceiving new rules, as from simplifying
those with which it was before acquainted."—Odlosorhy of
Language.*
The above two quotations seem peculiarly adapted to give a
just idea of the history, progress, and conclifsion of this Work—
. first points out the source whence it has drawn the principles
on which it is grounded—principles which belong to Nature,
and are offered to our contemplation in order that we may avail
ourselves of them for our own immediate and permanent use. I
have, in the Introduction to this Work, and to which I refer the
Reader, dwelt at considerable length on those principles or laws;
and I have pointed out what they are, that every one may be con-
vinced of their excellence and Incalculable advantages to society.
The second sentence, from Condillac, is no less correct than the
first; for, if a real discovery or invention is made, it is only be-
cause it is an application of the laws of Nature to effect a parti-
cular purpose : as no other laws can be founded on truth, Expes
Hence daily confirms the verity of these remarks.
The second quotation satisfactorily accounts for the various im-
provements which every succeeding edition has exhibited, which
improvements have rendered the present system of tuition more
and more natural, that is to say, more and more simple. Igno-
rance and learned presumption, perplex and render everything
complicated ; while Nature does the very reverse, as every one of
her processes is a sublime model of simplicity. I consider the
present Edition as the last I shall ever publiAh, so far as regards
invoilentersts; for, I have brought the system as near perfection
as I believe it to be possihle. I trust it will be obvious to any
our, who bestows a sufficient degree of attention on the develope-
mtnt of this system, that it has now reached the last stage or
degree of analysis; or, in other word:, that I have succeeded in
reaching the elements, by going from the compound to the
simple. It is therefore impossible to go a single step beyond
unless an all-powerful haud should either refine our senses, or
add to their number. _ _ _

In the 'lnn-eduction I enumerated five-and-twenty of the ad-
vantages peculiar to this unique system : I then stopt, lest the
reader shot I I be satiated. However, I ought then to have closed
the list wi h the following singular advantage of this system
that it will effectually destroy quackery in Education, by acting
as does the test of the goldsmith towards the base metal which
is tendered as pure; for the new system measures all others,
without being measured by them. The self-styled inventors of
new methods will, ther►fore, seldom troubl, the Public here-
after with their imaginary discoveries, for fear of the exposure
which inevitably awaits them.
The well-wishers to the cause of Education will be gratified
hear that the present system has made gigantic strides not only
in the United Kingdom, but every part of Europe and America.
In Asia, too, it has created the most powerful sensation, as Will
be seen from the following publk document, to which I entreat 11
the attentive perusal of the reader.

Extract from the Report of the Committee ofthe Calcutta School
Rook Soileiy ; read at' the Virg Annual Generarhleeting of
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the SubseaCeis, hcla ttt the ToWe Htril,of.that City:

". ?lour Committee has, in conclusion, to advert to a very re-
markable work, which has strongly attracted their attention,
entitled ' Nature Displayed, by 51r. N. G. l)et•rur.' The truths
of most importance to mankind commonly lie long dormant,
acknowledged indeed, hut not duly prized; till Anme one, gifted
with common sense Bud sagacity, surpassing those of his contem-
poraries, points out to the world their momentous practical uses
and corollaries.

6' Mr. Duller, has himself observed, what Is Indeed sufficiently
obvious, that hii manner of teaching a langu.ge is not suited to
the case of the French only. It is fur this Institution steadily to
keep the principle in view, and seize opportunities, as they occur,
of applying it to all the languages within its sphere of operation
and usefulneu.

.1 Your Committee, adverting to the uncommon merit of the
work. and coosideriug its dissemination as calculated to produce
just ideas on the subject of school books, and as furnishing an
admirable model for the preparation of many, have encouraged
a proposed re-publication in Calcutta, by subscribing for seventy
copies," &c. •
COMMITTEE.
lion. Sir E. H. East, late Chief Lieut. D. Bryce Collector •
Justrce Lkut. F. Irvine,liccording Sec.
J. H. Harrington, Esq. E. S. Montague, Esq. Corres-
W. 13. Bayley, Esq. pending Sec.
Rev. W. Carey, D.D. Mon/ uvee Ub d'Oolwahid,
Rev. T. Parson - Nat. Sec. _ _

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Rev. T. Thomason Bahoo Tarinee Chorun Mitr,
Major J. %V. Taylor Nat. Sec.
Captain T. Roebuck Mowluvee Curum IToosyn
Captain A. Lockett 11Trityunjoy Bidyalunear
W. H. Macnaghten, Esq. Mowluvee Lb d'Oolhumeed
G. T. Gordon, F.sq. Baboo Radacant Deb
James Robinson, Esq. MowluveeMoohummudßashid
James Calder, lisq. Treasurer Baboo Ram Consul Sen.

I shall merely remark, on the above document, that its value
and importance are greatly enhanced by the circumstance, that
not one of the four-and-twenty Gentlemen who made it, have
the least personal acquaintance with the Author. I beg them,
therefore, to accept my warmest thanks for their liberality, and
the tribute of my admiration for their ardent zeal in promoting
the cause of Education, which is a cause that affects all mantind.t
I am now so truly convinced that this system contains all the
original elements of tuition, which are grounded on the very na-
ture of the understanding itself--eletnents which bad for the
most part escaped attention ; that, animated with the same spirit
which made the mathematicians of the sixteenth century chal-
lenge one another in the solution of difficult problems—a spirit
of love and enthusiasm for the progress of science, I fearlessly
challenge all the Instructors of youth in Europe and America to
point out what elementary principle of education has been omit-
ted or overlooked ; and In what this system can be at variance
with itself t for I have asserted that this method " renovates or
strengthens the/acuities of the mind, 8y bringing into action every
mental and physical organ engaged us the learning of Imagine, and
rimming ties whole with simidtanemis energy towards nu and the
same end."

I respectfully invite the lovers of Education in particular, the
learned, the curious, and all those who are desirous of observing
by what simple means Nature produces great effects, to read
with attention the Introduction to this work. I am the more ur-
gently incited to make this request, since the principles therein
developed are effecting a very extensive reform In the Science of
Instruction in every part of the civilized world ; and I flatter
myself, that those who have duly reflected on language, its effects
on the human mind, and the powerful influence of methods,
which are the pinions of the mind, will not accuse me of forming
an exaggerated opinion of this production, in which is unfolded
the Taut BRITISH Sort= or &occasion; fur it is the legacy
which the immortal Locke bequeathed to society, and which,
though unemployed for more than a century, has now devolved
• I published, in the New' World, when very young, an Essay
on " The Philosophy of Language." I intend to re-publish it at
a future period, with those additions and Imprp'venients.which.
time and reflection have since enabled me to make.
f I really cannot help feeling some surprise that the Honest-.
able East India Company, amongst whom are so many es,
lightened and patriotic Gentlemen, have not yet been duly sen-
sible of the Incalculable advantages which would result, should
this system of lingual instruction be introduced in their Colleges,
and in their extensive dominions, as it would cettainly tend to
i consolidate the British Empire in Asia.

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iet0.41114 however humble, will ex dealronr t drkit •
justices and to transmit the noble charge uniminired to posterity.'
In the stet edition of this' work, I pledged myself to redrice its
price, if sufficient patronage Warranted its being stereotyped. It
bat been so; and the great expense of having the plates cast hay-
iwg beta liberally repaid, it now remains with me to redeem my
pledge. I, therefore, offer it to the public, through the medium
of the booksellers, at a considerable reduction on the original
price, which, considering the extensive additions to this edition,
is equivalent to an abatement of at least five and twenty per cent.
and what renders its cheapness still more evident, is that no ether
book is wanted for instruction In the French .Inguage, and one
single copy may serve several people, or a whole family. Let
those, then, who are interested in pecuniary calculations, but
estimate the amount of all the books required on the old plan,
dnring a number of years of painful drudgery, and they will
wonder at the sum expended, or rather thrown away ; and de-
plore, at the same time, the great loss or deterioration of intel-
lect, occasioned by following the most false and anti-logical of all
methods, which has unaccountably been suffered to degrade the
human understanding for so many centuries.
No. S, Hatton Garden. N. G. DUFIEF.