New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-15
WHOLE NO. I,1,.
onenaortr,. Sew Netsea Of L.arnias Erense.

oHendorf-s New MetAca Of Lsarninx Erenek.
TIE popularity OF OieadorS-s works in th:s country
Gas induced ho<e who lave not sufficiently examined
his Method h;ra OF plagiarism from the late
Jesn Msnesca The charge IS accompanied by circur'
stances well calculated 70 ens; syapstay snd on ths
account il IS not likely 70 he hSsSy abandoned however
concusively is fLs;ty nay % proved Manescs-
aTr.ale mar OF great and varied Attsinueus Is known
70 have spsrs his life IN abo-ious II TO, uursoutsd ex
e-riors IS teacher. oueniorf has reshsed 81 nde-
p.udsnce froCi his works, sid Is living IN s:Huencc in
pa-is To those who suffer their minds bc eraber-
ed BIZ the too frequent spectacle OF expiring IN
want snd assumption revealing in superiority, how
sc-onz nay how irresistible. il az sppeal pat forth il
the name OF one who sleeps or deaths dresuess pill
low ssairst TIE prosperous resident, OF the splendid
mansion II tee Rue RicEseu at the cspi;si Of France
And YET il s possible there may &c 20 ground tor the
sppeal Il would hardly &c stated logical sequence
that; rom The relative positions OF the parties the latter
must necessarily asys ctrau6eI tie former. his con
troversv like all others eventually be decided by
facts Pesauiag that those interested in its decision
are desroUs to know the Cuth-to render unto Cesar
me, things Inst are believing ths, TIE truth
can never ;nJure the weearued reputation Of any
shall briefly the Vesuit OF some examination of
the subject Hereafter we ray discuss the matter more
az large the materials ample but Nc present the
space st disposal confines tie consideration OF the
TWO following questions
First TO sk0n does Tie paternity a. MaRcsta,s ora!
S.S;eR rlgbtly btl5FS
Second What resemblance lTe Assse-1 tSts SyS:cm
and Ole1io,f $" Ns1 NsiRod ;"
To the hrsi question make TIE following
In S2. two years before tue publication OF she Srst
edition OF Msnescas book there published in Phila
delphia By Mr. Victor Value. work entitled Expert
orce Consulted; Rational System OF Teaching Mod
I ern Language This work. though Of not more than
oneoUrth the size OF Manassas Will De pronounced 5y
every one capable OF forming opinion upon the sut
lect contain the developed Illustrated gTfRcsp o:
Manescas book To form Manescs'. book from Values
nothing more was needed than knowledge OF French
and English Il viii also be Acknowledged By all who
have examined MaGescas book. that the prgcpic Illus.
trsed BY few examples IS the all in all o; Il After OBJ
tanning clear idea OF whs, Mr. Value calls the princ
pie which furnishes the student with the from
the first lessen of forming his own sentences m other
words OF making sn immediate and continued use of the
words he learns, the rest is all labor The tsc
ty with which German and Spanish have been adapted
10 this system by Dr. Hempc and Mr. Eabcdsn. clearly
proves this assertion. Now OF this principle which /,
all in Msrcscas System. to which the term inventor
gira,or with propriety be applied Mr.. Value IN
1892 claims 10 be the sole originator communicated
the priqcip says Mr.. Value TO M Manesca. of New
York. $50 advautageousy known eminent teacher)
when be began teaching ahout the year les or lslO
Since that have taught the plsn and brought it 70
the state Of Improvement has attained but have
since been separated VIC differ in the details al
though the principle is virtually the same Mr. Value
stu! living Philadelphia and has lately asserted tina,
| wha: he stated in 1882 is true.
In 1894 Mancsca published mis- Oral system" Ia
portion of the Preface which omitted IN the later edi
lions OF the work-or what reason otter no con'ec-
ture-he dudes to Mr. Values book, ard says IL has
removed prominent objection to the publication Of
his But now does dispose OF MIR. values cium
be the sole originator OF the principle OF his system
Does he deny it. as he naturally would have done had
he known il to DE untrue By no means His
ing is not very clear upon this point but he evidently
gives Value the larger half of the credit due to an
originator and intuletes that the System the result
+, of their Joint labo.s.
From all this il Ia sufficiently clear that Msnesca docs
not claim 20 have originated the principle OF hs
System Mr. Value does clam for him eli, and there
is strong internal well external evidence that his
claim is well founded.
We have made these remarks from illteclns 10 Mr.
Manesca or his friends but from OF Justice
gentleman OF great worth and modcsty who is still do
pendent upon the aborous occupation OF teaching for
his subsistence and who has reaped little OF the fame
and none Of the cmouments. of method OF teaching
which he has toied hard TO perfect We have indicated
sources whence have derived Information and
the truth Of statements may any moment be tested
The second question we proposed TO consider was
Vkd resemblance Is there betsts Mdneseas System and o.
erdcrT Nelc Methcd
They resemble each other in the ultimate germ of
their fundamental principle-the principle OF making
immediate and continued use OF the words the
dent learns We say in the ultimate eza for from the
! moment OF developing this prnciple-of forming
method from 1.-THE two systems diiier widely. Oisn
dord ) work is neither copy, Arrangement
an imitation OF Manassas. Manesca's is exclusively an
oral system intended only for teachers and expressly
prohibited pupils Ollendoras IS oral sys
TEN than Chanoauds or Levzac's, and ia provided with
q key-which Marescs does not admt-for the express
purpose OF enabling students acquire the language with
the aid OF teacher. Manescas work Is calculated
to impart only practical knowledge OF the language
and contains nothing Of the theory OF grammar Ollen
dor.i aims teach al. both theory and practice
all his lessons therefore preceded by decensions
conjugaiions rules other theoretical information
Manescas Exercises all in French and the English
s and only 10 explain single words or phrases. Oen
dort Exercises all in English "a great Improvement
Oy the way which the learner IS required translate
into French. Maneacas Exercises composed exclu.
s;yely of questons) Olendorfs made up OF ques.
lions and answers. and OF ordinary affirmative sentences
Manesca defines words they occur in the ENer.
cises. Olendorii defines all his words and phrases at
once the of the Lesson before enter.
ing upon the Exercise In short the works as
different in every particular methods of develop
| ing nearly the same principle can possibly be.
! Bu, was Oendortf indebted TO Msnesca for the pra.
cip. of his Method which have acknowledged to re.
senlble that OF Manescas System Those who maintain
the affirmative OF this question be Of the
methods OF instruction in in France and Germany
/ long before the invention OF Manassas System. Had
teachers in those countries been confined 10 Wanos
rrochts and Leyizacs Grsmmars Manesca's friends
seem TO take for granted they must have been there
! would indeed be ground Tor suspicion But had they
not Jacotot and heidnger, and 5eidenstickerl Jaco
tots principle is precisely dertca! with that of Oen
dorf az may be by Us development in the Robert
! sonian Method An examination IF aonteths French
without Master professedly the Roberonisn Method
will apundany prove this assertion French sentence
fret given the meaning OF the words and phrases ID
explained and then the pupil IS furnished with English
Exercises BY means OF which he uses ttsnsposes com
bues and re-corn1nes the words and phrases he has
learned In his second lesson his Exercises require him
% repeat the words aud phrases learned in the rs With
| Mr. Values principle OF making immediate and
continued use OF the words learned Now to suppose
man who has been eminent teacher in Paris for
nearly thirty years 70 have been ignorant Of we'll
known an author Jaeoto taking considerable for
granted say the least Of IL But II adut this
improbsbility other accessible TO Olen-
dor-sources which ne Acknowledges himself ndeot
ed-fronn which be could have derived the principle
OIlendor+ published his FIRST work. Deetraisoa Gls-
m1nde Derm,aee in l-0 four years before the publ
cation of asnescas System. in The Preface 10 that
work re announced the publication OF ma system OF
| Teaching Lauguages which appeared IN le'3o In the
oreface 10 .h:s latter work BIZ unutey describes the
various steps 5y which he had gradually excogated hs
.ysrerr IL. says he had used the works OF Aedinger
and Seiiensrcker and mad united the peculiar excel.
Iences Of both II method He tnen close. with the
following paragraph which here translate from The
| German
II have Eel, it necessary thus 70 explain how have
succeeded step By step n forming my Method, thai
MIR. anticipate those who shouldfee disposed 10 er
cise my work without Whiting I'll AZ uture hme !,
.aai appear complete beg 10 remind them that this
Method : not Ike nnny others the work Of day or
the product OF merry Imagination but the fruit OF sev
| enieel years labor and experience.
We hive also been shown letter from OiiendoTa,
written rot SIX weeks IN which among othsr uisr
tern ne states that he hss yet aaecas boos
r,if1, sreIy o