, 1870-08-07

neen 1esatae That Eng Alfred introduced
NIuseN 1Eto tia Dan sh camp In the diagn;.e
81 s., minstrel. Ttre Manager ssked lin,
Nv VIZ. u -, mlns.Fcl:" - travelling mig.
ssnd sefd .s1a ~ Tue n nreply. THE Soldiers Dfean
fsyo1ite pieces; but hardly an5ono il tie
caihol'c schools could tell lie Inspector what
vas meant by "0uz buS,es saug truce.' On
one occasion, in clssa Of twoniy-oight girls,
saa only che who pruiessed to UNDER
stand tue ward "bugle,'' tloscrib il ~ au
af.;, aF.ss' ol dress" The word "trucs" is
n Walt-saapq,nn sepamea ,.s.a. Is meaning loud TIE
understood. 4 teacher in birmingham
told the Inspector tia. some OF the girls had
Teen quite startled BY Lis asking them what
Was meant by "faRgot." They knew .ha worl
only ~ N oppEoDfious term Wien addressed
One Inspector is severe on the history
manuals We use and quotes the following
htuG from popular reading book, which
awatds two pages to the reigna Of the three Ed
waraa and 1ach.rl IL, and zl,ou. Lalf page
to Elizabeth. concerning whom this Interest,"
Eatl OF Essax pa1d lis adilsgssos to Eiizateth.
md oecsme her Chief fayorite; but, At last, LIS
offended her, aud VIA Sentenced to loxs his
heatl." 1he compiler aalds tillt The great Queen
plned away, Fcf1eel food, propped her head
on custso1ls. and died Of e,inui. In several
schools the teachers contipe the children, in
readlng. 10 one Look, or even to one part Of i
book, 20 that the scholars Ic.rn the Wonls by
hent- an frequently told" says ono In
bpectoT, "by the teachers tllat the children
have not gone beyond tie S0th page ia that
book, and am evidently regarded ~ violating a
sacred constitutional ,igLt Wien / direct tie
amusing to ~steh the look OF blank dismay
Which comes over = teachers face when tell
s.,nlo fluent urchin 10 slut his book md 20 on
with his lcnson by ro,v, and the scholar. proud
OF his accomplishment, pbeys NO." This In
lia care, county in which there u
I mixture OF WeluL aud Enrfish
blood The natives OF the Welsh border Laye
loet al Welsh accent, but lave p1eserYed the
clear and sweet Welzll intonation. 10 tlat the
lausuage o. the dteu1es approaches far more
any other part Of England. II an often
any, . he saJs: 'at finding sls1opaliro
children, under North Country master. en-
deavorlng to reproduce, with great etIort aud
conscious pride, come horrible aspetity Of ~
ceIs entarels new TO their native experience,
eat Ike = plowboy-'. a rough sketch Of An
ordinaIy village school aid 5ou will have
enough: 1t is from the report on four coun-
tics IL The ceusle Of England:
lle 6ehool Is pl1bal!5 square room of In.
!levea by nnsthing except The Inc OF OLD. .iash.
thnef1 deFEH taat inns around tftcIl ana at which
lew elder children are occupy ing themselves
with their hacks toward the teacher. Ia the cen-
trt ~ ths onl+ which il unbruken by any Kind OF
Iufniture, except perhaps an Old stove, afe proba-
nlF TWO c.csse9, Tie youuarr one OF babies, who
snll About IN Disorder, aud arc not unfrcquenuy
heard cr!tng Et.er the hands Of the child uoui-
TOT. VINO sohks After or rHTaects them. the other
consisting OF children between and years old,
who are atFanGe,l round a board Of letters, tn
1ftnt o. Which ats the mistress, with her wOEk
sef5 eiten On her Auec, a1d giving but stnall A.
ttns1pn to tnc attempts 4; learning which 20 on
around her II may ie CONCEIVED that little y
'!one tn such Fl%ce; 1t has become refuge foE
the Idle and for those who are not wanted else-
where, rather than a school. and everyone IN the
no1n, having idlllltti tletonutlon Ut being pres
cut, t,eGua U tllnk ta4t no lnUEs i uecsssafy.r