New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-31

mans Green Reader 81 Dyer. 1t makes an octave vol
umo Of little SEQ pages Of large print and is
given to tho public without preface or introduction
or note OF any kind. From an advance copy we give
the following extracts. In the introduction to the
sketch Of his childhood and early education Mr.
Mill says:
do not for moment imagine that part Of what
have to toldto be interesting 10 the public mar
Fatiye, rs being connected with myself But have
Ihoht that ago which education and Us improve
than at former period of English history q may pe
Tsiul that there should be some record OF an educos
which Was unusual and remarkable, and which, what
ever else may have Gone has proved how uueh more
than - commonly supposed may DC auSho' auu mor
taught, IN those eariy years which, IN the eonm n
1aodes o. what Is called instruction are niue Se '"
$50 az Transition opinions there may be
Toting The successive phases OF any wiDd which
v%s always pressing forward, equally ready TO
others But motive which weighs more with me than
either OF these Is desire acknowledgement of
other persons. some Of them OF recognized emf
others less known than they deserve 70 be- and
had no opportunity OF knowing"
HE STUDIES GREEK AND ARITHMETIC
OF his early studies he writes:
"Ihave remembrance OF the time when bega n TO
learn Greek, | have been told that t was when was
three years old My earliest recollection on the subject
n that q committing memory my father termed
vOCablos beng lists OF common Greek words with ther
cards OF grammar until some years later, learnt no
than the iunexons OF the nouns and verbs, but
ton; and family remember eoine through Asops
% 3g s StSgH b etS WSs the second learnt
uutil eighth year At shat time had read
s1sSors, among whom remember the whole OF
usrOdoius. and of Xenophon,s Cyrop9da ana
bScraorias OF Socrates; some OF the lives OF the
philosophers ny Dogenes Laerus; part OF Iucian and
iseeraIes DomOnieum and Al NiceOeIn. also read
IA 1873 the IL st dialogues Qn the common arrange
Iaen Of Plato, from tho Euthyphron TO the Theoceins
have been better omitted as It was totally npos2iol3
I a in OF
hsOd arithmetic TINS also my father taught me ~
was task OF the evenings, and well remember us
Disagree bcness But the lessons only part of
the daily instruction received Much OF 1t CONSISTED IN
me GGrng our w1ISs From 1919 to the end OF 1918
wore living IA Newingon Green. then an almost rustic
cradle and constant exercise, and he walked
!auqy before breakfast g S9sa a1ks awaT
accompanied him. ana with my earliest recoections OF
sseSan. gave MIN daily Of what had read the day
before. To the best OF my remembrance TINS was Vol
uutry rather than prescribed exercise. made notes
slips paper whne reading, and from these 10 me
morning walks told the story to nun i9r inc BOOKS
Cloat numbcr-RObertsOns histories, Hume, GIDEON,
but NV greatest delight then aud for loug aterward
was Matson's Philip the Second and THIRD. The heroic
defense OF the Knights Of Malta against the turks ana
spain excited in me an intense and lasting interest
Next 10 watson; my bSye q, TSs6s bnd ee
that time no regular history except school aori1g-
and the last TWO or three VOLUMES OF tfahsla
ton OF Rollins Ancient history, beginning Win Fhlnp
81 Naced0n But read with great delight LanghOrnes
tSe me an S vi aue leaves OF reIe@bsr reaGnS
BurnetVs History Of lis own Time, though cared h
historical part Of the Annual Register from The
oesSag 10 &D e tron ms Tl BntHSm eft or fci
lively interest Frederic OF Prussia during his dcul
tee, and in Paoi the Corscan patriot but when
came 10 the American war took my place Ike child
vas, (lnul set right by my fathell on tie wrong
Gde, because II was called the English side"
us WRITES HISTORIES AND VERSES
Among other books which he read under his fathers
direction were: Millars Historical View Of the En-
Ush Government, Mosheims Ecclesiastical History
McCrie's Life OF John Knox, AnsOn's Voyages
HawkeswOrth's Voyages Round the World; but OF
ehildrens books he had scarcely any, though among
those he had Robinson Crusoe was preemnent aud
continued to delight him through his boyAood OF his
hrst efforts composition he writes:
"a voluntary exercise 10 which throughout my
beYhoOd was much addicted, was % Sdndso oaea
Roman history, picked out Of Hooke; an a0ridg-
history of Holland, from my fayorite, Wat
sou aud from an anonymous compilation ana IN my
eleventh and twelfth yearsl occupied myself with writing
what hattered myself was something serious. 4ms
oOmpied with the assistance of H0okel from Ivy and
Diony sius OF which wrote much as would have
made octave volume extending 70 the tpocn OF the
Lenian Laws. II in fact, account Of the strug
ges between the patricians and plr6eans, which now
eusy iet III the and conquests Of the Ro-
discussed all the constitutional points as they
though quite Ignorant OF kebuhrs researches,
l. by such lights my father had gwen me, vndicated
tue AgratD Laws OF the evidence OF Ivy and upheld.
TO OF my ability, the Roman Democratic party
A few years LATER IN my contempt Of my childish
oiIns maj sSoid ever feel any ca1asity about Iny
hTst attempts al writing and reasoning"
Another kind Of composition was writing verses.
"The verses" he says II required 10 write were
Engnsh When first read POpe's Homer, ambtousiy
attempted u compose something OF the same KIND anu
Had There probably, the spontaneous Prompungs OF
my poeucal ambition would have stOpped bat the ex-
etcsc. begun from choice, continued by cOmmand
NJ father generally left TO choose my own subjects.
Waeb, far as remember. were mostly addresses TO
"A
but he made translate into English verse many or
HOraces shorter poems: also remember ms giying ne
1nOmsOns Winter TO read, aud afterNard making me
attempt without book 70 write something myseh ON
the same subject The verses wrote were, OF course,
the mefest rubbish did attain any facility OF
versincatIOn the practice may have 0een usefu IN
making IN easier for me- at later period, 70 acquire
hood when these exercises had ceased 10 DC COnpu-
sory ike most youthful writer's l tragedies;
der tie Inspiration not much OF Shakespeare az Of
Joanna Ballie whose Constantine PaleOlOSus ~ par
touar appeared 20 OF the most giorlous OF hu
msn compositions. st think 1t one of the best dramas
of The last Two centuries"
He was also fond Of experimental science About the
age Of u he began TO study logic.
81 began at with the oranon and read II 70 the
Aualytics inclusive but pronted little by the PoserloT
Analytics, which belong TO oraoch Oh speeuStenn
CANON my father made me read the whole OF parts 0f sew
era OF Latin treases Oh the scholastic loc; giving
each day MIN, in our walks minute account OF what
had and answering his numerous anu searching
fnrongh the 'COmputatio siye Loaca' Of Hobbies, a
work " much higher order OF uougnt imam Iae pDoks
OF the school logcians. aud when lie esumStSu ve.y
highly; in my opinion beyond its merits great De
Know OF nothing in my education, 10 which think
myself more indebted for whatever capacity VI tnk-
Ing have attaued Tue first intellectual operation ~
witch arrived at any proficiency was disseeun2 bad
argument. finding in what part the iaiiAey lay anu
though whatever capacity OF lus sVrt ss in
which most perseveI1ngiy drilled ~ ny Iasn.el
Is also true that the school logic ana the nen
habils acquired in studying II, were among inc
instruments OF this drilling am persuaded tnat noth
ing IN modern education tends much, when properly
need 10 form exact thinkers who attach precise mean