New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-05

lacked unon as the frst among men 10 turn p,o
found speculation to intimate practcai use,
training as philosopher enabled MIN " pu,
form what was fOrmess in the eXperliheh'a''o
Pestalozzi As a philosopher his practicdi e'ue"
,sser,ad itself when h. dismissed the hope oil ue
filming the nature of things in tbs mse.Ves anu S"i'
assumed those conditions necessary u ma ,'i
and consistency OF thinking. and also IN Ms 0i''
csu of Fichte. who by seeking to unite 'neolS en-
nractice reduced philosophy 10 mere pihN'''
MAN ~ education wrapped up III 'iie S'7
nurpose never 10 be lost sight OF for an instant "
tho interest Of the pupil must be awdkeheu an"
kent awake Among all the minute SUBDIVISIONS
~ wbicb his theory has been subjected oy Ms
dscn,es This central aim has never been lost se"'
Of They differ much in their interpretations o' ''.c
masters meaning. but their tendency on 'ne VIM
seems 10 be toward economy OF time ana e1or'' tne
result Of system in which training anu Kno"ie's,
are obtained together and not. as oy the ""u''
education. after the other
President De Garmo necessarily touches many
important problems in modern education Tne most
importan; Of these is how to make thorough ana
wide training harmo lie with the environment !"
which the child grows up and In which ne must
live. and this suggests review OF various pans
for the concentration and correlation OF studies'
The author disapproves Of concentration. wh'cn
arranges all studies in accordance with assumed
natural law. because IL demands not only teacher
who Is a philosopher but also an infant pupil VINO
Is also a philosopher. He prefers coordinate
different groups separately. each according to its
own principle of development. That t.. he would
not carry Herbartian methods beyond the point 10
which Herbart would carry them himself. and would
keep theory subordinate to practice.
The subject Of tthes 10 vital to the English
aerlculturst. This being tho case, would hardly
sppose that nation composed. in part at least. Of
rational beings would daily long with questions as
1, whether Adam burned up tenth Of his annual
produce from the Garden Of Eden. or whether
Abraham gave the royal priest Melchizedek a 1.-THE
OF all his property only of the booty obtained
in A successful battle. II English farmers AS a
body cannot pay tlthes and make both ends meet
this fact might we'll be considered more important
than the whole body Of Jewish and Christian
precedent. But II Is not In England. The question
Is one OF law and custom and argument upon 81, has
70 begin At the beginning OF all human affairs
"A History OF Tlthes" Imported by Charles scrib-
ners Sons) designed By It's author. the Rev. II. W
Clarke as complete refutaiion II those who
would trace the history OF human legislation on this
subject IN unbroken line back 10 the Hebrew
Scriptures AMI their divine authority. He NAN
talns that money paid for religious purposes in the
frat Christian churches by way OF a free gift
and not q contribution levied under law custom
This in his opinion. was also the view taken Of the
matter by the early Christians. both Briton and
saxon In England But the practice OF free giving
hardened Ike other practices. into obligation
under the common law. confirmed frs; by injunc-
,ions OF ecclesiastical councils. and then by royal
DEGREES He insists on tho testimony % the mis-
sionary Theodore and the historian Bede. thai thes
were paid AZ the outaet solely FOR the benefit OF the
moor and ~ strangers. and he appeals 70 Wiclife
on one hand and to the friars on the other 10 show
that the common belief 10 th- true intent OF
tthc-payiug IN the eve % the Reformation was
stu that they aims or frec-wil offerings
I. nder the laws that had been passed the tithes. in
any event. were the property ~ Church which
hold the doctrines ~ the Church Of Rome. When
the Reformation took place tho property was legally
forfeited. bat retained on condition that the
church ma utalnei the doctrines and regulated
forever tho old doctrines. But now. according to
Mr. clarke. Tho church n England dishonesty
Ignores the conditions. holds the doctrines repudi-
atel hut keops firm grip on the ancient eniow-
ments" ~ course. as controversialist he makes
the most ~ his argument. bat he would hardly he
prepared - say that the church u England taken
49, a Whole. has been Romanzei. Finally. he goes
into details as the present Of tlthes aiming
% show that ,hoy are sadly misiirected The sheep
are shorn but not cared FOR he remarks in A Latin
quotation. In England tho book bears tho whole
question %, dises,ablishment, which IL now more or
loss warm IN Wales In America IL is Of interest az
a somewhat partisan contribution 70 curious chap
to- In legal history