Prospectus Of The Brixton...
The Times, 1824-01-19T00:00:00

TA-n.vrp?T.v-- 7 He who appLears in the prominent attitude of an instructor of youth, has a right to expect scrutiny; for no onie ought to place his child where confiaence hnas not been placed ; and eonfidence should no where be placed without experience: experience is the work of titie, and hence the diTffilcultv to make progress in a new establish. ment in a new ieighbourlio.d. However, som-bthinig must be attempted, some mode of attracting the attention and gaining the car of the public -must be devised, adopted, antdpractised. lie insertsaednneadvertisemuent in The Timer,. Coutrier, CAtronirice, Heraid. Globe and Traveller, Aceariner, Olb. screr-fii all the papers ant all the magazinesi, yet, no one believek-. it- it is apuff." His itimediate friends,anxious for his welfaie, andconscious of hia talents, extol hisp t qualifications evmery where,and incessanritly. "Iti slparllipatSft-.e one muinspan wellaoftis ownftienda" He writes with he own ha ou gool paper, as a convincing argunient topcoeisgatiaiiTbe art a diress or a prospectus, setting themfohinlnhadwds oud ed into fine periods; buc this has no of the precn 1 Good prospectuses (they say) have been 'writtn b those o coulr not write :saem, nor perfonu what the ontinedeht o s thet next step for the snifrtate master ? He thave-patence, and receive,whyat he cannot cimasid. It is a dohppy dispesation of Providence that every ou an thitkn iinttserf of consequence in his own art or profession. It i ay instanicess ar, eycusable, nay, aL praisev-orthy vanity it leads to no evil or to mpsehotive good. u cithout ths feeling, how couldl mnabn u.. tin tbe pressure ofmisortupesupthe jostlings of envious oppositionvh .tlio arduous %trug-le. of honourable conipetiteon-..or push himself -nto thbNe hRrd CO),stentions out of which spring comufort. and repose to imself, anidadvaentagetothecommunity. rnVanitybsallher sons be brzve. bit Pruidence bids them all be wise." should the writer ofn this propectus be betrayed i eensoriousness on the plans of oth,,ers;,and into too muiich egotismn andc confidence in his own, telse rares ma miate the er breply, und plead general practice in exteouation of his failitng t, is abn awrful thing to fai in* wat we undertake to perfbrin for others. To succeed in education, is as gloriouy ana mraie rthy, n neorto succed3isaperniciouis and sclpable. He who=depssasingle youthot insothto tinattion to which hi, si uatio entitles h nits -- permanent act of cruelty and inabustio not only on the youth himself, it extends like Newton's thoprolar "ar and wvide1" to hie parents and friends-to those unborn, who shal tlepend on him- t the whole bodytiolitic! Itreaches yet anther, antd mg ben ' Talkes every creature in, of every kind." if these positions hiave truth for their foundation, of what wePllt, theo; are the responsibilities of every parent ? Of what magnitudt ari the duties of the instructor of his childr . But this is an age of boasting, of ditsatisfaction, conplaint, ana change. Wie boast O." our great learsiiig, tand yet we complain of our want of it. WVe arc dissatisfiedI with thne pro ess of our chil- dran-we complain, change, and pre still dsaifd. The writer Can Scarcely go intl ompatn buthe hears of the great improve. nieots thathaot bgcentlade in tuition duing the la 20or 3years., and at the same instant complaints ofn tn-fenproveniest, or of that wnich isslaow. How are thesethins? Ifpthe modern method E be superior, why nre not people satisfied, Arn d if they aIe not swtper tigr, why dothey.boastof he? T o e rcommunity ought to know thaitere .have beenmucli trick and juggle ineducation5 audthat general comprehensive education, an a system, in unquestionably in itm infancy. "dvhat presumptno !" exla,i athe learned-" itn hat presumptionoi" re-eeho the ignoranLt To devlne his ideas on these important point-, whiceh so ni mately concern all nien, would require volumes: they have eng':ed his close attention 20 aears; and the yublic will one day, perhaps, have an onportunitv of comparing that education which is, with that which tpi writer thinks ought to be and might be. A perfect in- strictor is hewho can tblich any thing to any putil, make his in- struction pleasant, and his art or science soeght after. But where is this instructor to be found? Although the writer does not believe in absolute perfection in -du cation, vet he does believe that the approaches to it mav be ire.. fin:telv iuore and mote near, so as (to borrow a phrase iromn the geomietricianis) to approximate to vithin less than anY asyignable distance. It is however time to inform the reader, that te writor, after hav. ing been long sains sucretsfully employed in conducwtihean establish. men t for the education of yotng genleminen in the tountry, at Ply. fliouth, in Devonshire, has relinquished it (at toie earnett solicita. tinns of' several friends, ho have had, and svve now, children uen- der his tuition, and in unison with his own wishes to be netr the metropolis), and has been so fortunate a to ptocure thate excelent sItuatin suitable house, and pleasa-nt grounds, at Brixton-hieLs Surrey', lour'miles fram town, called Brixton-hodge, where a limiitedl nmeruialt of young gentlemten, in coiijunction with a ridi attentlon to good morals ana olite behaviour, will be taugiht carefuy. ccir- remcly, and expe,itiaiusly, the Greek and Latin classict, with the drench language; not, iowever, to the prejudlice of general theglith literature, their athotematicalscienice, hand philosophy. Ifthsewriter yight With) cout presumption, he would assert, that even hits or first places of education, too mieuch time and pains are bestowed in attempts to acquire dead and foreign languages, which after all, eingmst in. stances, are nothing btattternmps; but if they were successful,'they could no, atone for the necessav y absence of wthat, a b Englishment it is ten tines as important to know-their own language, natios, characters, literature, and science-but this by the bye. yn l'ie dornestic management of the establishment will be unt.?r the assiduou and constanut superintendence of Mrs. in li cwhir. , with her servants, will mnake every exertion to administer the coanfts of thie domestic roof. The ptipils will be treated as Tmembers of f famuy, andnpaurici pate, as parlour-boardees . 1r. Hine's daily society aTad conversation. IRelaxation and amusement will occupy munch attention in the Brixtonhlodge Establishlm ent. The conluctor Is of opinion, tret this portion of scholastic discipline is not sgfiieiently attended to, and is ver>y defective- It is not the numiber of liours that a student devotes to his books thatt will ensure progress, but the time he dIe.. votes willingly, and pleasantly-a mighty difference. Recitations and examnations,,at least once a year, will be gi ven . 'to which the parents andfienio the younsg gentlemenwil'en. spectfully invited, in order to judge of the pt~rZes and Capuh,ility o the systemn. To develops the entire palan would transgess the limIts of a pro. spetus suiceit to say, that, the vie is neither So, young as not. tohv adosidlerable experienc-e int tuition, nor so old as not to possess energy to act from it-he is in that period of life when'the humnan iiiind attains maturitv, if ever it attain it, anod when the body has power to execute the dea~sion .of the mind: it is, therefore, his full determination, if he meet witih suitable encouragemnent, to de_ vote a f'ew years to that most importanit of all empleyinents, youthlif1 instruction ; and hopes he lias adopted a system of insiructiort less painful atid imore efficeaciotus than that usually practised.,B a. p- pealing to the judgments of youth rather than to their miesnnriea.; by continually presenting, under different aspects, things, Thoet C.s- vential, to the exclusion of' the trifling aiid umitno~tanfa,~ by kinid- ness ainti personal intercourse, keeping their mLinds int llcli an en- embarrassed, active, anid innaisitive szate; (not by severfity prssn down the spirits and repiuhsfon, destroy-itg that B-ptttude tolcheerful. ness a-ad thiirst for true knowledge,wliich wouldi be the characteristica of youth) as to lead them insensibly anid irresistibly to habits of in. dukstry, self-inquir'y, self-education, and, eminence. Mlr. .!ine cannot conclude this address without expressing in the warmnest mianner Iiis acknowledgments and thaniks to those friends wvho have so long p laced confidence in him, and shown him so much k-indness. He will ende-avour to, repay, at least a part of it, by his> future exertions for the advancement of their children, as well as of thqse whom they may rewniinend. Terms-40 guineas per annum;- young getlemen who ha-M not attained the age of eight, 35 guineas Cotwts will be kepk ior the establishiment: N.B. Etach pupil has aseparatelbed. Tb*,ere are no extras wvhatev-er, bttt books and stationery. lMusic, d'-cr~, n drawinLrg at the usual terms. The w-riter will feel mucl-4thonoured by th. calls of ladies and gentlemen at Brixton-lodge. Numerous re- fere-nces can be given in towvn and countrv. PROSPICT'!jS OF TIIE: BaLcToIN-LoDGE ESTABLISHMIrET, BRItXT0r.nTLt., FOlt THE EDiMCATION. OF A LITIrTED NUMBER OF YOUNG GEY'fLE3IfE, CONDUCTED By AR. DINE.