Miscellaneous Observations Relating to Education : More Especially as it Respects the Conduct of the Mind (Paperback)

Dedication; Preface; 1. Of natural and artificial education; 2. Of the objects of education; 3. Of the Latin and Greek languages; 4. Of private and public education; 5. Of introducing young persons into company; 6. Of the knowledge of the world, with respect to the follies and vices of it; 7. Of correction; 8. Of submission to authority; 9. Of courage; 10. Of filial and parental affection; 11. Of instruction in the principles of morals and religion; 12. The importance of early religious instruction argued from a more particular consideration of the principles of human nature; 13. Of the education of persons of rank and fortune; 14. Observations for the use of persons in the middle classes of life; 15. Of the attendance of servants on young persons; 16. Of foreign travel; 17. General advice relating to the two sexes; Considerations for the use of young men; A course of liberal education; A syllabus of a course of lectures on the study of history; The introductory address to the course of lectures on the history of England; The plan of the course of lectures on the history of England; The introductory address to the course of lectures on the laws of England; The plan of the course of lectures on the constitution and laws of England.