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VOL. VIII. PART II.

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Art. I. Report of the Military Male Orphan Asylum at Madras, with
its original Proofs and Vouchers, as transmitted from India in 1796,
and published in London in 1797, under the title of an Experiment in
Education. A new edition. To which are subjoined additional Docu-
ments and Records illustrative of the progress of the new system of
education, in the school in which it originated, and of its fruits in the
character conduct and fortunes of its pupils. By the Rev. Andrew Bell,
D. D. L. L. D. F. A. S. F. R. S. Ed. Master of Sherburn Hospital,
Durham. 8vo. pp. xxx. 126. Murray, 1812.

Art. II. The British System of Education, being a complete epitome of the
improvements and inventions practised at the Royal Free Schools,
Borough Road, Southwark. By Joseph Lancaster. 8vo. pp. xvii, 56.
1806. Longman and Co. 1810.

Art. III. Report of J. Lancaster's Progress from the Year 1798, with
the Report of the Finance Committee for the Year 1810. To which is
prefixed an Address of the Committee for promoting the Royal Lan-
casterian System for the Education of the Poor. 8vo. pp. 44. Printed
by J. Lancaster, at the Royal Free School Press. Southwark. 1810.
Art. IV. A Comparative View of the Plans of Education, as detailed
in the Publications of Dr. Bell and Mr. Lancaster; with Remarks on
Dr. Bell's "Madras School, and Hints to the Managers and Com-
mittees of Charity and Sunday Schools, &c. By Joseph Fox. The
third edition. 8vo. pp. 67. Darton and Harvey. 1811.
Art. V. The National Religion the Foundation of National Education.
A Sermon, preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London,
on Thursday, June 13, 1811. To which is added a Collection of Notes,
containing Proofs and Illustrations. By Herbert Marsh, D. D. F. B. S.
Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge.
Published at the Request of the Society for promoting Christian
Knowledge. The Fifth Edition. 8vo. pp. 33. Rivingtons. 1811.
Art. VI. A Vindication of Dr. Bell's System of Education, in a Series
of Letters, by Herbert Marsh, D. D. &c. 8vo. pp. 32. Rivingtons. 1811.
Art. VII. The Origin, Nature, and Object, of the New System of Edu-
cation. 12mo. pp. 210. Murray. 1812.

IN this country it is no longer a question whether the poor
should be educated. It is now the settled conviction of all
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