THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

PRIOR to 1870 there were three National Associations, each independent of the others, yet all engaged in considering educational work. These were the "National Teachers' Association," organized in 1857; the "American Normal Association"; and the "National Superintendents' Association."

At the annual meeting of the "National Teachers' Association," held in Cleveland, O., August, 1870, its Constitution was amended, its name changed to that of The National Educational Association, and four departments were organized within the Association, consisting of Department of School Superintendence; Department of Normal Schools; Department of Elementary Schools; Department of Higher Education.

By concurrent action on the part of the three National Organizations above named, they were united in one. This was the beginning of The National Educational Association, in its broad field of labor, with all classes of educators coöperating in the educational work of our country. This Association now includes nine departments, as follows:

Department of School Superintendence ;

which is composed of sixty members, ten of whom are chosen annually from the members of the Association. The Council comprises twelve Standing Committees of five members each, who consider the topics assigned to them, and kindred subjects, and report upon the same at the meetings of the Council. Since the year 1883, the proceedings of the Council have been published in the Volume of Proceedings of The National Educational Association; and the topics considered by it are included in the following Classified List.

The joint publication of the proceedings of the three National Associations, mentioned above, began with the volume for 1870. It is hardly possible now to find copies of the proceedings of either of those Associations prior to that date. They were generally issued in pamphlet form, and seldom contained all the papers that were read at the meetings.

Beginning with 1870 each volume is bound in cloth. The increasing demand for these volumes of The National Educational Association has already exhausted the editions for the years 1870 and 1872; and only a limited number of copies are now on hand for the years 1871, 1882, 1883. These three volumes can now be sold only when sets are ordered. As soon, however, as the "calls" for the volumes out of print seem to warrant their republication, arrangements will be made for reprinting them. Until that time, a volume for either of the years 1873, 1875, 1876, 1879, 1880, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888 will be sent in exchange for a volume of either of the years 1870, 1871, 1872, 1882, 1883, 1885.

The following table gives the year of each volume, the number of pages that it contains, the price of the volume when sold in sets, and the prices of those volumes that can be sold singly, when sent by mail post-paid :

Orders for these Volumes of Proceedings should be accompanied with check or money order, and directions for sending them.

I.-AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Its Theory, Objects, and System.

1870.* Theory of American Education. W. T. HARRIS, MO.

1870. The Relation of the National Government to Public Education. *

EATON, Washington, D. C.

HON. JOHN

1870. Claims of English Grammar in Common Schools. J. H. BLODGETT, Ill. 1870. Free Common Schools: What they can do for the State. HON. F. A. SAWYER. 1871.* How far may the State Provide for the Education of her Children at Public Cost. HON. NEWTON BATEMAN, Illinois.

1871. Superior Education as Related to Universal Education. GEN. JOHN EATON. 1873. What should be the Leading Object of American Free Schools? H. F. HARRINGTON, New Bedford, Mass.

1876.* Demands of the Coming Century on the American Common School. A. D. MAYO, Mass.

1879. The Neighborhood, as a Starting-Point in Education. REV. ROBERT E.

THOMPSON.

1879. The New Teacher in New America. A. D. MAYO.

1880. The Unattainable in Public School Education. A. P. MARBLE, Worcester Mass. 1881. The Leading Characteristics of American Systems of Public Education. J. P. WICKERSHAM, Penn.

1881. Lines of Advance. C. C. ROUNDS, Plymouth, N. H.

1881. Education and the Building of the State. GEN. JOHN EATON, Washington, D. C. 1881. Some Essentials in the Development of a School System. D. F. De Wolf, Ohio.

1881. The Century and the School. F. LOUIS SOLDAN, St. Louis.

1882. The State and School; the Foundation Principle of Education by the State. SAMUEL BARNET, Georgia.

1882. What, How, and How Better.

Secularization of Education.

CARRIE B. SHARP, Indiana.
WM. W. FOLWELL, Minn.

1882.
1883. The Educational Lessons of the Census. WM. T. HARRIS.
1884. Needs in American Education. MRS. EVA D. KELLOGG.
1884. Citizenship and Education. J. L. M. CURRY, Richmond, Va.
1884. Civic Education. WM. W. FOLWELL, Minneapolis, Minn.
1885.* Adjustment of Modes of Instruction. F. LOUIS SOLDAN.
1885.

Civil Service Reform and the Public Schools. H. RANDALL WAITE.

1885. The Ideal Schoolmaster. T. J. MORGAN, R. I.

1886. What shall Education do for the Future of the Country? President's Address. N. A. CALKINS, N. Y.

1887. Educational Influences and Results of the Ordinance of 1887. Its Adoption. Opening Address by the President. W. E. SHELDON, Mass.

History of the Ordinance. ISRAEL W. ANDREWS, Marietta, Ohio.

Lessons Taught by the Ordinance in regard to the Future Educational Policy of

our Government. J. L. PICKARD, Iowa.

The Educational Influence and Results. B. A. HINSDALE, Ohio.

The Influence of its Operations. THOS. A. BANNING, Chicago, Ill.

1887. Council Report.-The Function of the Public School. C. M. WoODWARD, St. Louis, Mo.; W. H. PAYNE; W. T. HARRIS; F. L. SOLDAN.

1887. How to Spread Information concerning the true Purposes and Methods of School Education. HENRY SABIN, Iowa.

1887. How to Teach Parents to Discriminate between good and bad Teaching. MRS. ELLA F. YOUNG, Ill.

1887. How to Awaken an Interest and create a Demand for Professionally Trained and good Teachers. W. W. PARSONS, Ind.

1888. The Function of the State in Relation to School Books and Appliances. JOHN SWETT, Cal.

1888. The best Discipline to Prepare Law-Abiding Citizens. DUNCAN BROWN, Kansas. 1888. The Culture most Valuable for Educating Law-Abiding and Law-Respecting Citizens. JOSEPH BALDWIN, Texas.

The dates indicate Volumes.

1888. The Culture most Valuable to Prepare Law-Abiding and Law-Respecting Citizens. GEORGE H. ATKINSON, Oregon.

1888. The Discipline most Valuable as a meins of Preparing Law-Abiding and LawReverencing Citizens. B. F. TWEED, Cambridge, Mass.

1888. What the Public Schools should Teach the American Laborer. GEO. H. HOWISON, California.

1889. The Legal Status of the Public Schools. A. S. DRAPER, New York.

1889. Education and the Republic. A. S. COLYAR, Na-hville, Tenn.

1889. The Problem of the Hour for Schools. ALEX. HOGG, Forth Worth, Texas.

1889. History a Patriotic Force in Schools. H. B. CARRINGTON, Hyde Park, Mass.

1889. The Teaching of Patriotism in the Public Schools and Everywhere. G. W. F. PRICE, Tenn.

1889. History of Education: Its Culture Value. B. A. HINSDALE, Mich.

1889. History of Education: Its Value on Educational Legislation and Administration. W. H. PAYNE, Tenn.

1889. History of Education: Its Value to Teachers. G. S. WILLIAMS, Ithaca, N. Y.

II. CITY SCHOOLS.-Graded.

1874. Several Problems in Graded School Management. HON. E. E. WHITE, Ohio. 1883. The City Systems of Management in Public Schools. J. L. PICKARD, Iowa. 1886. City School Systems-Pupils, Classification, Examination, and Promotion. REPORT OF A COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON CITY SCHOOLS.

III.-COUNTRY SCHOOLS.-Ungraded.

1875. The Country School Problem. W. F. PHELPS, Winona, Minn. 1876. The Country School Problem. EDWARD OLNEY, Mich.

1879. A Graduating System of Country Schools.

A. L. WADE, W. Va.

1879. A Readjustment of Common School Studies Necessary. AND. J. RICKOFF, Ohio. 1882. Country Schools. JAMES P. Slade, Illinois.

1886. Country Schools-Suggestions for their Improvement. J. C. MACPHERSON, Ind. 1886. Country Schools-Special Conditions. G. F. FELTS, Ind.

IV. COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

1871. A National System of Compulsory Education. J. P. WICKERSHAM, Penn. 1872. Compulsory Education. NEWTON BATEMAN, Illinois,

V.-CULTURE IN SCHOOLS.

1870. The Means of Providing the Mass of Teachers with Professional Instruction. S. H. WHITE, Peoria, Ill.

1870. The Application of Mental Science to Teaching. J. W. DICKINSON, Mass.

1871. Classical Study, and the Means of Securing it in the West. H. K. EDSON, Iowa. 1871. Pronunciation of Latin and Greek. H. M. TYLER, Knox College, Ill.

1873. How much Culture shall be Imparted in our Free Schools. RICHARD EDWARDS, Ill.

1875. The Relation of Art to Education. GRACE C. BIBB, Mo.

1876. Esthetics of Education. MINNIE SWAYZE.

1877. The Silent Forces of Education. J. F. BLACKINGTON, Mass.

1879. Culture in Elementary Schools. GEO. P. BROWN, Indiana.

1881. Education of the Sensibilities. J. W. DoWD, Ohio.

1882. Delsarte Philosophy of Expression. MOSES TRUE BROWN, Mass.

VI. CURRENT CRITICISM OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1875. Caste in Education.

A. P. MARBLE. Mass.

1888. The Schools Fail to Teach Morality or to Cultivate the Religious Sentiment. JOHN

W. Cook, Illinois.

MARTIN, Indiana.

1888. The Schools Fail to Give a Reasonable Mastery of the Subjects Studied. LILLIE J.