Addison, Right Honorable Joseph 148.
Advice to Young, 19, 137.

Agriculture in Prussia, Instructions in 14.
Aid to Colleges in the State of N. York 78.
American Association for the Advance-
ment of Education 1, 143.
Animal Matter, new mode of preserving
it from decay 16.

Annual School Meetings in Upper Canada,

12th January, 185, Remarks on 184.
Annual School Reports of local Superin-
tendents, How to compile 27.
Answers to Questions by Local School

Authorities, Official 26, 45, 56, 73, 184.
Antiquities, Illustrations of Grecian 3.
Apothegins, John Adams to his Wife 55.

From Stewart's Moral Philosophy 55.
Milton 90.

Apportionment of the Legislative School
Grant 105.

Arabia, Literary obligations of Europe to

Cambridge University 126.

Canada: its Growth and Prospects 33.
Great Exhibition Medal for 79.
Canadian Resources and Progress, 33, 153.
Institute, 79.

Catalogue, Descriptive, of Maps, &c., &c.,
for sale at the Depository, 12, 58, 139,
154.

Cause and Effect 156.
Character illustrated 167.
Chemical appliances to Industry 112.
Chinese, Education &c., among the 85.
Chronology condensed 167.
Chemistry, Text Books on 64, 140, 156.
Chief Superintendent of Schools to the
Municipal Council of Norfolk, U.C., 9.

Lecture of, on Political Economy 129
On Religious Instruction in Canadian
Schools 145.

Circulars, Official, to certain Local Super-
intendents 27. To Wardens, &c. 57,
90, 104, 107, 169.
Cleopatra's Needle 176.
Coffin, Cradle and 83.
College, Maynooth 61. Princeton, N. J.,
111. Antioch, Ohio, 111. Upper Ca-
nada 9, 124. Laying the Corner Stone
of Horton, Van Dieman's Land 125.
Victoria 9, 110. 174. Acadia 93, 174.
Colleges in Canada 174. State Aid to 9,
74, 78, 147.

Commerce of England 47.

of 101.

True principle

Common Schools, General view as to
Course of Study and Instruction in

D

Deaths of Distinguished Persons in 1851,
79.

Debt, National, of European States 21.
Design, Schools of 144.
Discipline School 143.

Discoveries, Geographical, 127. In the In-
terior of Africa 127.

Dreaming, Rapidity of Thought in 7.

E

Early Collegiate Education 53.

Earth, Theory of the Formation of the 16.
Earth's Rotation, affects Locomotion 159.
Eclipses of the Sun in 1852, 16, 123.
Editorial 8, 24, 44, 56, 80, 96, 104, 120,
136, 168, 184.

Editorial Notices 64; and Official 80, 96.
Education, in India 111. In Montreal,

from an American point of view 125.
In Scotland 174. American Associ-
ation for the advancement of 1, 143.
Kossuth on the diffusion of Popular,
in America, 48. In the State of New
York 63, 74. Every Child has a right
The
to 75. Thoroughness in 103.
period of a Child's 151. The claims
of Universal 152. Letter of a German
on English 162. Early Collegiate 53.
The Earl of Derby on 61. Lord John
Russell on 61. In Italy 62. General
Assembly's Schenie 62. In Iowa 63.
In Wisconsin 63. In Egypt 14. In
Buenos Ayres 77, 94. In Georgia 78.
In California 94.
Educational, Intelligence 14, 28, 60, 75, 93,
109, 124, 141, 156, 174. Department
in Turkey 77. Institutions of Toronto
156.
Educational Society of England, National
14.

Electric Phenomena 112.

Eminent Men, Short Memoirs of 81, 115,
148, 164.

Energy required in Teaching 108.
England, The Commercial Ports of 47.
English Language, Changes and Growth
of 122, 167.

Festival of the Alumni of Harvard 127.
Five, Multiplying by, &c. 79.
Franklin, Sir J., New search for 32, 127.
Free Schools in France 19; in the State
of New York 47, 74.

Free School Lectures, by the Rev. John
Armour 10, 51, 69, 91. Petition to
Congress 78.

Free Schools, Question of best mode of
treating 8. Origin of the system of,
in U. C. 24. Engaging more than or-
dinary attention, &c. 11, 24, 28.
French system of Government 18.
Frost on Niagara Falls, Effect of 23.
Frozen Regions, Vegetation of the 128.

G

Games of Antiquity, Athletic 3.
Garden, Sweet influences of a 89.
Genius, Talent and 90.
Geographical Discovery 127.
Geography, Physical 137.
Geological Fact, Singular 176.
Geology of Canada 43.

German opinion of English Schools 162.
Gigantic Telescope at Wandsworth 158.
Good Company, Fruits of 89.
Government, French system of 18.
Crammar School, in Woodstock 124.
Whitby 125, 142. Renfrew 142.
Great Britain, Property in 48.
Great Exhibition Medal for Canada, The
79.

Great Exhibition at New York, The 95.
Great Men, Memories of 97. Their mo-

ments of Composion 124.
Great Results from Smal Beginnings 153.
Great Polar Ocean, The 32.
Grecian Games 3.

Guizot, on Wellington and Napoleon 150.
Gymnastics 65, 83, 100, 117, 138.

Institute, The Canadian 79.
Instinct of the Turtle 95.
Intelligence, Educational, 14, 28, 60, 75,
Literary
93, 109, 124, 141, 156, 174.
and Scientific, 15, 30, 63, 78, 95, 111,
127, 143, 15, 175.

Instruction, Early, Thirst for Stories in
Children 5. Question of Religious, &c.
145. Rures for Home 123.

Invention, Progress of, &c. 7. Defined by
Milton 32.

Isthmian Games 3.

Ireland, Queen's University in 171.
Italy, Education in 62.

Laws of Health 71.

Lectures, Free School, by the Rev. John
Armour 10, 51, 69, 91. On the Growth
and Prospects of Canada, by the Rev.
Adam Lillie 33, 40. On Political Eco-
nomy, by Dr. Ryerson's 130.
Leipsic Book Trade, The 128.
Lessons, How to hear, &c. 51.
Lexicography 128.

Libraries at Oxford University 87.
Life, The Chances of 8, 9.
Lillie, The Rev. Adam, Lectures on the
Growth and and Prosperity of Canada,
by 31, 40.
"Lines by Milton in his Old Age," not
Milton's, &c. 28.

Literati, Parliamentary;159.
Literature and Science, Pensions to 144.
Literature, &c. among the Chinese 85.
Literary and Scientific Intelligence 15, 30,
63, 78, 95, 111, 127, 143, 158, 175.,
Little Things, Kindness in 90.
Lloyd's List" a century ago 160.
Locomotion affected by the Earth's rota-
tion 159.

London, Literary Circles of 7. Actual ex-
tent of 23.

M

McCaul, Rev. Dr., Speech of 181.
Magill College, Lower Canada 41.
Maps for Sale to Schools 12, 58.
Maynooth College 14, 61.
Mechanics, Encouragement for 55.
Mechanics' Institutes, an Educational
Agency 77.

Memoirs of Eminent Men-

I. Homer 81.

II. William Harvey, M. D. 115.

JII. Joseph Addison 148.

IV. Herodotus 164.

School Fund, Proposed increase to, in
State of New York 78. Of Upper
Canada -.
School-Houses, Erection of, &c. 120.
School Laws, New, for Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island

61.

Schools, Principle of Free 6. Of Design

144. For Seamen 175. In the Desert
11. Free, in the State of New York
47. Errors in respect to, corrected 49,
67, 88, 102. Physical Training in 65,
S3, 100, 117, 133. Constitution and
Government of 145. Econoiny of
Public 152. At Home 169. Classifi-
cation, &c., in 169.
of parties in 72.
Lower Canada 76.
ville 125.
School System in Upper Canada, Charac-
ter and Capabilities of the 9, 166.
Opinion of the Editor of the Nen
Brunswick Reporter on the 29.
School Teaching, Notice to Candidates for
144.

Mutual Relations
Inspectors of, in
Public, of Brock-

Science, The Mystery of 112.
Scientific Intelligence. See Intelligence.
Scotland, Education in 62, 174.
Sculpture, Ancient, 128.
Seamen, Schools for 175.
Shakspeare and Swift 48.
Silk Newspaper 175.

Small Beginnings, Great Results from 153.
Smith Adam 129.
Speaking, Public, favourable to Health 99.
Statistics, of European States, Important
21. Of German Universities 30.
Steam likely to be superseded 7.
Stories, Thirst for, in Children 5.
Study, Course of, for Common Schools 113.
Submarine Telegraph, Irish 31.
Summary, Educational, Monthly :-

Canadian, from various sources 14,
28, 60, 75. 93, 109, 124, 141, 156,
174.

British and Foreign 14, 30, 61, 77, 93,

110, 126, 142, 157, 174.

Eastern Provinces 29, 61, 76, 125, 174.
Colonial 125.

Summary Literary and Scientific-Month-
ly. See Intelligence.
Suspension Bridge, the New 160.

Zodiac, The Signs of, &c. 118.

VOL. V.

CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

I. American Association for the Advancement of Education- Dr. POTTER'S Opening Address,.

II. YOUTH'S DEPARTMENT. 1. The Dumb Child (Poetry). 2. Illustrations of Grecian Antiquity (six engravings). 3. Illustrations of Astronomy, (one engraving). 4. "Mother, please tell me a story,"

III. MISCELLANEOUS. 1. "A silver lining to every cloud". (Poetry). 2. The late Accident of the 9th Ward School, New York, (Incidents, &c.) 3. Principle of Free Schools. 4. Progress of Invention tending to supersede Steam. 5. Rapidity of Thought in Dreaming. 6. Literary Circles in London,

IV, EDITORIAL 1. Commencement of the Fifth Volume of the Journal of Education for Upper Canada-Practical Suggestions and Remarks. 2. County of Norfolk and the Chief Superintendent of Schools-School System in Upper Canada,....

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V. Free School Lecture, by the Rev. JOHN ARMOUR, Port Sarnia...
VI. Descriptive Catalogue of School Requisites, for sale at the Educational
Depository, Toronto,.

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We know not that we can botter commence the fifth volume of the JOURNAL OF EDUCATION than by presenting our readers with the Address of the Right Reverend Dr. POTTER, of Philadelphia, one of the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, delivered at Cleaveland, Ohio, at the opening of the second annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Education-an Association of which the Chief Superintendent of Schools for Upper Canada has the honor of being a member, and which embraces the British North American Provinces, as well as the United States. Dr. POTTER's language is as eloquent and beautiful as his views are comprehensive and philanthropic. Dr. POTTER, as President of the Association, opened the proceedings of the annual meeting with the following able and eloquent exposition of its objects and character:

He remarked :-The Association which we have now ventured to organize-I use the term ventured, because I appreciate the responsibility which any of the friends of education assume in undertaking to associate themselves together for purposes so vast, and under a title so comprehensive as are indicated in this instrument, which the Secretary has just read ;-the Association is not only national-it is in truth continental. It is an American Association for the advancement of Education, and it aspires to embrace within the sphere of its unpretending labours, representatives from all quarters of North America. It would recognize no barriers

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between the citizens of this great republic, and the citizens of the neighbouring provinces of a British monarch. It would recognize, in regard to our own land, no distinctions, no dividing lines between the east and the west, the north and the south. It owns here, in its aspirations, but one country, and but one kin. Man as man, in all his high and illimitable capabilities, is the subject about whom we propose to counsel together-for the advancement and elevation of whom we propose to labour. A period seems to me to have arrived in the history of education in this country, and in every civilized and Christian land, in which re-unions, consultations, mutual deliberations, the calm, dispassionate exchange of opinion, become very important. To give to these re-unions their appropriate dignity, and, above all, their appropriate usefulness, it is desirable to combine the labours of those who come from every section. To attain this object it is proposed to make the meetings of this institution migratory. It was cradled upon the shores of the Atlantic, in that city where the Declaration of Independence was first made, and where first saw the light that egis under which we live, the Constitution of the United States. All we can hope for in this institution is, a career in some humble measure as progressive and as rich in blessings to mankind, as has been the career of the two great instruments to which I have referred. By conversing at different points we hope to secure a fair infusion of the best intelligence and public spirit which has applied itself to this subject of education throughout the length and breadth of North America. We have met here, to-day, as if to indicate the comprehensive design of this institution. Where are we assembled? On the shores of one of those magnificent inland seas which constitute so much of the strength and glory of this people. We look towards the south, on that vast expanse, teeming with its millions of population, the waters of which discharge themselves into the Gulf of Mexico. Rolling at our feet are waters which reach the Gulf of St. Lawrence; and these same waters, on their backward course, carry you to that mighty territory of the North and West so rapidly peopling from every part of the earth, and from which, as a great hive, multitudes are to be sent forth to the Pacific. The time at which we are met is auspicious. During these hours, there are assembled at the capital of a neighbouring State, which has entitled itself the Empire State, representatives from the science of the land -from those who have consecrated themselves to knowledge in the departments of chemistry, mechanics, and natural history. We have assembled ourselves at a place distant from them geographically, to confer about the great science and art of education-a science which seeks to investigate the laws which regulate the normal development of the mind-an art which applies these laws to the actual culture and development of that same mind. Now, I conceive we shall labour well and wisely in this cause, in proportion as we recognize the fact, that while much has been given us

The American Association for the Advancement of Science.