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can here be merely indicated in a very general way. This system 

 agrees with ether systems of manual training in making physical 

 i 'rise the basis of its instruction and training, also in adopting 

 the inductive method of teaching. But it differs from most of 

 these in using wood as the only material for construction, and in 

 the form of its models. From the various handicrafts in wood, as 

 carpentry, wood-carving, wood-engraving, etc., it differs in not 



Fig. 1. Models. 



being a trade ; and from other Sloyd systems, in avoiding their 

 tendency of either aiming at a mere technical skill or a mere 

 mental discipline. Thus, it differs from those adopted in France 

 and Denmark in being less technical, from those in Germany in 

 being less theoretical, and from the Russian system chiefly in lay- 

 ing greater stress on the utility of the articles and introducing 

 curved lines at an earlier stage. 



How far Sloyd may be adopted in the public schools has been 

 extensively discussed in Europe. That it should be introduced 

 into the public schools, either as a separate branch of study or 

 incorporated with the ordinary branches as a continuation of the 

 Kindergarten system, has been earnestly urged by some schools 

 of pedagogy, and as strenuously opposed by others. It is not pos- 

 sible to enter fully into the subject here ; but it may be noted that 



