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Faults of City Schools.— In his recent 

 annual report on the public instruction of 

 the State of New York, Superintendent Dra- 

 per, after mentioning the first-class appli- 

 ances for education employed in the cities 

 and larger villages of the State, the system- 

 atic arrangements and competent superin- 

 tendence found there, goes on to show 

 the deficiencies of the city schools as fol- 

 lows: "Yet school-work in great cities is 

 encompassed with innumerable perplexities. 

 The conditions of life among the people are 



