150 An Epitome of the Improved 
proceeding from the most simple to the most compound, 
from the easiest to the most difficult, from the known to the 
unknown, and preferring the useful to. the ornamental, 
making at the same time the application of ali the necessary 
arts and nt ah ae that their ulility may not be lost ngut 
of for a momen 
One of the saerstenad attached to the system is the facility 
of forming professors. The popish attribute of infallibility 
being exploded, the master loses none of his influence with 
his pupils by acknowledzing that he is ignorant of the subject 
in question, but will learn it along with them, according to 
system, in accomplishing which, he has only to keep one les- 
son before the class, and the boys have a better chance to 
learn that particular science or art well, than if the master 
had been an old professor; for by learning it himseif so re 
cently, he is instructed in all the difficult places, ane is more 
capable of teaching the children how to get over them 5 an ad- 
vantage which the Lancasterian or monitorial ayn has over 
the old method. 
Lithography being the best, cheapest, and easiest mode 
of making accurate representations of every thing, and this 
system iring so great a number of exact representations, 
as they are in all possible cases substituted for books or de- 
scriptions, the pupils are all taught bow to design on the 
stone or cartoons and bow to make the proper ink and pencils, 
as well as ali the manipulation of printing and working the 
press, &c. &c 
The advantages of calculating in the common way of 
st by cyphers is the smallest part of the great and 
ial mental improvement, gained by the calculation on 
memory; without the aid of any artificial figures, as it exer- 
cises, improves, and accelerates the combinations, and ren- 
ders comparison easy and accurate ; while it accustoms the 
young mind to rapid deductions, facilitates the drawing of 
just and accurate consequences, and lays the foundation for 
a quick, impartial, and logical. judgement, in deciding on all 
questions of intricacy and difficulty, by. furnishing to the 
mind the necessary elements to uoravel the most complicated 
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subject 
The public are now penbtadle informed that the Pestaloz- 
zian system of education has been introduced into this coun- 
try by the public spirit and liberality of Mr. Maclure. 
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