Pestalozzian System of Education. 151 
The following facts in relation to the actual state of the 
schools at Philadelphia were igo by him in an- 
swer to the inquiries of the edito 
Extract of a letter dated Philadelphia, August 19, 1825. 
‘Madam Fretageot’s school has been established here 4 
years next October, has 32 pupils, as many~as she can take, 
and severe] are waiting for eee she has already com- 
pleted the education of some, whose parents thought them 
sufiiciently instructed in’ all useful and necessary informa- 
ae 
. Phiquepal began his schoo! a few months ego, has 
18 sptiite and will very soon have as many as he wishes to 
take; as the me thod requires more Constant attention on 
the part of the instructor than that of the old schools, par- 
ticularly at first; as the greatest part of ‘the scholars have 
been treated differently by previous education, and have 
habits that must be changed before they i be effectually 
benefited by the system It would be necessary, t 
the full advantage of the method, that the children itt be 
sent before they were at any school, except being taught by 
the mother, who would be aided much by a small book pub- 
lished by Pestalozzi, called the Mother’s Manual. I have 
school, and the present practice, reersereat. in many 
countries of Europe seems to sanction 
I have seen nothing printed itote ‘itie system except 
Neef’s ‘Sketch, which is all sold, and scarcely a copy is to 
be obtained in this country, although 18 volumes have been 
printed at Stuttgard in Germany, on the Pestalozzian 
method, which sold so well, that ow Baia gave Pestalozzi 
60,000 francs for his share of the ts. The above ae 
est Pithions, ") by attesting the reader to consider himself 
as author of ali he reads or finds out by his own reflections, 
The fault I find with a great many books, is that mania of 
making things too plain, leaving nothing to cogitation, and 
nor too contemptuously the intellectual faculties of the 
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