METHOD OF TEACHING. 



THE best method of teaching, by means of these diagrams, is to 

 spread them before the pupils in the course of their lessons. 



If they are shown the whole series at the commencement, they 

 will look at them at first with interest, and read the names of the 

 objects, but having much to see and to read, they will not be able 

 to remember everything accurately, and as their curiosity is no 

 longer stimulated by novelty, they will soon forget all. 



On the contrary, by showing them those which form the 

 subject of the lesson, they will always look upon them with great 

 interest. Having less to read and examine at once, they will 

 do so with much profit, and will remember them more easily ; and 

 then, when the teacher has explained those points which they 

 do not quite understand, and they fully comprehend everything, 

 the diagrams can be left at their disposal without fear. Children 

 are fond of reading again what they already know : and the 

 figures and names will then be firmly fixed in their memory with- 

 out any fatigue, and even without knowing it. 



Every time that the teacher can procure actual specimens to 

 complete his illustrations, it will make the lesson still more pro- 

 fitable for the pupils by making the definitions more striking 

 It is often very difficult to procure the necessary types in the 



