i6 Mr. Edward Arnold's Autumn Announcements. 



The authors find that the great weakness of English education 

 in the past has been want of a definite aim to put before the 

 children, and the want of a philosophy for the teacher. Without 

 some understanding of the meaning and purpose of life the teacher 

 is at the mercy of every fad, and is apt to exalt method above 

 principle. This book is an attempt to gather together certain 

 recognised principles, and to show in the light of actual experience 

 how these may be applied to existing circumstances. They put 

 forward a strong plea for the recognition of the true value of Play, 

 the " spontaneous activity in all directions," and for courage 

 and faith on the part of the teacher to put this recognition into 

 practice ; and they look forward to the time when the conditions 

 of public Elementary Schools, from the Nursery School up, will be 

 such in point of numbers, space, situation and beauty of 

 surroundings that parents of any class will gladly let their 

 children attend them. 



Further volumes in this series are in preparation and will be 

 published shortly. 



FIRST PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC. 



By F. J. READ, Mus. Doc. (OxoN.) 



FORMERLY PROFESSOR AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF Music. 



Crown 8vo. is. 6d. 



This book is the result of the author's long experience as 

 Professor of Theory at the Royal College of Music, and is the 

 clearest and most concise treatise of the kind that has yet been 

 written. 



" It is a useful little book, covering a wider field than any other of the kind 

 that we know." TJte Times. 



" It is calculated to quicken interest in various subjects outside the normal 

 scope of an elementary musical grammar. The illustrated chapter on 

 orchestral instruments, for instance, is a welcome and stimulating innovation. ' ' 

 Daily Telegraph. 



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