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cerned in instructing, or influencing from with- 

 out the development, and working of the asso- 

 ciation areas of the neopallium on which we 

 conceive the occurrence of an individual's intel- 

 lectual processes depend. This part of the 

 brain, being of later philogenetic evolution than 

 its more stable instinctive elements, under the 

 action of appropriate stimuli more readily 

 undergoes variations and mutations of struc- 

 ture; it has developed nervous centres which 

 not only possess psychical properties, but also 

 motor centres which control the muscles of 

 the vocal apparatus, enabling men to think 

 and to express their thoughts in intelligent 

 speech. 



Whether Froebel's Kindergarten, or the 

 Montessori system is best adapted for training 

 the intellectual powers of children attending 

 our elementary State-supported schools is an 

 open question ; there can be no doubt as to the 

 value, especially of the latter system, in helping 

 to increase the intellectual and physical powers 

 of children ; the freedom of action inculcated is 

 of great value, and the employment of the 

 didactic materials recommended by Madame 



