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tion presented is of much more recent date than that usually given in reports 

 whose information is collected from such a vast territory and through so many 

 instrumentalities, covering, as it does, the year closing June 30, 1883. 



Little space is given in the report to a statement of the general work of the 

 office aside from the summary of educational data which is prepared annually, as 

 anything like a full statement of such general work would require more space 

 than the Commissioner has at his disposal. 



The contents of the appendix consist of abstracts of the official reports of the 

 school officers of States, Territories, and cities, 314 pages, and statistical tables 

 relating to education in the United States, 548 pages. These with the Commis- 

 missioner's report proper (293 pages) and the index (10 pages), make up a vol- 

 ume of 1,165 pa^ges. 



The following circulars of information have been printed and distributed 

 since the enumeration in the previous report : 



No. I, 1882. The inception, organization, and management of training- 

 schools for nurses. 28 pp. 



No. 2, 1882. Proceedings of the Department of Superintendence of the 

 National Educational Association at its meeting at Washington, March 21-23, 



1882. 112 pp. 

 The University of Bonn. 67 pp. 

 Industrial art in schools, by Charles G. Leland, of Philadel- 



Maternal schools in France. 14 pp. 



Technical instruction in France. 63 pp. 



Legal provisions respecting the examination and licensing of 



Co-education of the sexes in the public schools of the United- 

 Proceedings of the Department of Superintendence of the 

 National Educational Association at its meeting at Washington, February 20-22, 



1883. 81 pp. 



The following bulletins have also been issued: Instruction in morals and 

 civil government. 4 pp. National Pedagogic Congress of Spain. 4 pp. Natu- 

 ral Science in secondary schools. 9 pp. High schools for girls in Sweden. 6 

 pp. Comparative statistics of elementary, secondary, and superior education in 

 sixty principal countries. Sheet. Planting trees in school grounds. 8 pp. 



In addition to these publications a special report of three hundred and nine- 

 teen pages on " Industrial education in the United States" was prepared and 

 printed in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. 



The number of copies of each circular or bulletin issued has been increased 

 to supply the correspondents of the office, and several of those most in demand 

 liave been reprinted. 



As a matter of interest to our more immediate subscribers we note that, — 



" The schools of Missouri seem to be in a very prosperous condition, al- 



