EDUCATION IN THE 

 UNITED STATES 



Edited by NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President 

 of Columbia University, in the Citv of New York 



$2. 50 



THE frequently expressed need for a book giving a 

 complete view of American education in outline is satis- 

 factorily met in this volume entitled "Education in the 

 United States." 



•j'The volume consists of the twenty careful monographs, 

 each written by an eminent specialist, on various phases of 

 American education, which were originally planned as part 

 of the American educational exhibit at the International Ex- 

 positions held at Paris in 1900 and at St. Louis in 1904. 

 ^ The introduction by the editor sets forth the underlying 

 principles governing American educational activity to the 

 present time. Among the authors of the various monographs 

 are: Commissioner Draper of the State of New York, the 

 late Dr. William T. Harris, formerly Commissioner of Edu- 

 cation of the United States, Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown, 

 Dr. Harris's successor in the Commissionership, Professor 

 Edward Delavan Perry of Columbia University, Professor 

 Andrew F. West of Princeton University, President M. Carey 

 Thomas of Bryn Mawr College, etc., etc. 

 ^ The subjects of the monographs include such important 

 topics as Educational Organization and Administration, Train- 

 ing of Teachers, School Architecture and Hygiene, Profes- 

 sional Education, Education of Defectives, and Summer 

 Schools and University Extension. 



^1 For the benefit of teachers, reading circles, and classes in 

 universities, colleges and normal schools, each monograph 

 will be published separately at zo cents and ^vill be furnished 

 in quantities at Ji ;.oo per hundred (net). 



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