EDUCATION IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
Edited by NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President 
of Columbia University, in the City of New York 
THE frequently expressed need for a book giving a 
complete view of American education ii. 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. 
^J 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, Piesident 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. 
^| 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 will be furnished 
in quantities at $i 5.00 per hundred (net). 
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY 
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