A CHATTER ON EDUCATION.
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ih2re is no sE:9H more talked scout ahd les"
understood at tho present lay than Educalion.--I
City editors AMI country editors, philosophers and
sagcs, have in turn shed rivers Of ink IN dcclam
Ing upon the Importance the ro'5t", the ts9u-
3.ss&, OF good education. There has foen eHoush
wriltan and published, had the ESSAYS ~ this sub
lscg been based upou souH@' sarsn and eyperence,
and characterised by pon and orc.. 10 hav" given
al onward impulse ~ TIE cause j. ".,r co@.!yy,
fer generations And YET, it aPpc2r. as
far As ever from any weII-djgcs!ed, practical sys-
TEN. The numerous ESSAYS and tc"lisoS on this
staj ,ct, coNtaia many valuable hints ,Ad sugges
;ons, founAej upon experience, hW. hry are coy
cred up and lost in mass OF Rubbish; willie the
most Of them. os a 1rhote, being either new YER.
SO Of old sySte nls, speculative ao.I untried
hgorea The public mind oyerburderud with 80
many AID conflicting views and positions, ap-
pears 70 be in state Of eNcilemem, howiIlcrmcnt
and pe5pLeyi!y. The world has certainly made
some progress in tho subject, at least rs aras cor
rect iuitloA of the term Ii is now pr tty def
ntely settled, that education meaa# sonielhing


more than the three r R's--reudinr, riting and
rihmstic," and that in its broad and comprehen-
sive sense, il implies the proper cultivation of all
the faculties, infel!"ct0ai, physical and m9ru}-
On t!Iis pont, tic intelligent portion of the com
munlly are generally agreed; but, to the very next
question, . low is this best effected 2" YOU
vii gel as mary answers, as there are ralii in
circle. 1t is not our design, in the present article,
to enter This iliinjtab.o field nor to start any
new theory "f oar own. We purpose 10 fix our
attention solely upon one point, and to that one
vc wish 10 draw The readers most serious atten-
tian. We have NJ a,aAition to excite contradic-
'ion, bat we XII. e.ravor to excite inquiry, and
to set our readers t1:ahiIg upon point which,
although oyefln knd or neglected, experience
proves beyond at! controversy to be the only sure
basis Of ins}iyilua, national improvement. Our
proposition is tE.ls-5@gja a The BEGINNING. Law
tic Foundations befyro you begin to build


/ Our present system oF education in this country.
both in theory aad practice, is precisely upon the
principle Of the lcishman in learning music, who
took the second lesson frst We fail most gricy-
ously at the outset. Volumes have been written
upon the estlorm, and ventilation Of


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