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teaehersvin the Leipsic school was himself deaf
and dumb, and it was exceedingly interesting to
witness the facility with which he carried on con-
versation with Dr. Vogel and others The sys-
tenn, you are to remember, as no new thing here:
these schools have been in full and successful
operation many years, and formed just as much a
fixed and settled element in the system of public
instruction, as any other. In many of the small
er towns of Prussia, there are preparatory schools
from which, after two or three years of instruc-
tioh, the pupils are removed to the higher and
larger schools The director of the Berlin nsti-
tuition, when we were there had just returned
from visit to several of these primary schools.


must appropriate the remainder of my sheet
10 few words about still another enterprise,
hardly less wonderful than that of which have
been speaking, undertaken within a few years by
the director ofthe Berlin institution. This is a
school for the education of imbecile children.


The distinguished physlologist DIR. Muller, had
already spoken to me of this establishment, and
after we had gone through the apartments of the
deaf and dumb, the good director took us into a
little room, where, seated round a table, engaged
in their studies, were some eight or ten of these
poor creatures-boys and girls, with faces more
or less indicative of the absence of reason. The
result of his efforts, thus far, have been remarka-
bly, and most satisfactorily successful. One little
fellow, with now thoughtful and Intelligent face
interested us exceedingly. He was very intentIy
and earnestly at work, writing upon his slate
and tor three months after his entrance, he was
unable to fix either his attention or his eyes upon
anything. Another boy considerably advanced
we cannot say in the recovery but in the creation
or development of his reason-was endeavoring
to instruct third on whose faces still rested the
blank and void expression of idiocy. Such are
the labors that aresgoing quietly and noisclessly
on under this hallowcd roof:--the lamp of rea
son lighted-not in bosoms where passion or dis
ease had extinguished or dimmed it, but where
it had never been kindled-and the dumb literally
made TO speak, The director inquired parlicu.
IaIly after Mr.. Horace Mann, and DR.. Howe, oi
whom, and his interesting child, Laura Bridgman,
we hear at all these places.


Very truly your friend,


ELISHA BARTLETT.