CLASSES IN ACADEMIES, HI AND GRAMMAR SCH BY HENRY E. SHEPHERD, M.. PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLI NEW EDITION, ENLARG. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND CO] 1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET. 1888. PREFACE. IN my report to the Board of Schoc of Baltimore for the year 1878, in study of history in our public schools, tially the following language: "The study of history in our schools manding the gravest consideration as v delicate treatment. "The most serious error that prevai with this subject is the defective and vi which the teachers of history are fette rassed. I have long been convinced t abridgments are comparatively valuel those who have already acquired a know ject which the epitome or abridgment pr The difficulty of condensing or abridgin narrative, without destroying its very 1 one long felt and recognized. The disad compendium are commented upon by Ba work upon 'The Advancement of Lear abridgments are styled 'the corruption |
