ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1900

As well as being a history of Abbotsholme School this volume also examines the general question of the English national education at the turn of the last century.

The material includes:

  • The foundation of Abbotsholme, 1889
  • Answers to the Royal Commission on "Secondary" education, 1894
  • British, French, and German press reports on the progress of the school
  • Planned schools on Abbotsholme lines in England, Germany, France, Russia and Switzerland.

chapter I|62 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter II|40 pages

A PIONEER SCHOOL AT WORK, 1890

chapter VI|14 pages

OXFORD AND EDINBURGH CONTRASTED

chapter VII|22 pages

THE REVISED PROSPECTUS, SEPTEMBER, 1894.

chapter XII|168 pages

GERMAN VERDICTS

chapter XIV|132 pages

A FRENCH SAVANT'S VERDICT

chapter XVI|12 pages

"EDUCATIONAL IDEALS AND METHODS," 1897