Arnold on Continental Education Reform and Its Limits
A critical review of Mr. Arnold’s study of European schooling. The piece attacks his egotism while detailing his findings on France Prussia Italy and Germany including licensing inspection church influence Euclid debates and the role of chaplains in schools. It highlights cultural aims and the contrast with English education.
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France
Mnister
M. Coquerel
Arnold
Academic Council of
Paris
England
Cambridge
Euclid
Auméniers
Great Lycées
Germany
Prussia
Berlin
Leipzig
Elberfeld
Europe
Bismarck
Review of Arnold on Liberal Education in England
The piece surveys Arnold's critique of English universities and public schools, noting breadth and sound judgment, yet finds him overly confident in machinery for reform. It discusses Greek and Latin study waning, the need for broad liberal training, and the book's value in showing continental access to higher education. It urges reforms while preserving liberty.
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England
Arnold
Meg a Novel in Three Volumes review
A critical survey of Mrs. Hibart's Meg by Mrs. Eiloart, noting the novel's slum upbringing, an ill fated romance with a costermonger, and the heroine Meg becoming a model then a kept mistress. The critique praises narrative skill but condemns some moral framing and ritualism handling.
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Somer
Meg
Nelly Stanton
Mr. Hubbard
George Eliot
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