Excerpt from The Practice of Instruction: A Manual of Method General and Special That portion of the book which some readers may regard as theoretical' (the use of the term is depre cated in this connexion) is modern in the sense that it tries to reflect the present-day studies of authorities in the mental sciences concerned; and it is hoped that it is actual in the sense that it bears directly upon the practical problems of the class-room. It is, in short, a statement of the general principles underlying the 'practical' Part II. Which follows it. Here more particularly is a territory common to primary and to secondary schools of all grades. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.