Pestalozzi. By A. Pinloche. (W. Heinemann. 5s.)—Pestalozsi, by descent an
Italian Protestant, is one of the few names which are known outside the small circle of students of educational history. Few, however, could give any clear account of the principles which he proclaimed, and had the satisfaction of seeing in a large measure established. Here are some of the most vital of them set forth by one who had the power of understand- ing and appreciating them, Stein—(1) Education a duty of the State ; (2) acquisition of character rather than knowledge ; (3) teachers must be trained. It is strange to find that a man who had such a thorough grasp of fundamentals, whose theory was so admirable, was practically inefficient. "Absolute lack of a sense of the practical" is one of the characteristics which Pro- fessor Pinloche, after a careful study of his life-work, finds in him. This volume, the tenth in the series of " Great Educators," will be found to contain an instructive exposition of its subject.
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