On Certain Theories of Education as Illustrated by the Report
of the Public Schools' Commission. A Lecture. By J. G. Greenwood, B.A., Princi- pal of Rogers' College, Manchester. (Sowler and Sons.)—The dispute between the votaries of the classics and the physical sciences as a medium of training is temperately summed up in this able little pamphlet. The author shows that education is not merely disciplinatory nor useful, but should combine both objects. So it must not sacrifice depth or breadth, on pain of producing either pedantry and intolerance or schism and conceit. Nor can the classics be condemned as giving no useful know- ledge, as Dr. Temple has shown, nor the physical sciences as imparting no intellectual training, as Professor Faraday proves. Practically the author would teach languages and pure mathematics at school, and at college encourage students to choose between arts and science. The special-aptitude theory, like most other persons of practical experience, Mr. Greenwood disbelieves in. The judicial tone of this lecture, as well as its clearness and precision, are very admirable.
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