A letter addressed to samuel whitbread, esq. m.p. In consequence of the unqualified approbation expressed by him, in the house of commons, of mr. lancaster’s system of education...
London.
Printed for John Joseph Stockdale, 1808.
Second edition, corrected and enlarged.
8vo.
[4], 66pp. Recent calf-backed marbled papers boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, scattered spotting.
The revised and enlarged edition of an impassioned address, by barrister John Bowles (1751-1819), on the perceived limitations of Joseph Lancaster’s (1778-1838) Improvements in Education as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community (1803), in particular the call for uniform universal religious instruction. Bowles demands that ‘when education is made a national concern, youth must be brought up as members of the national church’, confirming the fears of English radicals, such as Paine, Priestley, and Godwin, that a state-controlled national education would deny religious and political freedom. This strong division of opinions was one of the reasons a national education system was not implemented until 1870.
£ 250.00
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