VOL. VIL MARCH, 1861.--NO. III, PROVIDENCE: COOKE & DANIELSON, PUBLISHERS, Printed by CoOKE & DANIELSON, 24 Westminster Street. History.... 65 Samples of Fine English..... Strike the Knot...." Back to the Wilderness," 67 The Income of a Chinese Schoolmaster Work?...... EDITORS' DEPARTMENT. 68 A Splendid Offer........ 69 Meetings of the R. 1. Institute of Instruction. 87 70 A Tribute to Learning...Framingham Normal School....Dr. Lewis in Fall River........ 88 PHILOLOGY. 67 Phonology.-No. 1. ....... What Constitutes Fitness for the Teacher's Bean Gymnastics....Writing.. Let it Go...... Questions on Sea Terms and Phrases... 71 Good Habits Indispensable...... 72 An Extract from an Unpublished Poem, enti The One-Sidedness of Grammatical and Rhetor- 76 Solution of the Problem in Equations.... The Smack in School....The Great Problem.. 77 Summation of Series...... The Passing Cloud.... Reading....I and J.... 79 91 92 93 95 Providence Evening Press Establishment. 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