THE

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,

AT CONCORD, N. H., AUGUST 25, 1863 ;

INCLUDING

THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND

FIELDS,

1864.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

ANNUAL ADDRESS.

LIST OF OFFICERS.

LECTURE I.

THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION. By J. M. Gregory

LECTURE II.

LECTURE III.

SUPERVISION OF SCHOOLS. By Birdsey G. Northrop

LECTURE IV.

FORMATION OF CHARACTER IN EDUCATION. By Henry E. Parker, 37

NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL METHODS IN EDUCATION. By James

Freeman Clarke

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