Home Education
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‘Home Education’ Series
By CHARLOTTE M. MASON
Each Volume 3s. 6d. net
| I. | HOME EDUCATION. |
| II. | PARENTS AND CHILDREN. |
| III. | SCHOOL EDUCATION. |
| IV. | “OURSELVES, OUR SOULS AND BODIES.” |
| This volume is also published in two parts, 2s. neteach part. | |
| V. | SOME STUDIES IN THE FORMATION OFCHARACTER. |
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO., LTD.
Dryden House
43 Gerrard Street, London, W.
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‘Home Education’ Series
VOLUME I.
Home Education
By
Charlotte M. Mason
FIFTH EDITION (Revised and Enlarged)
(Eighth and Ninth Thousand)
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO., LTD.
Dryden House, Gerrard Street, W.
1906
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The Education of Children under
Nine Years of Age
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“O maraviglia! ché qual egli scelse
l’umile pianta, cotal si rinacque
Subitamente là onde la svelse.”
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We read in the Purgatorio, Canto I., how Virgil was directedto prepare Dante for his difficult ascent:
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