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| Introduction | 1 |
| The Education of the Farmer not to be separated from Middle-Class Education generally | 6 |
| Middle-Class Education must prepare— | |
| 1, for business, not for college | 7 |
| 2, for dealing with things rather than with men | 8 |
| Education of the Child:— | |
| Mother's training | 10 |
| Servants | 13 |
| Education of the Boy:— | |
| School and schoolfellows | 14 |
| Useful education illustrated | 15 |
| i. What is really useful for business:— | |
| Language | 20 |
| Calculation | 20 |
| Natural philosophy | 21 |
| Chemistry and physical science | 22 |
| ii. What is useful to educate a Man : — | |
| Literature, late Professor Hussey | 24 |
| Awakens mental power | 25 |
| Coleridge's schoolmaster | 27 |
| Cyril Jackson | 28 |
| Trains moral feeling | 28 |
| The study of language | 32 |
| Should farmers learn Latin? | 34 |
| Opinions of Mr. Penrose | 36 |
| „ Dr. Boole | 36 |
| „ Mr. Thring | 37 |
| „ Dr. Kennedy | 38 |
| Geography and history | 38 |
| Drawing and music | 40 |
| The expense of education | 41 |
| For small farmers | 44 |
| For the higher yeomanry | 45 |
| Middle-class colleges | 45 |
| APPENDIX. | |
| Extracts from Dr. Arnold on Middle-Class Schools | 50 |
| Letter from Dr. Voelcker on Teaching Chemistry at School | 52 |
| Eton Questions on Chemistry. By Mr. Pepper | 53 |
| Rev. Stephen Hawtrey on Music as a means of General Education | 55 |
| List of Books | 57 |
