Author: MASON, CHARLOTTE M.; LYTTELTON, EDWARD [FOREWORD]
Title: An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education - a Liberal Education for All
Description: London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1931. Reprint. Hardcover. xxxii, 360 pp. Index. 1931 reprint of the 1925 first edition. "Miss Mason saw and in this volume has explained that the natural and only quite wholesome way of teaching is to let the child's desire for knowledge operate in the schoolboy and guide the teacher. In this volume there is a rare combination of intuitive insight and practical sagacity. [Miss Mason] refused to believe that the collapse of the desire for knowledge between seven and seventeen years of age is inevitable. So must we." - Foreword. Unmarked with average wear and moderate foxing. Some fading to publisher's green cloth, mostly to backstrip. Binding intact. No dust jacket. A sound copy of this marvelous and inspiring treatise.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; education, homeschooling, Charlotte Mason. Good .

Keywords: Home School