RECORD OF A SCHOOL: EXEMPLIFYING THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITUAL CULTURE. He that receiveth a little child in my name, receiveth me.-Jesus Christ. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY. NEW YORK: LEAVITT, LORD AND CO. 180, BROADWAY. PHILADELPHIA: HENRY PERKINS. 1835. ERRATA. The author not being skillful in correcting proofs, must ask the reader to correct with his pencil the following errors. ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four, by JAMES MUNROE & COMPANY, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts. PREF A СЕ. WHEN the author of the following pages commenced the journal, which makes the staple of this book, it was with the idea of collecting more facts than she already had in her recollection, wherewith to illustrate some general views, which she deems of great importance. Being engaged in teaching, an hour or two each day, in Mr. Alcott's school; and being led, by her confidence in his general principles, to look with interest upon the details of his instruction-she found that so much of children's minds were brought out upon moral and intellectual subjects in words, that she was induced to keep a Record, by way of verifying to herself and others the principles acted upon. This Record she has received Mr. Alcott's permission to print in this volume. He, indeed, is not without the hope, that these slight details, published in connection with a discussion of principles, may lead to a better appreciation of his own views and plans, than could be otherwise brought about; ex |