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that the Geography of the rest of the world was almost ignored. In these schools the reading was very good, & from the readings & correctings of their answers, it was evident that they were in the habit of attending to what they were reading; & that they completely mastered its meaning. It is not to be expected that children, when they leave school will keep up their reading, if they have not been taught to read with facility, & so far to understand what they read as to take an interest in it.

The key to the success of these schools, as of so many other city schools in America, is that they are graded, & that each grade has a room & teacher exclusively to itself. The whole time of the teacher is devoted to one class. No member therefore of the class can ever during school hour be idle. This system, too, naturally employs more largely than any other the oral method of conveying instruction. The teacher stands up before the class, & teaches it. The eye & the ear are always busy. There is no unclear, no whispering, no poring over books, or pretending to be poring over them. All the teachers in this school appeared to attend equally to all the classes, & to be responsible for the state of each. Boys & girls are taught together in all grades except the highest. The district in which this fine school is situated is inhabited chiefly by German Jews, & more than half the 600 pupils were children of such parents. The Roman Catholic children were