Janet Erskine Stuart

The Education of Catholic Girls Janet Erskine Stuart

The pages of this book are well worthy of careful pondering and consideration, and they will be of special value both to parents and to teachers, for it is in their hands and in their united, and not opposing action, that the educational fate of the children lies. May this treatise so ably written be a source of guidance and encouragement to those who are giving their lives to the education of Catholic children, and at the same time do something to dispel the distrust and to overcome the hostility shown in high quarters towards every Catholic educational endeavour. FRANCIS CARDINAL BOURNE, ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER. PREFACE4INTRODUCTION9CHAPTER I. RELIGION10CHAPTER II. CHARACTER I37CHAPTER III. CHARACTER II70CHAPTER IV. THE ELEMENTS OF CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHY91CHAPTER V. THE REALITIES OF LIFE112CHAPTER VI. LESSONS AND PLAY139CHAPTER VII. MATHEMATICS, NATURAL SCIENCE, AND NATURE STUDY 165CHAPTER VIII. ENGLISH183CHAPTER IX. MODERN LANGUAGES214CHAPTER X. HISTORY233CHAPTER XI. ART258CHAPTER XII. MANNERS280CHAPTER XIII. HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN302CHAPTER XIV. CONCLUSION322APPENDIX I.328APPENDIX II.335