The Olio Being A Collection Of Essays Dialogues Letters Biographical Sketches Anecdotes Piece

Author : Francis Grose
Publisher : General Books
ISBN 13 : 9781458931320
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book The Olio written by Francis Grose and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1792 Excerpt: ... ESSAY XIII. Of the academies for young gentlemen and ladies. A PROPER attention to the education of children is in general deemed one of the most important considerations of life, yet in practice there is not one less attended to. A country 'Squire, before he puts out a puppy to a dog-breaker, carefully enquires into the man's abilities and qualification for his business; but the fame 'Squire will entrust the care and instruction of his son or daughter to persons of whom he knows nothing at all, and that without the precaution of enquiring their moral characters, or capability of executing their un- dertaking. Formerly such enquiry was less necessary than at present, as no one could keep a school without a licence from the bishop of the dio cesc, who, it must be presumed, would not grant one without a previous scrutiny into the moral character and literary abilities of the candidate for such licence. This regulation was made to prevent the growth of Popery and fanaticism; but as neither is at present feared, and religion being pretty much out of fashion, the law, though still in force, is grown into disuse. To look at the number of academies in almost every street, and to read the advertisements of them in our daily papers, one would be apt to think that the children of the present generation bid fair to have most excellent educations; but, on examining into the qualifications of the masters, and (as they are now politely called) the governesses of these seminaries, it will be found, that nine-tenths of them have scarcely one requisite for their profession. To begin with the academies for young gentlemen--The master, who is perhaps a broken exciseman, rarely professes more than to teach writing and arithmetic, though not to be idle, he hears the lesser boys...