Education: Books About Education Topics from The Owl at the Bridge

Typed exhibition list, 12 pages, stapled; Good. Stock#ofc0505.

Providence: Published by the University [Brown University], 1914 (Boston: D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press). Hard Cover. ix, 547, [1] pages, index, 26 cm. "This volume has been written to commemorate the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Brown University." "[150] copies illustrated and bound at the charge of the income from the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Utica: Roberts, Printer, 1857. Soft Cover. 22 p.; 21 cm. Delivered June 14, 1857. Curtis was Professor of Moral Philosophy and College Pastor. Stock#OB166. Disbound.

Cambridge, Mass., Academy, 1973. Periodical. xi, 185 p. Fourteen articles on the state of universities generally and their role in gathering and disseminating knowledge. Stock#100759. Good/ journal.

N.Y., John A. Gray, 1854. Soft Cover. 32 p.; 21 cm. Born in Scotland, Nairne was a few years after this Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. The Union and Phoenix Societies were literary societies at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Stock#OB162. Disbound.

Brattleboro [Vt.], Stephen Daye Press, 1939. Hard Cover. 48 p., portrait front. American educator, president of Smith College. Brown covers, gold? cloth spine stamped in gold; spine lacquered, cup-mark on front cover, dj flap & portrait pasted inside front cover, ink owner name; good. stock#100829.

Dovehouse Editions, Ottawa, 1994. University of Toronto Italian Studies 10. Soft Cover. 278 p., illus.; 21.5 cm. 20 essays (6 Italian, 14 English) concerning Italian literary & cultural matters and the teaching of Italian in North America. Subjects include the history of Italian studies, leading figures & pioneers, new trends & pedagogical challenges, changing canons, translation, contemporary Italian poetry,… Saber más sobre este artículo

First Edition. An account of life at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut, largely contributed by former students. Contents include Sarah Porter, Her Unique Educational Work; Miss Porter's Centenary; Farmington Songs. Hardcover. 4 leaves, 11-296 pages, 74 illustrations (many portraits); 24 cm. Pictorial yellow cloth stamped in brown, black, green; bottom of spine chewed away; good+. stock#898/h.

NY, American Tract Society [1834]. Hard Cover. 210 p.; 15.5 cm. American Imprints 24563. The educator of the deaf. Publisher's stamped boards, leather spine; corners bumped; good+. Stock#SmOB019.

Cambridge, Radcliffe College, 1968. Periodical. xi, 557 p., 26 cm. College directories are helpful sources for history and genealogy, especially for women, who often are difficult to trace. This one was generated using early, primitive computer technology. Stock#47999. Vg / soft cover.

Providence, R.I., 1932 [D. B. Updike, Merrymount Press, Boston]. Hard Cover. 227 p., indices; 24 cm. Contents include The Centennial Exercises (Historical Address by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes; Poem by Henry Robinson Palmer; Initiation of Honorary & Alumni Members; Afterdinner Addresses by Everett Colby, Clarence A. Barbour, Clark S. Northup, Wm. Guild Howard, John Edgar Park); The Historical… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston University 1958. Hard Cover. 368 pages, illustrations,, 31 cm. Contains a photograph (p.[90]) of Martin Luther King, Jr., who received his donate from B.U. in 1955. Stock# LL014. Vg , name of graduate .

Providence, R.I., Moses Brown School, 1919. Hard Cover. xviii, 178 p. illus., plates, ports., index, 25 cm. Introduction by Rufus Matthew Jones. Bibliography: p. 159-164. Moses Brown School, a secondary school run by the Society of Friends, in Providence, has always had high standards. Rufus Matthew Jones, 1863-1948, places the school in its Quaker context. Stock# 36,340.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Manasha Wis., Banta Pub. Co., 1942. Hard Cover. A testimonial (”festschrift” was probably not used in these early days of World War II) to Waldo Gifford Leland, 1879-1966, Executive of the ACLS. The 21 contributers, men significant in themselves, write as representatives of the constituent societies. Thus George Sarton for The American Philosophical Society; E. K. Rand… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, NY, Toronto, Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. [11], 182 pages, plates, portraits; 32 cm. Title continues: Reproduced from Paintings by Arthur Garratt and from Portraits in Christ Church Hall. Besides being a College in the University, Christ Church is the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford. This copy includes an article, "The Paradox of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Providence, R.I., 1943 [D. B. Updike, Merrymount Press, Boston]. Hard Cover. [viii], 255 p.; 24 cm. Contents include The Centennial Exercises (Historical Address by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes; Poem by Henry Robinson Palmer; Initiation of Honorary & Alumni Members; After-dinner Addresses by Everett Colby, Clarence A. Barbour, Clark S. Northup, Wm. Guild Howard, John Edgar Park); The Historical… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.Y., Printed by Edward O. Jenkins, 1853. Soft Cover. 16 pages; 20.5 cm. On ancient and modern literature as a means of education. 1853 was the year of the first graduating class of the first municipal institution of free higher education, now City College of New York. Stock#OB177. Disbound.

Paris, Dabo, Tremblay, Feret et Gayet, 1819. Hard Cover. Four volumes; portrait; 17 cm. "Edition stéreotype / précédée de la vie de l'auteur, accompagée de notes historiques, et suivie d'une table générale des matières." On spine and added title-page: Traité des Études. "The "Traité des Études" (in 12°, 1726-31) explains the method of teaching and studying belles-lettres; it… Saber más sobre este artículo

[New Haven, William L. Kingsley] 1859. Soft Cover. 34, [1] p.; 21 cm. Caption title. "From the New Englander for February, 1859." Presumably extracted from his Higher Christian Education, first published that year. Stock#OB164. Disbound.

N.Y., Joseph W. Harrison, 1857. Soft Cover. 38 p.; 21 cm. A lecture on oratory and the work required to achieve a successful level of skill in it. Stock#OB169. Disbound.