Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 559
he United States a grandtotal of 16,255,093 pupils and students of all grades in public and privateschools. The growth during the last generation has been most marked.The statistical table gives an opportunity for comparison with the year 524 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY 1870-71, — the… … SCHOOLHOUSE, SLEEPY HOLLOW, N. Y.(Courtesy of The School Journal, New York.) each one felt able to afford has increased almost one half. Such is the mag-nificent result which has grown out of the isolated village schools of ourNew England ancestors, fostered by the democratic desire for…
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