Download or read book The American Journal of Education, 1856, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Barnard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Education, 1856, Vol. 2 The project presented in 1821, by a Committee of the Senate of Maryland, of which Vir gil Maxcy was Chairman, for distributing a portion of the avails of the sales of the Public Lands to the several States, for educational purposes, with the action of several of the State Legislatures, on the same, attracted the attention of public area everywhere to the condition and improvement of the common schools. The messages of Gov. Clinton. Of New York. Of Gov. Lincoln, of Mesa, of Gov. But ler, of Vermont, of Gov. Lincoln, of Maine. And of the governors of other dates, between the years, 185 and to their respective Legislatures, copied as they were widely and com meated on, in the newspapers of the country, popularised the idea of the necessity of school improvement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.