Chapter XLIX: Appendix: IV

EXAMINATION OF A CHILD OF TWELVE, IN THE ‘PARENTS’ REVIEW’ SCHOOL, ON THE WORK OF A TERM

Possibly a complete set of answers to an examination paper may be of use as showing the all-round standing of a scholar educated on the principles I have advanced. This paper is not exceptional,[30] and some weakness will be noticed in what I have called the disciplinary subjects.

_Programme of the Term’s Work on which the Examination Questions are set._

_Bible Lessons._

_The Bible for the Young_, by the Rev. J. Paterson Smyth (Sampson, Low, 2s.), _Genesis_, Lessons xvii.-xxiv., _S. Matthew_, Lessons xvi.-xxiv., and the Lesson on Christmas. Teacher to prepare lesson beforehand, and to use the Bible passages in teaching. Answers to Catechism with explanations from the beginning to the _Lord’s Prayer_ (optional).

_Recitations._

Learn two passages of 20 verses each from chapters in Bible Lessons. Learn _The Death of the Duke of Wellington_; _The Charge of the Light Brigade_; _You ask me Why_.

_French._[31]

The Gouin _Series_; _A Study of French_, by Eugène & Duriaux (Edition 1898, Macmillan & Co., 3s. 6d.), pages 184, 194, 196, 198; teacher study preface. _Première Année Grammaire_, par P. Larousse, Rules 61, 63, 64, 66, 70, 74, Exercises 55, 58, 61, 63. Read the first half of _Le Général Dourakine_, par Mdme. de Ségur (Hachette, 1s.), parse two pages. Learn a poem from _Recueil de Poésies_, par Mdme. de Witt (Hachette, 2s.).

_German._[31]

Eight sections of the Gouin _Series_; (or, translate into English and retranslate into German pages 1-8 from Niebuhr’s _Heroengeschichten_ (Clarendon Press, 1s. 6d.). _Book of Ballads on German History_ (University Press, 2s.); two ballads to be learnt by heart. _First German Book_, by A. L. Becker (Hachette, 1s.), Lessons xxvii-xxxv. Use the words, from the lists of useful words, in sentences. Beginners read from