General System of German Education.--Glance at the progress of
popular Education, from the ancient Nations and Times down to the
present--Popular Folks'-schools of the Middle Ages--Gerbardus
Magnus--his Institution at Deventer---his ideas followed out by
Montaigne, Bacon, etc.--the Burger class erect Schools--the
Reformation--School of Conrad Celtes, for the restoration of
Classical antiquity--Services of Erasmus, Reuchlin, Dalberg,
Agricola, Pirkheimer, etc.--the origin of the plans of Pestalozzi
to be found in the writings of Ratich and Comenius--Services of
Fenelon, Spencer, and Franke--Improvements by Ziedler, Hein, and
Sulzer--Influence of Locke, Rousseau, Crousatz, in developing the
modern School-systems--Description of the German School-system,
and what is taught in each class of Schools, viz. the Elementary,
or Proper Folks'-Schools; the Real Schools, called also Middle
Schools, Higher Burger Schools, etc; the Gymnasia; the
Universities