CHAPTER V.

A SPECIAL CHAPTER ON THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN THE OLDEN TIME IN UPPER CANADA. 103

Hon. J. Sandfield Macdonald's School Days--His Reminiscences of them. 103

Hon. Charles Clarke on Education in the County of Wellington under Dr. Ryerson's Administration. 104

Early School Legislation in 1841, 1843 and 1846. 104

Inferior Qualification of Teachers and Varied Methods of Teaching. 105

Dr. Ryerson's Test of the Intelligence of a School Section. 105

The Character of the School-House, also a Test. 106

School Condition of the County of Wellington in 1847. 106

Great Educational Advance made by the Province of Ontario since 1847. 107

Great Advance also in the Standard of Teaching Ability. 108

Rev. W. H. Landon on the State of Education in Upper Canada in 1847-1849. 109

The Old Log School-House and its Belongings. 110

The Pioneer Teacher and the Trials of "Boarding-Round". 111

The Old School House (Poetry). 113

Mr. Canniff Haight on the Schools Fifty Years Ago. 113

A School Teacher's Personal Experience in 1865. 114

Mr. James Cumming's Reminiscences of Education in Hamilton in 1847-1852. 116

Education in the County of Simcoe, 1852-1872. 117