i. Natural obstacles for physical contention, climbing,

swimming, walking, etc.

ii. Material to work in—wood, leather, clay, etc.

iii. Natural objects _in situ_—birds, plants, streams, stones, etc.

iv. Objects of art.

v. Scientific apparatus, etc.

The value of this education by _Things_ is receiving wide recognition, but intellectual education to be derived from _Books_ is still for the most part to seek.

Every scholar of six years old and upwards should study with ‘delight’ _his own, living_, books on every subject in a pretty wide curriculum. Children between six and eight must for the most part have their books read to them.

This plan has been tried with happy results for the last twelve years in many home schoolrooms, and some other schools.

By means of the free use of books the mechanical difficulties of education—reading, spelling, composition, etc.—disappear, and studies prove themselves to be ‘for delight, for ornament, and for ability.’

There is reason to believe that these principles are workable in all schools, Elementary and Secondary; that they tend in the working to simplification, economy, and discipline.