THE

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,

AT

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., AUG. 1850;

INCLUDING

THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

A GENERAL INDEX TO THE VOLUMES THUS FAR PUBLISHED,

AND

A LIST OF MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by TICKNOR, REED, & FIELDS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

GOD'S PLAN FOR EDUCATING MAN. By C. C.

CHASE,

LECTURE II.

POLITICAL ECONOMY, AS A STUDY FOR COM-

MON SCHOOLS. BY AMASA WALKER,

1

LECTURE III.

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY TRAINING.

BY SOLOMON Jenner,