THE

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,

AT

MANCHESTER, N. H., AUGUST 18, 1857;

INCLUDING

THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

Corner of Washington and School Streets.

1858.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

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

CAMBRIDGE: THURSTON AND TORRY, PRINTERS.

CONTENTS.

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

LIST OF OFFICERS,

ANNUAL REPORT,

LECTURE I.

MORAL EDUCATION. BY GEORGE H. CALVERT,

LECTURE II.

SOME OF THE ERRONEOUS OPINIONS THAT

ARE PREVALENT IN THE COMMUNITY UPON

THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION. BY DANIEL

MANSFIELD, .

LECTURE III.

THE STUDY OF ENGLISH IN AN ELEMENTARY

COURSE OF EDUCATION. BY R. P. DUNN,

LECTURE IV.

SELF-CULTURE AND SELF-RELIANCE. By J. W.

BULKLEY,

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