Editor’s Note: This unique piece by Elsie Kitching was first published without comment in the November 1917 Parents’ Review. By E.K. The Parents’ Review, 1917, pp. 655-662 Now it came to pass that as the sons of men gazed upon the face of Science[1] they saw that she was very fair to look upon and …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason’s third and apparently final 1917 letter to The Times on the subject of “A Liberal Education for All” was published in the May issue of The Parents’ Review. The timeline of letters is as follows: February 15: Charlotte Mason’s first letter March 1: A critical response March 18: …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason’s first 1917 letter to The Times was evidently published on February 15 and then republished in the March issue of The Parents’ Review. Mason’s letter to The Times apparently provoked a critical response which was published on March 1. Mason was swift with her rebuttal, answering her public …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In the spring of 1917, a series of three letters from Charlotte Mason to The Times were published in The Parents’ Review. The first appeared in the March issue and is presented here. By Charlotte Mason The Parents’ Review, 1917, pp. 218-221 [Letter to the Times.] Sir,—The Times never fails …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The first Children’s Gathering of the Parents’ Union School was held in Winchester in 1912. In The Story of Charlotte Mason, Essex Cholmondeley wrote that “Miss Mason hoped that all pupils would, during their years in the school, enjoy a gathering such as Winchester, but the war years were soon …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff According to Gearóid Barry, “The Armistice of 11 November 1918 gave Britons a moment of public jubilation, yet the first stage of demobilization at the end of 1918 … had to be rapidly revised such was the public frustration with it… Decanting so many men into the labour market increased …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In December 1918, American President Woodrow Wilson visited Europe and gave speeches in which he “reaffirmed that the making of peace and the creation of a League of Nations must be accomplished as one single objective.”[1] That same month, Charlotte Mason’s beloved friend Rev. Francis Lewis contributed an article to …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The first annual meeting of the Melbourne, Australia branch of the PNEU was held in 1905. One of the speakers had just arrived from England, and she riveted the audience with a detailed account of the House of Education in Ambleside. Then the vice-president of the branch “said that though …
Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Agnes Drury (1874–1958) was “brought up … on lines very similar to those advised by Charlotte Mason.” We are told this about her mother: She loved flowers and out-of-door things; she was skilful with her hands, teaching the children to bind their books and encouraging a sense of colour which …