CMP Review 2024-10-24

CMP Review 2024-10-24

October 24, 2024

“This, Miss Charlotte Mason’s last book, which she did not live to see in print, in many ways sums up her teaching and her message. It is a book of much wisdom, and refreshing alike for its respect for children and for its respect for experience.” — The Teacher’s World

When An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education was first published In 1925, reviews appeared in The Statesman, The Irish Statesman, The Observer, The Teachers’ World, The Journal of Education, The Glasgow Herald, The Schoolmaster, The Church Times, Time and Tide, The Daily News, The Cape Times, The Guardian, and The Times of India. Portions of these reviews, were collected and printed in the October and December issues of the Parents’ Review.

How was Mason’s magnum opus received by the educational authorities of her day? In celebration of the release of the Charlotte Mason Poetry Online Edition of the book, we’re also releasing a transcription of the fifteen reviews collected and published in 1925. Relive the excitement of the first appearance of this volume here.

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