THEORY AND PRACTICE

OF

TEACHING.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE

OF

TEACHING

BY THE

REV. EDWARD THRING, M.A.

HEAD MASTER OF UPPINGHAM SCHOOL, LATE FELLOW OF
KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

ΤΟ

MY WIFE,

AND PARTNER IN SCHOOL-LIFE;

TO WHOSE

COURAGE AND HELP

I OWE SO MUCH

OF

LIFE, AND OF WORK DONE,

THIS SECOND EDITION

IS,

AS IT OUGHT TO BE,

DEDICATED.