Excerpt from The Year-Book of Education for 1878 The primary object of the Year-Book of Education is to supply a supplement to the Cyclop?dia of Education, issued last year. It is obvious that every work of that kind needs to be continued, from time to time, in order to afford a full and correct presentation of the science and art of which it is intended to be the exponent; since, during each successive year, there is necessarily a considerable accumulation of fresh material, which should be embodied in its articles, particularly those of a statistical character, in order that they may furnish the reader with complete information upon each topic comprehended in the work.
The addition of this material in the form of a year-book fulfills two important conditions: (1) it completes the main work, so as to obviate the need of any considerable alteration of its pages; and (2) it shows, when compared with the Cyclop?dia itself, the progress made, during each succeeding year in each department treated. In relation to the latter point, it may be expected to present a considerable amount of information of equal, if not superior, interest to that contained in the Cyclopaed?; since it is the living questions and issues of the present which, in educational matters especially, attract and engage the attention of the public.
How widely the demand for the continuation of cyclop?dias is felt, is clearly shown by the fact that the number of publishers of such works, both general and special, who provide for meeting this demand, is steadily increasing. The editors of the Cyclop?dia of Education - a work which is already in the hands of many thousands of teachers and other educators, within a year after its publication - desire that those who read or consult it should have at hand a volume, or series of volumes, supplementing the information it contains; and they believe that this will be accomplished by the Year-Book now issued. They feel also that, in this manner, the value of the main work will not only be sustained but considerably enhanced.
There is, moreover, another consideration which has prompted this enterprise. While so many annuals, illustrating the advancement made in other departments of science, are now issued, it is exceedingly important that the yearly progress of education should not be left without its exponent. It is believed, therefore, that a work devoted to the record of the most memorable events in that interesting field of knowledge and effort, both in this country and among all the important nations of the world will not only prove attractive, but will meet an actual want, - filling a vacant place in the educational literature of every English-speaking people.
The scope of the Year-Book is intended to be as comprehensive as that of the Cyclop?dia, embracing - though, of course, with no attempt at exhaustiveness, in any single year"s issue - the principles and methods of pedagogics and school economy; the administration of the school systems of this and other countries; school legislation and statistics; and educational literature and biography, including notices of distinguished educators, and others prominently connected with education, deceased during the year. The character of the work as an annual publication involves, however, the necessity of giving to some of these departments a fuller treatment than to others; and, accordingly, the editors have endeavored especially to afford a complete record of the progress of education in the different states and territories of the Union, including the chief cities in each, and in the most important countries of the world, as well as an account of the educational proceedings and institutions of learning of all the principal religious denominations. In this have also been included brief accounts of the proceedings of important educational conventions and associations in this and other countries.
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