The progress of man and society from the cradle to the grave and from the infancy of things to their present state / By the Rev. Dr. Trusler. For the use of schools.

  • John Trusler
Date:
[1816?]
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Credit: The progress of man and society from the cradle to the grave and from the infancy of things to their present state / By the Rev. Dr. Trusler. For the use of schools. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    '[V] tares as he reads. Next, let him get the general subject of each picture by heart, so as to tell what it is, as soon as he casts his eye on it: this will keep the subject in his memory, will make him wish to be better acquainted with it, and lead him to- study it in the description: and, having read the description more than once, he should be asked his idea of the picture at some future time. Thus will the knowledge of things they seem to represent, be painted in the infant mind, and dwell with him through life; he will, as he grows up, communicate his ideas to children of his own age, and they will thus teach and inform each other. Such subjects in this book, as are past the com- prehension of certain ages, they should not be troubled with at first, but should be omitted, till they have learned the rest. As knowledge conveyed by the eyes makes a greater impression on the mind, than such as is conveyed by words, pictures are the most intelligible books that children can have. The vignette in the title-page, re- presenting an old man giving a boy a pros- feet of the world and bidding him see with