Download or read book The Elementary Education Act, 1870 written by W. Cunningham Glen and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Elementary Education Act, 1870: With Introduction, Notes, and Index, Appendix Containing the Incorporated Statutes The Elementary Education Act, 1870, is a statute which is calculated, more than any other of recent times to elevate the masses of the people; and is the result of many years agitation by the various religious denominations and political parties in the State, The object which it will accomplish may be stated in a very few words. It will place an elementary school wherever there is a child to be taught, whether of rich or poor parents: and it will compel every parent and guardian of a child to have it taught, at least, the rudiments of education, and that without reference to any religious creed or persuasion. The Editor, at the request of the Publishers, has prepared the present work, and trusts that it will be found to be a useful and practical guide to all those who may be called upon officially or otherwise to bring the Act into operation. In the Appendix will be found all the Incorporated Acts, besides other useful information. The work is prefaced by an Introduction, containing a general resume of the provisions of the Act; and the importance of a voluminous Index has not been overlooked. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."