Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 3-1879: The Value of Common School Education to Common Labor

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  Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 4-1882: Industrial Art in Schools

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  One pamphlet, copyright 1882, entitled Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 4-1882: Industrial Art in Schools, by Charles G. Leland, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington. This pamphlet is 38 numbered pages in length, and is not illustrated. The table of contents is listed on p. 3, and is divided into three sections: Introduction; Practical Teaching; and General Observations. The embossed ownership stamp of the Essex Institute is stamped in the upper right-hand corner of the title page;a Dewey decimal call number is written in ms. on the title page verso.

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  Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 2-1881: The Relation of Education to Industry and Technical Training in American Schools

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  Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 6-1882: Technical Instruction in France

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