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  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I.--THE PLACE OF DICKENS AMONG EDUCATORS 1

  II.--INFANT GARDENS 15

  III.--THE OVERTHROW OF COERCION 29

  IV.--THE DOCTRINE OF CHILD DEPRAVITY 87

  V.--CRAMMING 96

  VI.--FREE CHILDHOOD 117

  VII.--INDIVIDUALITY 128

  VIII.--THE CULTURE OF THE IMAGINATION 136

  IX.--SYMPATHY WITH CHILDHOOD 162

  X.--CHILD STUDY AND CHILD NATURE 181

  XI.--BAD TRAINING 188

  XII.--GOOD TRAINING 218

  XIII.--COMMUNITY 235

  XIV.--NUTRITION AS A FACTOR IN EDUCATION 244

  XV.--MINOR SCHOOLS 258

  XVI.--MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES 285

  XVII.--THE TRAINING OF POOR, NEGLECTED, AND DEFECTIVE CHILDREN 304

  DICKENS AS AN EDUCATOR.