Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . i**i J*^ 1^*1 »**hI it£l I -^*i 4»<». **cmj jjfej ,•*•**] fj**,, Rn^[ :l*.i «~~J -«*hmJ §«HNJ nqH !** «tob/ /fWhl Brw ** Iten! nu «9a» v?m! .. in 1 Mfsd irf^li U (ffiftg: ?. o . o 538 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIX1 CENTURY transplanted to America and generally adopted by the univers
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . i**i J*^ 1^*1 »**hI it£l I -^*i 4»<». **cmj jjfej ,•*•**] fj**,, Rn^[ :l*.i «~~J -«*hmJ §«HNJ nqH !** «tob/ /fWhl Brw ** Iten! nu «9a» v?m! .. in 1 Mfsd irf^li U (ffiftg: ?. o . o 538 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIX1 CENTURY transplanted to America and generally adopted by the universities, withgreatest success, perhaps, in the Middle States, where the American Societyfor the Extension of University Teaching has organized the held. Duringthe period 1890-99, 8(52 courses of lectures were given under the auspices of the American Society to audi-ences aggregating 952,068. An-other movement of equal import-in ice is that done by the ChatauquaLiterary and Scientific Circle, whichprepares lists of books for homereading, with a view to encouragingsystem in ones use of spare the most interesting pub-lic work for adults is being done inNew York city, where a lecture de-partment has been organized by theBoard of Education, by which freelectures are given in schoolhousesto the people. In 1898, 1866 lec-tures were given to 698,200 people,and the president of New YorksSchool Board has declared thatthese lectures have contributedmore than any other agency
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