Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Library Collection - Education

In this 1765 printing of her 1749 original, Sarah Fielding (1710-68) traces the development of nine girls under the guidance of their governess, Mrs Teachum. The first English novel intended for children, the book attempts to encourage young women to pursue lives of virtue, friendship and benevolence.

In this 1889 work, the educationalist and feminist Maria Grey looks back, offering to the young 'the results of her life's thought and experience', and endeavouring to help late-Victorian school-leavers answer the questions 'Where are we going? What was the object of all this school work?'

The mathematician Isaac Todhunter (1820-84) was an examiner for the University of Cambridge and a successful textbook author. In this collection of six essays, first published in 1873, he expresses his views on various facets of mathematical education in England, which was the object of intense debate in the nineteenth century.

This three-volume work was originally serialised in Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853 and published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. The work was popular with readers, and was used in British schools well into the twentieth century.

This three-volume work was originally serialised in Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853 and published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. The work was popular with readers, and was used in British schools well into the twentieth century.

First published in 1810, this report on the current state of science was commissioned by Napoleon I and written by French naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832). It includes discoveries made by French scientists and in the wider Napoleonic empire.

This 1862 book considers the theory and purpose of education, and the particular issues of its application to girls, before suggesting appropriate curricula for each age group from seven to eighteen, with a final chapter on life after the classroom and 'some peculiarities of woman's social position'.

Theodore Stanton's intention in this 1884 work had been to get from each European country the collaboration of women who had participated in some phase of the women's movement. Among the contributors are many famous names in the struggle for women's rights at the end of the nineteenth century.

The educationalist Hannah E. Pipe opened her first school in Manchester, but moved to London in 1856. Stoddart, formerly a member of the staff of her enormously successful school, published this fascinating account of an inspiring teacher, pioneer of girls' education and philanthropist in 1908.

Emily Davis (1830-1921) was an English feminist and campaigner for women's education. First published in 1866, this volume discusses the state of education and explores the contemporary attitudes towards female education. This volume also includes two 1854 pamphlets discussing female education and legal restrictions of married women.

Compiled by the London-born author and publisher Sir Richard Phillips (1767-1840), this accessible encyclopaedia is a fascinating catalogue of curiosities across the world. It includes a survey of mountains, rivers and lakes across the world, present and past architectural wonders, as well as exotic animals and vegetation.

John Locke (1632-1704) is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment philosophers. This volume contains two of John Locke's essays concerning education, edited by J. W. Adamson. Locke's views on education were highly influential and were considered authoritative for over a century after their first publication.

Collects together in one volume the most important historical documents relating to the origins and development of British educational institutions: from the earliest cathedral schools, through the universities, to the foundation of the late Victorian Schools Trusts.