Project Gutenberg 2012-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 358 Various Verschillende Various, Various Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848 Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Brendan OConnor, Jonathan Ingram, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Library of Early Journals.) "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848" by Various is a periodical publication from the mid-19th century that includes a collection of essays and articles. The magazine features a diverse range of topics, indicated by its table of contents, which includes literary pieces, examinations of societal issues, and discussions on education, culture, and politics. The likely focus of this particular volume is on the various intellectual and social currents of the time, reflecting the complexities of Victorian society. The opening of this volume presents a detailed narrative from a segment titled "The Caxtons," where we are introduced to Pisistratus Caxton, a young boy excelling in school and inspired by his father’s intellectual pursuits. Through Pisistratus's experiences, we immediately encounter the impact of education on his development and the shifting philosophies surrounding teaching methods, particularly through the engaging character of Dr. Herman and his unconventional academy. The narrative sets up themes of ambition, familial influence, and the dynamics of learning, while hinting at broader societal changes as the scholarly and educational landscapes evolve in the wake of contemporary challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Scotland -- Periodicals England -- Periodicals AP Text Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 627858 627859 2024-10-17T04:16:34.471447 2023-09-17T12:29:23.416150 text/html text/html 625848 2012-06-26T11:45:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 239139 2012-06-26T11:46:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 349530 2024-10-17T04:16:46.115393 application/epub+zip 354310 2024-10-17T04:16:38.937598 application/epub+zip 315547 2024-10-17T04:16:37.306430 application/epub+zip 669709 2024-10-17T04:16:51.583377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638159 2024-10-17T04:16:44.908341 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431997 2022-09-18T11:10:57.192407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 584031 2024-10-17T04:16:33.356460 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 583412 2012-06-26T11:44:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 228247 2012-06-26T11:46:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 583586 2012-06-26T11:45:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 228174 2012-06-26T11:46:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 583614 2012-06-26T11:45:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 227997 2012-06-26T11:46:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22836 2024-10-17T04:16:51.722318 application/rdf+xml 23566 2024-10-17T04:16:37.884388 image/jpeg 4627 2024-10-17T04:16:37.594380 image/jpeg 339413 2024-10-17T04:16:34.525409 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog