OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. WITH PORTRAITS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY. BY WM. OLAND BOURNE, A.M. R NEW YORK: WM. WOOD & CO., 61 WALKER STREET. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON & CO., 188 FLEET STREET. BERLIN: STILKE & VON MUYDEN, LINDEN No. 21. PARIS: GUSTAVE BOSSANGE, 25 QUAI VOLTAIRE. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. TO George T. Trimble, THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIETY, WHOSE SERVICES DURING THE LONG PERIOD OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS WERE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF POPULAR EDUCATION IN NEW YORK: TO The Trustees and Members of the Public School Society AND TO THE FRIENDS OF COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION INDEPENDENT OF SECTARIAN CONTROL, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. |