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.

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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.