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250 BOOKs wRITTEN. tion of those engaged in teaching or in controlling teaching. One main object of these suggestions is to make the work of the learner easy and interesting, by suitable explanation of complex and obscure matters, and by timely stimulation of his curiosity for knowledge. Though we may not be able to discover a royal road to learning, we should try to help the learner by removing unnecessary obstructions in the ordinary road to it. If the presentation of my suggestions to the public leads to the adoption of any of them, or induces any one better qualified than myself to make more acceptable suggestions for educational reform, I shall consider my humble efforts amply rewarded. INTRODUCTION. 1. Thc object of the following pages is, not to present to the reader a finished systematic treatise on Education, but to place before him a few stray thoughts on the subject, having special reference to the circumstances of India. 2. Education is one of the most powerful agencies in moulding the character and determining the future of individuals and of nations; and the question, how to regulate education so as to secure the best results, has engaged the attention of speculative thinkers and practical administrators in all ages and countries. At the present moment in India, that question is occupying a large share of public attention. It may not therefore be deemed inopportune now