This is the degree of progress an average pupil of twelve should have made under a teacher of knowledge and ability. Progress in the _disciplinary_ subjects, languages and mathematics, for example, must depend entirely on the knowledge and ability of the teacher. APPENDIX IV EXAMINATION OF A CHILD OF TWELVE, IN THE ‘PARENTS’ REVIEW’ SCHOOL, ON THE WORK OF A TERM Possibly a complete set of answers to an examination paper may be of use as showing the all-round standing of a scholar educated on the principles I have advanced. This paper is not exceptional,[30] and some weakness will be noticed in what I have called the disciplinary subjects. _Programme of the Term’s Work on which the Examination Questions are set._ _Bible Lessons._ _The Bible for the Young_, by the Rev. J. Paterson Smyth (Sampson, Low, 2s.), _Genesis_, Lessons xvii.-xxiv., _S. Matthew_, Lessons xvi.-xxiv., and the Lesson on Christmas. Teacher to prepare lesson beforehand, and to use the Bible passages in teaching. Answers to Catechism with explanations from the beginning to the _Lord’s Prayer_ (optional). _Recitations._ Learn two passages of 20 verses each from chapters in Bible Lessons. Learn _The Death of the Duke of Wellington_; _The Charge of the Light Brigade_; _You ask me Why_. _French._[31] The Gouin _Series_; _A Study of French_, by Eugène & Duriaux (Edition 1898, Macmillan & Co., 3s. 6d.), pages 184, 194, 196, 198; teacher study preface. _Première Année Grammaire_, par P. Larousse, Rules 61, 63, 64, 66, 70, 74, Exercises 55, 58, 61, 63. Read the first half of _Le Général Dourakine_, par Mdme. de Ségur (Hachette, 1s.), parse two pages. Learn a poem from _Recueil de Poésies_, par Mdme. de Witt (Hachette, 2s.). _German._[31] Eight sections of the Gouin _Series_; (or, translate into English and retranslate into German pages 1-8 from Niebuhr’s _Heroengeschichten_ (Clarendon Press, 1s. 6d.). _Book of Ballads on German History_ (University Press, 2s.); two ballads to be learnt by heart. _First German Book_, by A. L. Becker (Hachette, 1s.), Lessons xxvii-xxxv. Use the words, from the lists of useful words, in sentences. Beginners read from Part II., reading lessons, §§ 16-23. Practise letters on pages xiii.-xvi. _Italian._ Ex-Students of House of Education, six of the Gouin _Series_. Twelve grammar rules exemplified in _Series_. Teachers use Perini’s _Italian Conversation Grammar_ (Hachette, 4s.). _Latin._ _Young Beginners’ Third Latin Book_ (Murray, 2s.), pages 9-15. Revise back work by means of exercises. _Young Beginners’ Second Latin Book_ (Murray, 2s.), pages 60-71. BEGINNERS.—Hall’s _Child’s First Latin Book_ (Murray, 2s.), 15-32; or, better, _A First Latin Book_, by E. H. Scott and F. Jones (Blackie, 1s. 6d.), pages 1-32. _English History._ _A History of England_, by H. O. Arnold-Forster (Cassell, 5s.), pages 719-758 (1820-1897). Read Scott’s _Lady of the Lake_, and, if possible, Henry Kingsley’s _Valentin_ (Ward, Lock & Co.).