The works which he published during this period were numerous. He translated with great care, adding valuable matter of his own: Bain’s _Inductive and Deductive Logic_, Huxley’s _Hume, His Life and Philosophy_, and Locke’s _Thoughts on Education_. His most considerable work is his _History of the Doctrine of Education in France since the Sixteenth Century_, a work of two volumes, published in 1879, which reached its fourth edition in France in 1883, has been translated entire into German, and from which numerous extracts have been made for the educational journals of England and America. If we add to these labors his work upon the _Revue Philosophique_, and the _Dictionnaire de Pédagogie_, we shall understand why he was called to Paris in 1881, by the Minister of Public Instruction, to aid in founding the _École Normale Supérieure des Institutrices, de Fontenay-aux-Roses_. He successfully arranged the course of instruction for this school. In the same year he assisted in the organization of a new school at Sèvres, which prepares young teachers for the course of instruction in the normal schools. In 1880 he published his _Manual of Civil and Moral Instruction_, in two courses, or parts. This book has had a remarkable career. In less than three years more than three hundred thousand copies of the first part, and over five hundred thousand of the second part, were sold. In 1882, in conjunction with a friend, M. A. Delplan, an author of merit, he published his _Civil and Moral Lectures_. In 1883 he published a _Course of Civil Instruction_ for normal schools. Compayré entered political life in 1881, having been elected deputy from the arrondissement of Lavaur in Tarn. He occupies a distinguished position among the men of to-day; his character, his talents, his popularity, and his devotion to the cause of civil and intellectual freedom, give him the assurance of a place no less important among the men of the future. In his personal appearance Compayré combines the scholar and the man of the world. His dark hair, parted in the middle, is combed back from a forehead very high and very broad. His eye is bright and piercing, and his face, clean shaven except upon the upper lip, bears the impress of both his ingenuousness and his indomitable perseverance. FOOTNOTES: [1] See the _Dictionnaire de Pédagogie_, by F. Buisson, Article _Bibliographie_. [2] The book now offered to the public was taught before it was written. It is the result of the lectures given for three years past, either at the higher normal school of Fontenay-aux-Roses, or in the normal courses for men at Sèvres and at Saint Cloud. [3] Resolution of Aug. 3, 1881. [4] See the Article of M. Pécaut in the _Revue Pédagogique_, No. 2, 1882. [5] Furnished by Mr. Geo. E. Gay, Principal of the Malden High School. THE HISTORY OF PEDAGOGY. THE HISTORY OF PEDAGOGY. CHAPTER I. EDUCATION IN ANTIQUITY.