"Incomprehensible as this may appear at a first glance, it is still explicable in a few words. The American seeks, for the education of his children, _practical men, who are not only adapted to and skilled in their vocation, but also familiar with the world--its progress and requirements_--men not only capable of teaching their pupils the rules of grammar and syntax, but who are also qualified to impart the peculiarities and precepts of life in the world at large--men of prepossessing manner and appearance, and whose habits are adapted to the requirements of refined society. This it is, in a few words, that the American requires. And now, I ask--how many old and young teachers are there in Germany thus qualified? "I here speak, of course, in a general way; for I well know that there are in Germany many teachers and learned men, who could more than fulfil all of these requirements of the American parent, but their number is unfortunately limited; and I deem it important that I speak freely and fully on this subject, since many a learned German, whose acquirements and scientific knowledge would insure him an independent and respectable station at home, nevertheless frequently finds himself compelled by the pressure of circumstances to seek America, in the hope of there opening a school, or at least finding employment as teacher, and there too frequently, in addition to the bitterest disappointment, discovers too late that he is fit for no other practical employment which will yield him his daily bread. "As a proof, however, that most of these so called pedagogues must in America be necessarily deceived in their expectations, I take the liberty of adding yet a few words. "The American requires before all, as far as the moral qualifications of the teacher are concerned, a firm religious tendency--a requirement for which the scion of 'Young Germany,' fresh from his university career, has but little taste; since his recollections of that life are yet too fresh upon him to admit of a willing submission to such rules,--and I advise any one who proposes to follow such a course to become a farmer's man, rather than a hypocrite or sham-saint.... "If we proceed in our examination of private schools in America, we find that the majority are for the education of girls. Upon which the question arises--Are German ladies generally adapted to the superintendence of such establishments?--a question which I must either answer with No, or modify with the admission that if there be any schools managed by German ladies, I am ignorant of their existence. The cause for the negative being essentially the same as with the male scholars.