Much has been written upon education--much that is both wise and thoughtful, and much that has been but sound. Among the most thoughtful and suggestive recent writings is an unpretentious work bearing the title of "The Teacher, the Pupil, the School," by Mr. Nathaniel Sands. Small as it is, it contains more ideas than many bulky volumes.--_N. Y. Tribune._ The question with which he mainly concerns himself is whether Latin and Greek, and certain other branches, shall be taught to the exclusion of more practical studies. He thinks that what is commonly known as the "culture demanded by modern life"--chemistry, mining, anatomy, natural history, political and social economy, the science of government, etc.--should take the place now usurped by classical studies. Mr. Sands believes in making no compromise between the useful sciences and the classics. He condemns "as worse than mere waste of time the years devoted to Greek and Latin," and would bar them out altogether.--_Journal of Commerce._ Mr. Sands, who has just been appointed one of the new Board of Education, has long been known as an advanced thinker on the subject he is now called upon to deal with. He has published a pamphlet on the Philosophy of Education.--_N. Y. Sun._ We have in this compact and unpretentious treatise a great deal of pith and acumen, brought to bear upon a most important subject--that of educational first principles. Mr. Sands has gone to the base of human teaching, discarding pretentious themes, in order to illustrate the simpler beauty of that eductive and inductive co-relationship which, beginning at the mother's breast, proceeds through all the quiet processes of mental development in infancy, childhood, and maturity.--_N. Y. Dispatch._ His hints may well arrest the attention of thoughtful men.--_N. Y. Tribune._ We commend it to the thoughtful consideration of all, but especially of our public men. * * * Commissioners of Schools and others charged with youthful training may advantageously consider the reflections.--_N. Y. Evening Post._ HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK. HARPER & BROTHERS _will send the above work by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of $1 00_. WORKS ON EDUCATION PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. HARPER & BROTHERS _will send any of the following books by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price_. HARPER'S CATALOGUE _and_ TRADE-LIST _will be sent by mail on receipt of Five Cents, or they may be obtained gratuitously on application to the Publishers personally_. RANDALL'S POPULAR EDUCATION. First Principles of Popular Education and Public Instruction. By S. S. RANDALL, Superintendent of Public Schools of the City of New York. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. SANDS'S PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING. The Teacher, the Pupil, the School. By NATHANIEL SANDS. 8vo, Cloth.