The Book Of The Bush by George Dunderdale (books to read to improve english .TXT) 📕

1811.  He Goes To The University Of Göttingen.

1812.  He Proceeds Thence To The University Of Berlin.

1813.  Froebel,  Langethal,  And Middendorff Enlist In Lützow's Regiment

       Of Chasseurs,  A Volunteer Corps Enrolled To Take Part In The

       Resistance To Napoleon's Invasion Of Prussia.

1814.  Jan. 5th.--Birth Of Elise Froebel (Madame Schaffner),  Christian's

       Youngest Daughter.

       After The Peace Of Paris (May 30th,  1814) Froebel Is Appointed

       Assistant In The Mineralogical Museum Of The University Of

       Berlin,  And Takes His Post There In August.

1816.  Nov. 13th.--Froebel Founds His "Universal German Educational

       Institute" In Griesheim.

1817.  Transference Of The School To Keilhau. Arrival Of Langethal And

       Middendorff.

1818.  First Marriage Of Froebel.

1820.  Christian Froebel Arrives At Keilhau With His Wife And Daughters

       Froebel Writes "To The German People."

1821.  Froebel Publishes (Privately) "Principles,  Aims,  And Inner Life

       Of The Universal German Educational Institute In Keilhau," And

       "Aphorisms."

1822.  He Publishes The Pamphlets "On German Education,  Especially As

       Regards The Universal German Educational Institute At Keilhau,"

       And "On The Universal German Educational Institute At Keilhau."

1823.  He Publishes "Continuation Of The Account Of The Educational

       Institute At Keilhau."

1824.  He Publishes The Pamphlet "Christmas At Keilhau."

1826.  Marriages Of Langethal And Middendorff. Froebel Publishes The

       "Education Of Man" ("Menschen Erziehung"). Later He Founds The

       Weekly _Family Journal Of Education_.

1827.  Letter To The Duke Of Meiningen (Translated In This Present

       Work),  Uncompleted,  Probably Never Sent To The Duke.

1828.  Letter To Krause (Partly Translated In The Present Work). Barop

       Formally Becomes A Member Of The Educational Community At

       Keilhau.

1829.  Plan For A National Educational Institute In Helba,  Under The

       Auspices Of The Duke Of Meiningen,  Now Completed,  The Whole

       Keilhau Community Having Worked Upon It Under Froebel's

       Direction.

1830.  Death Of Wilhelm Carl,  One Of The Keilhau Community,  By Drowning

       In The Saale.

1831.  Froebel Breaks With The Duke Of Meiningen,  And Gives Up The Helba

       Project.

       Visit To Frankfurt,  And Meeting With Schnyder.

       Acceptance Of Schnyder's Offer Of His Castle At Wartensee.

       Opening Of The Institution At Wartensee By Froebel And His Nephew

       Ferdinand.

1832.  Barop Goes To Wartensee. Transference Of The School From

       Wartensee To Willisau. Froebel Pays A Short Visit To Keilhau.

1833.  Froebel Brings His Wife To Willisau. The Bernese Administration

       Invites Him To Consider A Plan For The Foundation Of An Orphanage

       At Burgdorf. He Is Appointed Lecturer For The Repetitive Courses

       For Young Teachers Held There. Langethal Comes From Keilhau To

       Willisau,  Barop Returns To Keilhau.

1835.  Froebel,  His Wife,  And Langethal Undertake The Foundation Of The

       Orphanage For Bern,  In Burgdorf. Middendorff And Elise Froebel Go

       From Keilhau To Willisau And Join Ferdinand Froebel There.

       Froebel Writes "The New Year 1836 Demands A Renewal Of Life."

1836.  Froebel And His Wife Leave Burgdorf For Berlin. Ferdinand Froebel

       And Langethal Take Over The Direction Of The Orphanage.

1837.  Opening Of The First Kindergarten In Blankenburg.

1838.  Commencement Of Froebel's _Sunday Journal_.

1839.  Froebel And Middendorff Go To Dresden. Death Of Madame Froebel.

1840.  Guttenberg Festival (400th Anniversary Of The Invention Of

       Printing). Opening Of The Universal German Kindergarten At

       Biversary Of The Invention Of

   Om,  Was

Holding A Court Of Petty Sessions At The Window.  It Was An Open

Court,  To Which The Public Were Admitted According To Law; A Very

Open Court,  The Roof Of Which Was Blue--The Blue Sky Of A Summer's

Morning.  A Witness Was Giving Evidence Against An Assigned Servant,

Charged With Some Offence Against His Master.  His Majesty,  The

Magistrate,  Yawned--This Kind Of Thing Was Tiresome.  Presently A

Lady Came Into The Room,  Walked To The Open Window,  Clasped Her Hands

Together,  And Laid Them Affectionately On The Shoulder Of The Court.

After Listening For A Few Moments To The Evidence She Became

Impatient,  And Said,  "Oh,  William,  Give Him Three Dozen And Come To

Breakfast."  So William Gave The Man Three Dozen And Went To

Breakfast--With A Good Conscience; Having Performed The Ordinary

Duty Of The Day Extraordinarily Well,  He Was On The High Road To

Perfection.

The Sentence Of The Court Was Carried Out By A Scourger,  Sometimes

Called Flagellator,  Or Flogger. The Office Of Scourger Was Usually

Held By A Convict; It Meant Promotion In The Government Service,  And

Although There Was Some Danger Connected With It,  There Was Always A

Sufficient Number Of Candidates To Fill Vacancies.  In New South

Wales The Number Of Officers In The Cat-O'-Nine Tails Department Was

About Thirty.  The Danger Attached To The Office Consisted In The

Certainty Of The Scourger Being Murdered By The Scourgee,  If Ever The

Opportunity Was Given.

Joe Kermode Had Once Been A Hutkeeper On A Station.  The Hut Was

Erected About Forty Yards From The Stockyard,  To Which The Sheep Were

Brought Every Evening,  To Protect Them From Attack By Dingoes Or

Blackfellows.  If The Dingoes And Blackfellows Had Been Content With

One Sheep At A Time To Allay The Pangs Of Hunger,  They Could Not Have

Been Blamed Very Much; But After Killing One They Went On Killing As

Many More As They Could,  And Thus Wasted Much Mutton To Gratify Their

Thirst For Blood.

Joe And The Shepherd Were Each Provided With A Musket And Bayonet For

Self-Defence.

The Hut Was Built Of Slabs,  And Was Divided By A Partition Into Two

Rooms,  And Joe Always Kept His Musket Ready Loaded,   Night And Day,

Just Inside The Doorway Of The Inner Room.  Two Or Three Blacks Would

Sometimes Call,  And Ask For Flour,  Sugar,  Tobacco,  Or A Firestick.

If They Attempted To Come Inside The Hut,  Joe Ordered Them Off,

Backing At The Same Time Towards The Inner Door,  And He Always Kept A

Sharp Look-Out For Any Movement They Made; For They Were Very

Treacherous,  And He Knew They Would Take Any Chance They Could Get To

Kill Him,  For The Sake Of Stealing The Flour,  Sugar,  And Tobacco.

Two Of Them Once Came Inside The Hut And Refused To Go Out,  Until Joe

Seized His Musket,  And Tickled Them In The Rear With His Bayonet,

Under The "Move On" Clause In The Police Offences Statute.

Early One Morning There Was A Noise As Of Some Disturbance In The

Stockyard,  And Joe,  On Opening The Door Of His Hut,  Saw Several

Blacks Spearing The Sheep.  He Seized His Musket And Shouted,  Warning

Them To Go Away.  One Of Them,  Who Was Sitting On The Top Rail With

His Back Towards The Hut,  Seemed To Think That He Was Out Of Range Of

The Musket,  For He Made Most Unseemly Gestures,  And Yelled Back At

Joe In A Defiant And Contemptuous Manner.  Joe's Gun Was Charged With

Shot,  And He Fired And Hit His Mark,  For The Blackfellow Dropped

Suddenly From The Top Rail,  And Ran Away,  Putting His Hands Behind

Him,  And Trying To Pick Out The Pellets.

One Day A White Stockman Came Galloping On  His Horse Up To The Door

Of The Hut,  His Face,  Hands,  Shirt And Trousers Being Smeared And

Saturated With Blood.  Joe Took Him Inside The Hut,  And Found That He

Had Two Severe Wounds On The Left Shoulder.  After The Bleeding Had

Been Stanched And The Wounds Bandaged,  The Stranger Related That As

He Was Riding He Met A Blackfellow Carrying A Fire-Stick.  He Thought

It Was A Good Opportunity Of Lighting His Pipe,  Lucifer Matches Being

Then Unknown In The Bush; So He Dismounted,  Took Out His Knife,  And

Beers Of Infant Schools. About The Same Time Miss

       Heerwart (Who Had Left Manchester To Found A Kindergarten Of Her

       Own In Dublin In 1866) Is Appointed Principal Of The Kindergarten

       Training College Established At Stockwell By The British And

       Foreign School Society.

       The Froebel Society Of London Is Formed By Miss Doreck,  Miss

       Heerwart,  Miss Bishop,  Madame Michaelis,  Professor Joseph Payne,

       And Miss Manning; Miss Doreck Being The First President. Very

       Soon These Were Joined By Miss Shireff (President Since 1877,

       When Miss Doreck Died),  By Her Sister Mrs. William Grey,  By Miss

       Mary Gurney,  And By Many Other Well-Known Friends Of Educational

       Progress.

1879.  Autumn.--The London Kindergarten Training College Is Founded By

       The Froebel Society,  But As A Separate Association (Dissolved

       1883).

1880.  May.--The Croydon Kindergarten Company (Limited),  Is Founded To

       Extend Madame Michaelis's Work In Teaching And Training,  Madame

       Michaelis Becoming The Company's Head Mistress.

1882.  Langethal Died. Celebration Of The Centenary Of Froebel's Birth

       By A Concert,  Given At Willis's Rooms,  London,  On The Part Of The

       Froebel Society,  To Raise Funds For A Memorial Kindergarten At

       Blankenburg,  By A Fund Raised At Croydon For The Same Purpose,

       And By A _Soirée_ And Conversazione,  Presided Over By Mr. W.

       Woodall,  M.P.,  Given At The Stockwell Training College By The

       British And Foreign School Society.

1883.  January.--The Bedford Kindergarten Company (Limited) Founded,

       Mainly Upon The Lines Of The Croydon Company. First (And Present)

       Head Mistress,  Miss Sim.

       Miss Heerwart Goes To Blankenburg To Found The Memorial

       Kindergarten There.

1884.  International Exhibition,  South Kensington (Health And

       Education). A Conference On Education Was Held In June,  The

       Section Devoted To Infant Education Being Largely Taken Up With

       An Important Discussion Of Froebel's Principles,  In Which

       Speakers Of Other Nations Joined The English Authorities In

       Debate.

       The British And Foreign Society Organised A Complete Exhibition

       Of Kindergarten Work And Materials,  To Which All The Chief London

       Kindergarten Establishments (Including Croydon) Contributed; And

       Most Establishments Gave Lessons In Turn,  Weekly,  To Classes Of

       Children,  In Order To Show Publicly The Practical Application Of

       Kindergarten Methods. These Lessons Were Given Gratuitously In