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Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 1

ON POPULAR CULTURE

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Introduction 1

Importance of provincial centres 2

Report of the Midland Institute 4

Success of the French classes 5

Less success of English history 6

Value of a short comprehensive course 8

Dr. Arnold's saying about history 'traced backwards' 9

Value of a short course of general history 10

Value of a sound notion of Evidence 16

Text-books of scientific logic not adequate for popular objects 21

A new instrument suggested 21

An incidental advantage of it 23

General knowledge not necessarily superficial 25

Popular culture and academic organisation 25

Some of the great commonplaces of study 29

Conclusion 34

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