15. Mention any books relating to the Philosophy or the Historical Education which should be read by any one anxious to become thoroughly qualified for the profession of teacher, or which you hope to read at leisure, and give your reasons for the selection.

16. On what lessons would you rely most for cultivating the reasoning powers of children?

17. Discuss the comparison of the art of training a child with the gardener's art, and show what justification there is for treating the child's character upon the analogy of a developing organism.