A HISTORY

OF

EDUCATION IN PENNSYLVANIA,

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, ELEMENTARY AND HIGHER.

FROM THE TIME THE SWEDES SETTLED ON THE DELAWARE

TO THE PRESENT DAY.

BY JAMES PYLE WICKERSHAM, LL.D.,

EX-SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, EX-UNITED STATES MINISTER TO DENMARK,
ETC.; AUTHOR OF "SCHOOL ECONOMY," "METHODS OF INSTRUCTION," ETC.

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR.

LANCASTER, PA.:
INQUIRER PUBLISHING COMPANY,

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HIS FRIENDS AND CO-LABORERS

IN THE

WORK OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,

THIS BOOK IS SOLEMNLY DEDICATED, AS A LAST LEGACY,

BY ONE WHO HAS DEVOTED A LIFE

IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE EDUCATION UNIVERSAL AMONG THE PEOPLE; BELIEVING, IN COMMON WITH ALL THOUGHTFUL MEN,

THAT THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF SUCH AN EFFORT WILL DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF

FREE INSTITUTIONS.