Efficient gallery lessons--efficient teachers must be made.

They do not at present exist in large numbers, and can only be made by a suitable reward being held out to them, and by their being placed under the superintendence of experienced persons acquainted with the art.

The art of teaching is no mean art, and must, sooner or later, take its proper rank amongst the other sciences.
It is a science which requires deep study and knowledge of human character, and is only to be learned like all other sciences, by much perseverance and practice.

In another work, on the education of older children, I have given some specimens of gallery lessons; in this I shall endeavour to give a few specimens of what I think useful lessons for infants, and shall also try to clothe them in language suited to the infant apprehensions; and I sincerely hope they may shew in a plain manner the method of giving this species of instruction to the children, and that teachers who were before ignorant of it, may be benefitted thereby.

I shall not pretend to give my opinion as to whether I have succeeded, but will leave this point entirely to the judgment and candour of my readers; for I know by experience that it is a very difficult thing to put practice into theory; and although this may seem paradoxical, yet I have no doubt that many have experienced the very same results when trying to explain theoretically on paper what they have with ease practised a thousand times.
These oral lessons on real objects ought to be given in pure, simple, and plain language, level to the understanding and capacity of children.