The second part, of the book, which refers to women's
mission in connection with infant education, admits in
like manner of little change, because there ;also igeneral
principles are laid down. The reasons that make,certain
.studies valuable or imperative remain the same ;.andthe
appeal to women's right feeling in the matter is even
more pressing than before. For the evil caused by
women's ignorance of education, and of so many subjects
that are esseutial to the education, are more felt in pro-



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portion as Frobel's System spreads, and we feel our de-
pendence on the assistance of mothers, which they are too
generally incapable of giving. Madame von Mahrenholtz
speaks strongly of this deficiency as being the principal
cause of the slow progress of the Kinder-garten in Ger-
many. It is essentially mothers' work, because, however
good the mere teachers may be, home co-operation is
absolutely indispensable.
