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Hadow (1928)

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Notes on the text
Preliminary pages (i-xxi)
Membership, Analysis, Preface, Introduction
Chapter I (1-17)
Books in schools 1810 to 1928
Chapter II (18-56)
Place and function of books
Chapter III (57-67)
Provision of books by LEAs
Chapter IV (68-84)
School and public libraries
Chapter V (85-99)
Guidance for teachers, production of books
Chapter VI (100-106)
Cost and use of books
Chapter VII (107-120)
Conclusions and recommendations
Appendix I (121-129)
List of witnesses
Appendix II (130-142)
Practice of sample LEAs
Appendix III (143-146)
Provision of books in London
Appendix IV (147-148)
Expenditure on books
Appendix V (149-150)
Provision of books in Scotland
Appendix VI (151)
Publication of new books
Index (152-162)

The Hadow Report (1928)
Books in public elementary schools

London: HM Stationery Office

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INDEX
PAGE
Abridgements32
Accommodation:
    for class books103, 116
    for school libraries74, 109
Account, education60-1, 108
Accrington79, 130
Accuracy18, 32, 37
Acquisition of books by pupils101, 116
Acton131, 147
Acts:
    Elementary Education Act 18709
    Education Act 190214
    Education (Scotland) Act 1908149
    Education Act 191816
    Education Act 192169
    Copyright Act 191184
    Public Library Acts68, 70, 71, 84, 112
Administrative arrangements for provision of books57-65, 107-8
Advanced classes - see Modern Schools and Advanced Classes
Agents, publishers'89
Algebra44
Allowances for books:
    effect of low rates of100, 105
    in infant departments25
    in Wales56, 116
    provision for school library from76
    types and administration of57, 62
Alteration of text - see also Abridgements31, 32
Anthologies:
    Biblical30, 114
    prose26, 31, 33
    verse26, 31, 32
Antiquities of Britain, illustrated publications on23
Appearance of books21, 30
Archaeological societies23
Architecture35
Arithmetic41, 44
Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne83
Arnold, Matthew7, 9
Art galleries - see Museums and art galleries
Arts and crafts35
Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools97
Association of Directors and Secretaries for Education95

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Association of Education Committees96
Association of Municipal Corporations94
Atlases:
    in Junior Schools27
    in the School Library74
    production of34, 100
    wear and tear of40
Authors94, 98
Backward children, arithmetical exercises for42
Barbauld, Mrs2
Bath132, 147
Beckenham147
Bias in Modern Schools and Advanced Classes28, 47
Bible21, 29, 113
Bindings104, 106
Birmingham81, 132, 147
Board of Education:
    and the Education Account61, 108
    and physical training52
    and reading19
    Handbook of Health Education53
    Handbook of Suggestions15, 19, 20, 43, 52, 87, 88
Bodleian Library84
Book Department of Committee of Council on Education6, 7
Book Lists6, 7, 9, 92-4, 118-9
Book Rooms48, 56, 90-1, 93, 115, 118, 119
Book vans72, 91
Bookkeeping44
Books:
    circulating sets of78-9, 111
    General questions relating to:
      arrangements for keeping103, 116
      Board of Education and use of18-20
      care and safety of103
      Committee's interpretation of the term60, 148
      expenditure on65-7, 107
      fixed grants for62, 107
      form of - see Appearance of books
      provision of57-60, 69, 77, 110
      quality of18, 94
      removed from school stock book102, 116
      requisition forms for61, 108
      transfer of64
      wear and tear of picture25
    Reading24, 26, 31, 55
    reference27, 40, 45, 48, 52, 111
    supplementary for geography40
    text20, 26, 27, 36, 41, 43, 44, 46, 51
    Welsh56

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Bookshops, educational86, 90
Boxes of books91
Bradford80
Brighton133, 147
Brincker, Dr JAH106
Bristol81
British and Foreign School Society3
British Association21, 105
British Museum22, 35, 84
Buckinghamshire147
Cambridge University Library84
Capitation allowances - see Allowances
Cardiff77
Cardiganshire133, 147
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust71
Catalogues, illustrated51
Central:
    Advisory Committee96-8
    Advisory Conference98, 119
    Library for Students72, 83, 111
    Sectional Committees97
Children's Bibles30
Choice of school books20, 63, 85, 117-9
Circulation of sets of books for general reading65, 78, 111
Class libraries73, 109
Classics, English30
Codes:
    18627-9
    18759
    188210, 12
    190213
    190414
    190615
    192515
    192616
Coloured illustrations22
Commerce, elements of45
Commissions and Committees, Reports of official:
    Royal Commission of 1858-61 ('Newcastle' Commission)7
    'Cross' Commission 1886-8812
    Departmental Committee's Report on the Teaching of English in England29, 31
    Consultative Committee's Report on the Education of the Adolescent27, 36, 41
    Departmental Committee's Report on Welsh in Education and Life53-6
    Public Libraries Committee's Report on Public Libraries in England and Wales71, 77, 80, 84

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Committees:
    Education and Public Library69, 70, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 110
    of Council on Education6
Conference, Central Advisory98, 119
Conferences between Local Book List Committees98, 119
Content of books98, 119
Cookery51
Co-operation between Public Libraries and Schools84, 112
Cost of books22, 38, 100
County Councils Association94, 100
County Libraries:
    education libraries and83
    provision of school libraries from78
    service and administration of70, 72, 78
    use of72, 78, 79, 82, 111
    use of schools as centres for72
Courses
    for teachers88, 117
    of advanced instruction28
Coventry77
Cross - see Commissions and Committees
Crossley, Mr5
Crowley, Dr RH105
Cupboards for books103
Custody of school books - see also Possession of books149
Date of publication24, 115
Design49, 51
Destruction of school books105
Dictionaries21, 74
Directors and Secretaries for Education, Association of95
Disinfection of school books106
Distribution of books by County Libraries72
Divisional areas98, 119
Domestic subjects29, 51-2
Dominion agencies37, 40
Dominions35, 37, 39
Drawing49
Durham County134
Economic History Society93
Economy67, 103
Edgeworth, Miss Maria3
Education Committees, Association of96
Education Account, The60-1, 108
Education Library:
    definition of68
    maintenance of83, 111
Educational Handwork Association93
Empire Marketing Board37
English19, 28, 30, 31-3, 73

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English Association93
Entries in stock books64, 108
Excerpts31
Exercises - see Questions and exercises
Exhibitions of specimen school books90, 118
Expenditure on books:
    adjustment of between Education Fund and Library Fund69, 78
    and stationery60, 108
    average65-7, 107, 147
    methods of controlling57-9, 107
    on geography books39
Expenses of visits to Sample Rooms90
Facilities for private reading and study in schools104, 117
Fumigation of books106
Games52
Gardening52
Geographical Association93
Geography36, 114
Geology, Museum of Practical22
Geometry44
Gibbon, Edward36
Glamorganshire134
Glosses32
Grading in books25, 31
Grammar33
Grammar schools27, 28, 29, 41, 44, 46, 101
Halifax77
Hampstead80
Handbook of Suggestions - see Board of Education
Handwork50, 100
Historical Association93
History33, 114
Hobbies28, 46
Home libraries102-3
House of Commons5
Housecraft51
Hygiene53
Illustrations:
    cost of books and22, 100, 113
    for infants22, 25
    geographical37-8
    historical35-6
    reproductions for drawing49
    scientific23
    use of22-3, 113

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Imperial Education Conference 192738
Imperial Institute, The22
Incorporated Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools (Welsh branches)54
Incorporated Association of Head Masters102
Individual work14, 16, 25, 26, 27, 42
Industrial districts - effect on life of books104
Infants Schools and Departments:
    average expenditure in66, 147
    books for24
    musical material in47
Infection105-6
Inspectorate88, 117
Inspectorial Divisions98, 119
Instructions to Inspectors:
    188210
    189111
Interests of pupils28, 29, 36
Junior Schools and Departments:
    average expenditure on books in66, 147
    books for25
Juvenile reading and lending departments70, 80-2
Kent78, 90, 92, 135, 147
Laboratory cards46
Lancashire78, 136, 147
Lancaster80
Lancaster, Joseph3
Laundry51
Lectures at Public Libraries80
Leicestershire147
Lending departments - see Juvenile reading and lending departments
Letterpress22-3
Librarians88, 117
Libraries - see Class libraries, County libraries, Education libraries, Public libraries, School libraries, and Urban public libraries
Life of school books104
Lindley Murray3
Literary treatment, geography books and a38
Liverpool79, 137
Llanelly147
Local Book List Committees49, 93-9, 114, 118-20
Local Book Room Committees49, 93, 114, 119
Local Education Authorities:
    and expenditure on books56, 60, 65-7, 107
    and provision of books57, 84
    and provision of Education Libraries83, 111
    and provision of school libraries73-8, 110
    co-operation with Public Library Committees69, 84, 112

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Lockers, locker desks, etc.103, 116
London21, 83, 92, 143-6
London Association of Head Teachers of Central Schools 95
London Museum23
Loose-leaf system24
Loss of books104
Macaulay36
McCulloch, Dr JM5
Manchester90, 138, 147
Maps:
    and cost of books22, 100, 113
    geographical38, 40
    Ordnance Survey40
Marcet, Mrs5
Mathematical Association96
Mathematics, elementary44
Medical Research Council21
'Mental' arithmetic42
Methods of teaching:
    effect on demands for books22, 42, 58, 62
    effect on number of books required101
    in housecraft51
Middlesex138
Minimum number of books required by pupils101
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries52
Ministry of Health60, 61, 108
Modern foreign languages41
Modern Schools and Advanced Classes:
    allowances for books in58, 59-60
    average expenditure on books in66, 147
    books for28, 36, 41, 44, 47, 50, 51, 52, 113, 114, 115
    facilities for possession of books in102
Monographs, historical35
Municipal Corporations, Association of94
Museums and Art Galleries22-3, 35, 113
Music35, 47-9, 114
Musical games47
Name of author24, 115
National Gallery, The23
National Library of Wales, The23, 84
National Museum of Wales, The22
National Portrait Gallery, The23
National Society3, 4
National Union of Teachers84, 96
National Union of Women Teachers95
Nature study45-7
Needlework51, 100
Newcastle - see Commissions and committees
Newcastle-upon-Tyne147

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Non-provided schools63
Norfolk139, 147
Nottingham147
Nuneaton147
Obsolete books105
Office procedure45
Officials of local education authorities75, 88, 109, 117
Older scholars102, 116
Open access system81
Ordnance Survey maps40
Painting35
Palfery, Mr AE143
Paper21, 105
Periodicals51, 52
Physical Training52
Pianos48-9, 115
Picture books24
Pictures for schools22-3, 37
Plymouth139-40
Poetry - see also under Anthologies32-3
Portrait, National Portrait Gallery23
Possession of books101-2, 116, 149
Practical Geology, Museum of22
Practical instruction29, 50-2, 74, 100, 115
Practising schools87, 118
Press board of University of Wales56, 99, 119
Primers20, 25
Private study in school buildings104, 117
Prizes - see Rewards
Problems, arithmetical43
Production of books21, 86, 94, 100
Prose miscellanies26, 33
Provincial Committees97
Public Libraries:
    functions of69-73, 76
    provision of books for schools by16-7, 50, 74, 77-9, 110, 111, 112
Public libraries committees69, 75, 76, 77-8, 81, 83, 110
Public Record Office, The23, 35
Public Record Office Museum, The22
Publishers:
    and the production of books54, 94, 98
    of music47
Publishers' agents89
Publishers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland50, 89, 90, 96, 100, 101, 151
Pyke, RL21

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Quality of books:
    Central Advisory Conference and98, 119
    general comments on18-21
    for schools in Wales54
Questions and exercises32, 41-3
Reading19, 20, 24-5, 26
Reading and reference departments of urban libraries69, 81-2
Re-organisation of schools27
Reports:
    Report on the Education of the Adolescent (1926)27, 36, 37, 41
    Report on Public Libraries in England and Wales (1927)71, 77, 80, 84
    Report on Psychological Tests (1924)8
    Report on the Teaching of English in England (1921)29
    Report on Welsh in Education and Life (1927)53-56, 119
Representatives, publishers'89
Requisition forms:
    provision of61, 108
    scrutiny of63, 108
Revision in history books35
Rewards14, 102, 116
Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew)22, 23
Rural areas:
    state of books in105
    the transfer of books in64-5
St. Marylebone80
Sample Rooms - see Book Rooms
Scales of allowances - see Allowances
School buildings, use of out of school hours104, 117
School Libraries:
    definition of68
    disposition and arrangement of74, 109
    importance and provision of13, 15, 73, 76-8, 109-10
    in Wales56
    maintenance of76, 109
    management of74-5, 88
    use of24, 75
School pictures22-3, 37
Science, elementary45-7, 114
Science Museum, The22
Scotland, provision and selection of books in149-50
Secondary Schools - see Grammar Schools
Sectional class teaching, arithmetic books for42
Selection of books - see Choice of books
Senior Schools and Divisions:
    average expenditure on books in66, 147
    books for27-8, 47, 112

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Sets of reading books27, 78-9, 111
Shipley140, 147
Shropshire147
Sight reading47
Silent reading15, 19, 26, 79
Size of books21
Skill in reading26
Small schools:
    allowances for books in59-60
    average expenditure on books in66, 147
    books on arithmetic for42
Society, Economic History93
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge1
Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in Ireland4
Society of Antiquaries23
Song books47-8
Southampton (CB) [County Borough]147
Specimen copies of school books89-91
Specimen Libraries - see Book Rooms
Staffordshire140-1
Standards8, 10, 11, 43, 132, 138
Stock Books62, 64, 108
Stoke-on-Trent147
Story books24-5, 35
Style in books18
Sunderland141
Supplementary allowances58-9
Supply of books:
    Central Advisory Conference and98-9, 119-120
    general co-operation between Urban and County Libraries and Public Elementary Schools84, 112
    Urban and County Libraries and16-7, 68-9
Surplus school books64-5, 102, 116
Surrey147
Swansea141, 147
Syllabuses of Religious Instruction31
Tate Gallery (National Gallery, Millbank), The23
Taunton142
Teachers:
    and choice of books57, 85-6, 117
    and juvenile reading and lending departments of Public Libraries81, 110
    and lists of selected books92-3
    and requisitions for books62, 63-4, 108
    and use of books19-20, 28, 32, 33
    as local librarians for County Library Centres82
Teachers Reference Library - see Education Library
Tests, arithmetical43

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Tottenham147
Training Colleges:
    collections of class books in87
    instruction on choice of books in85, 87-8, 118
    instruction in management of school libraries in88, 118
Transfer of books64-5
Trigonometry44
Trimmer, Mrs2
Type21, 30
Union of Welsh Teachers54
University Libraries83-4, 111
University Press Board (Wales)56, 99, 119
Urban Public Libraries:
    administration of69-70
    Education Libraries and83, 111
    provision of School Libraries from73-5, 77-8, 110
Use of books17, 18-21, 27, 101-2, 116
Van, travelling book72, 91
Verse - see Poetry
Victoria and Albert Museum22, 35, 51
Visits to Public Libraries80, 81, 110
Volume of school books21-56, 86
Voluntary contributions for School Libraries76
Wales:
    books in53-6, 115-6
    National Library of23, 84
    National Museum of22
    Press Board of University of56, 99, 119
Wallace Collection, The23
Welsh books53-56, 115-6
Wiltshire79
Women's Institutes71
'Work' type of reading book24
Workers' Educational Association95

Appendix VI