Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Little Schools of Port-Royal With the exception of two French collections of reprinted extracts from Port-Royalist writers on education, there exists - so far as I am aware - no modem book which deals solely with the Little Schools. In view therefore of the importance and influence of the educational work of the Port-Royalists, it seemed to me that a detailed study of their theories and practice might be of value even at the present day. I desire to tender my very hearty thanks to the Librarian of Sion College, London, through whose kindness I was allowed access to the unique collection of some 250 original Port-Royal works, bequeathed to the College by Mrs Schimmelpenninck. I have also to acknowledge many kind and helpful suggestions and criticisms from Viscount St Cyres and Mr Arthur Hassall, of Christ Church, and also from Mr M. W. Keatinge, Reader in Education in the University of Oxford. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.