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Show EDUCATIONAL NOTES. An association has bceU formed for tho purpose of supplying, under certain conditions, spectacles to children In London elementary schools. The education committee of tho London Lon-don lounty council has been revising tho '1st ot prlzo books given to pupils. Among tho books struck out ns "not rnilto rultnbb for children to read" nro ,"Vcilty Fair," ".Doinbcy nnd Son," "Pciultnnls" nnd "Groat Expectation:.'." Expecta-tion:.'." Tho recent convention of learned men at Berlin has advised tho government govern-ment to establish two kinds of lycc-ums lycc-ums lor glrlo, ono of eight years, corresponding cor-responding to a high school In thin country, and nnothor with n supplementary supple-mentary couise of four years, preparatory prepara-tory to tho university. Joseph C. Graveur has been schoolmaster school-master In tho Tombs prison, Now York city, lor soven years. His pupils aro tho young men and boys awaiting trial for various offenses. Mr. Graveur hat exerted an Influence for good upon thousands ot boys. Thcro Is not sucr another school In tho world. Tht schoolmaster lets tho boys ask hire whatever they want to know. There no do: form of study. Ono qucstloi lends to another, nud tho Tombs schoo takes more tho form of a general In formation bureau than anything else. |