of circumstances, and that expressions are occasionally used which he would have himself wished subsequently to cancel, as, for instance, in two passages (pp. 40, 77) of the pamphlet on the Roman Catholic Claims. (See Life and Correspondence, vol. i. 262, ii. 34; Letters, Oct. 29, 1829, May 4, 1836.) In conclusion, the thanks of Dr. Arnold's friends are due for the kind permission of the proprietors of the Quarterly Journal of Education, and of the Edition of Thucydides, to republish the parts of those works which appear in the present volume, as well as for the trouble taken by the Proprietors of the Sheffield Courant and the Hertford Reformer to recover and supply the various letters published in their Journals. Univ. Coll. Oxford, May 29, 1845. A. P. S. CONTENTS. 79 169 171 225 . 240 249 257 2. The Education of the Middle Classes V. Preface to "Poetry of Common Life." 1831 VI. Principles of Church Reform; with Post- 9. The State and the Church. 1839. 11. The Labouring Population and the 12. State of the Manufacturing and |