Excerpt from Lancasterian Schools in Philadelphia: Thesis, Presented to the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of PennsylvaniaLancasterian schools are an importation from England, but the principle upon which they are based is directly tracea ble to India and was not unknown long before the eighteenth century both there and in Europe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.