PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE NEW NORMAL SCHOOL AND EDUCATION OFFICES FOR UPPER CANADA.

AT THE CEREMONY OF LAYING THE

CHIEF CORNER STONE

OF THE

NORMAL AND MODEL SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION OFFICES

FOR UPPER CANADA,

ON WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY, 1851,

BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF ELGIN,

GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, &c., &c.,

WITH AN

INTRODUCTORY SKETCH

OF THE

SYSTEM OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION IN UPPER CANADA,

BY THE

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

TORONTO:

PRINTED BY THOMAS HUGH BENTLEY.

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Samut of tyreen of class 1851