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(EDUCATION). GRISCOM, JOHN. A Discourse, on the Importance of Character and Education, in the United States,...Introductory to a Course of Lectures, on Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry. New York: Mahlon Day, 1823. 1st ed. 8vo. 26, [1] pp. Removed. Foxed. Lib. stamp at foot of title. $125.00
Shoemaker 12729. (Not in Rink). Considered the leading teacher of chemistry, Griscom reorganized his long successful school in1825 as the New York High School for boys, which he ran on Lancasterian principles of monotorial instruction.