Editor’s Note. Today we conclude our Advent series of sermons by Rev. Francis Lewis. See the December 10th episode for more information about this dear friend of Charlotte Mason. By the Rev. F. Lewis The Parents’ Review, 1920, pp. 399–402 “Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you …

Editor’s Note. Today we continue our Advent series of sermons by Rev. Francis Lewis. See last week’s episode for more information about this dear friend of Charlotte Mason. By the Rev. F. Lewis The Parents’ Review, 1918, pp. 425-429 There is a close connection between the two things. It was a “heavenly vision” which changed …

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Rev. Francis Lewis was the headmaster of a grammar school in Ambleside for eighteen years. During this time he became an examiner for the Parents’ Union School and then a part-time instructor at the House of Education. Charlotte Mason named him in her will as one of the individuals entrusted …

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Joseph H. Allen was a Lancashire educationalist who lectured on educational topics and was also known for his service to the elderly.[1] He contributed multiple articles to The PNEU Journal, and his 1975 piece on the teacher is striking for its faithfulness to Charlotte Mason’s ideas so many decades after …

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff On August 14, 1913, Avice M. Cox became the wife of A. V. Cecil Moore.[1] Avice was a House of Education graduate from the class of 1903[2] whose work had appeared in The Parents’ Review.[3] Her groom was a teacher at a boys’ preparatory school. Through their relationship, Mr. Moore …

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Miss B. E. Moore was the headmistress of a girls’ elementary school “in one of London’s most needy districts.”[1] In the early 1920s, she decided to adopt the Charlotte Mason method. Soon afterwards she gave a lecture during which she was reportedly “enthusiastic over the results of P.N.E.U. methods during …

In most schools today, technology is king. All students are given tablets and everyone learns to code. We are told that this approach gives kids an advantage. It prepares them for a future that is becoming more and more digital every day. Other schools reach back to a nearly forgotten past. A time when science …

Editor’s Note, by Heidi Buschbach Last week, Part I of this article was posted, so if you would like to read more about the history of Morris Dance or the Espérance Club, or the reasons why we include folk dance in our Charlotte Mason curriculum, please read that editor’s note and article. Here in Part …