3. _Dialogues on Education_, 2 Vols. Octavo, that are much
esteem'd, having had two Editions in 3 Years. Suppos'd to be wrote
by the ingenious Mr. _Hutcheson_ (Author of _A Treatise on the
Passions_, and another on the _Ideas of Beauty and Virtue_) who has
had much Experience in Educating of Youth, being a Professor in the
College at _Glasgow_, &c.
4. The learned Mr. _Obadiah Walker_, who had been many Years a
Tutor to young Noblemen, and wrote a Treatise _on the Education of a
young Gentleman_; of which the Fifth Edition was printed 1687.
5. The much admired Mons. _Rollin_, whose whole Life was spent
in a College; and wrote 4 Vols. on Education, under the Title of,
_The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres_; which are
translated into _English_, _Italian_, and most of the modern
Languages.
6. The learned and ingenious Dr. _George Turnbull_, Chaplain to
the present Prince of _Wales_; who has had much Experience in the
Educating of Youth, and publish'd a Book, Octavo, intituled,
_Observations on Liberal Education, in all its Branches_, 1742.
With some others.
The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in
all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private
Families and of Common-wealths. Almost all Governments have
therefore made it a principal Object of their Attention, to establish
and endow with proper Revenues, such Seminaries of Learning, as might
supply the succeeding Age with Men qualified to serve the Publick
with Honour to themselves, and to their Country.
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