ABSTRACT
These and many other encouraging circumstances are related in the Report alluded to, calculated to intere~t the benevolent in its sllpport.
'Yhen we take a retrospect of the simple Origin of Adult Education-when we reflect on tliC rapid expansion of benevolence in the new direction it Las taken, we cannot but feel peculiar pleasure in obscrYing how it has progressively claimed the zealous attention of all ranks of society-from the simple unlettered individual who founded the first Schools ill England, to men or the highest rank and title in the empire. We have at this early period from its commencement seen, in the counties of Bucks and Berks, a Society founded for this important purpose, patronized by the Prince Regent; as stated in the printed head of a letter I received from the Secretary, with a polite invitation to attend their first Anniversary Meeting, which was held in the Town-Hall of HighWycombe, in the county of Bucks; OIl the 26th of the 9th Month (September), 1815, but whieh invitation professional engag'ements prevented my accepting. The printed head was as follows:
The Right Ilotlourablc Lord GrCII't'ilte.
