As part of a new series around here, I'll be spotlighting some of the wonderous, free, and almost certainly old books that can be found kicking around the Google Books archive.

Our first installment of the GBCOTW is "Classroom Management" by William Bagely.  Briefly mentioned in A People's History of the United States for its overt admission that public education, circa 1890, exists in the US so as to molify the youth and turn them into efficient workers, the book was widely used in the American compulsory education system during it's early years.

For those who teach in said system today, and those who participate, there is much to enjoy.  Like this, from p. 262 (submit!):

...and this from p. 257 (sorry, ladies):

...and finally, this bit on p.105 ("sacrificed to the mass"):

Weird, fascinating stuff.  All this and three hundred more pages of fun are waiting for you in the Google library.  What are you waiting for?