Charlotte Mason Poetry

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Charlotte Mason’s first 1917 letter to The Times was evidently published on February 15 and then republished in the March issue of The Parents’ Review. Mason’s letter to The Times apparently provoked a critical response which was published on March 1. Mason was swift with her rebuttal, answering her public …

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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In the spring of 1917, a series of three letters from Charlotte Mason to The Times were published in The Parents’ Review. The first appeared in the March issue and is presented here. By Charlotte Mason The Parents’ Review, 1917, pp. 218-221 [Letter to the Times.] Sir,—The Times never fails …

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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The first Children’s Gathering of the Parents’ Union School was held in Winchester in 1912. In The Story of Charlotte Mason, Essex Cholmondeley wrote that “Miss Mason hoped that all pupils would, during their years in the school, enjoy a gathering such as Winchester, but the war years were soon …

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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff According to Gearóid Barry, “The Armistice of 11 November 1918 gave Britons a moment of public jubilation, yet the first stage of demobilization at the end of 1918 … had to be rapidly revised such was the public frustration with it… Decanting so many men into the labour market increased …

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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In December 1918, American President Woodrow Wilson visited Europe and gave speeches in which he “reaffirmed that the making of peace and the creation of a League of Nations must be accomplished as one single objective.”[1] That same month, Charlotte Mason’s beloved friend Rev. Francis Lewis contributed an article to …

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