5. The inculcation of moral lessons through fables, after Fénelon’s plan, is a practice that modern teaching might profitably adopt.]
FOOTNOTES:
[123] Son of Louis XIV., born Aug. 6, 1682; died Feb. 18, 1712.
[124] See the Advice of Fénelon, Archbishop Cambray, to a lady of quality on the education of her daughter.
[125] For an example of this “artifice” carried to the extreme of absurdity, see Miss Worthington’s translation of the Émile, p. 133. (P.)
[126] Eldest son of Louis XIV., born Nov. 1, 1661; died April 14, 1711.
[127] Education of Girls, Chap. V.