[148] Disputatio acris oriebatur.

[149] Ibid., Nr. 8, p. 65.

[150] Vol. v, pp. 67-217.

[151] Monumenta Germaniæ Pædagogica, vol. v, p. 15 seq.

[152] As an instance of the minute criticism brought to bear upon it in Germany, consult Monumenta Germaniæ Pædagogica, vol. v, p. 218 seq. Similar animadversions are to be understood as coming from other quarters.

[153] Supercheries littéraires dévoilées iii, 446, f; Sommervogel, Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes et Pseudonymes, etc., S. J., sub voce, Ratio.

[154] Quoted by Ch. Daniel, S. J., Les Jésuites Instituteurs de la Jeunesse, etc., last ch. p. 297.

[155] Monumenta Germaniæ Pædagogica, vol. v, Nr. 11, p. 227.

[156] Monumenta Germaniæ Pædagogica, vol. v, p. 252, Ratio Studiorum of 1599, Reg. Prov. 19, § 11.

[157] Compare Lord Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, book ii, p. 186, 1st column; Philadelphia edit. 1846.