Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Barbara Webber was born in 1893 near London, and at age 17 her skill as a writer became known when her first short stories were published. She then married George Hodges and they had three children.[1] For some time she home educated her children using the Charlotte Mason method, and …

Editor’s Note by Richele Baburina Scale How Evenings or Scale How Tuesdays were devised by Charlotte Mason for her teaching students at the House of Education to “amuse and edify one another” by having them choose a “favourite author, musician, or artist, with one member giving a sketch of the life and the others supplying …

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The opening article of the eleventh issue of The Parents’ Review was entitled “Dorothy Elmore’s Achievement: A Forecast of the New Education, By the Editor.” Divided into five chapters and published in January 1891, it spanned 19 pages of Charlotte Mason’s fledgling periodical. An early reader was struck by this …

Charlotte Mason & The Classical Tradition Revisited As conflicting modern ideas about education cast us about, many have dug into the very bedrock of western thought looking for inspiration and a stable base; and while much that is good has come to us via the great Greek thinkers, there is a particular fallacy that says: …

Editor’s Note. Today we share the ninth chapter of Children and the Stress of Life by Dr. Helen Webb. This chapter also appeared in the Parents’ Review in 1914 and 1929. For more information about Dr. Webb and her book, please see last week’s editor’s note. by Helen Webb Children and the Stress of Life, …

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In 1929, the PNEU published a small hardcover book entitled Children and the Stress of Life, composed of chapters by Dr. Helen Webb. I was thrilled when I finally got to see this little volume in 2023. Dr. Webb was one of Charlotte Mason’s oldest friends and was endearingly referred …

Editor’s Note. Today we conclude our Advent series of sermons by Rev. Francis Lewis. See the December 10th episode for more information about this dear friend of Charlotte Mason. By the Rev. F. Lewis The Parents’ Review, 1920, pp. 399–402 “Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you …

Editor’s Note. Today we continue our Advent series of sermons by Rev. Francis Lewis. See last week’s episode for more information about this dear friend of Charlotte Mason. By the Rev. F. Lewis The Parents’ Review, 1918, pp. 425-429 There is a close connection between the two things. It was a “heavenly vision” which changed …

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Rev. Francis Lewis was the headmaster of a grammar school in Ambleside for eighteen years. During this time he became an examiner for the Parents’ Union School and then a part-time instructor at the House of Education. Charlotte Mason named him in her will as one of the individuals entrusted …

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Joseph H. Allen was a Lancashire educationalist who lectured on educational topics and was also known for his service to the elderly.[1] He contributed multiple articles to The PNEU Journal, and his 1975 piece on the teacher is striking for its faithfulness to Charlotte Mason’s ideas so many decades after …