G 0 N T E N T S. Introduction : Sketch of the Development of THE DeSIRE FOR EüUCATION IN GeRMANY AND OF THE EdUCATIONAL LaWS IN SaXONY . . 1 Kemarks on the Present System . . . .13 Official Plan of Instruction for Elementary Schools in the Kingdom of Saxony . . 24 Plan of Instruction for the Town and District Schools of Dresden (Bürger- and Bezirks- Schulen) . . . . . . .51 Appendix 93