Kinder-ertsihung bay Yidn - Pedagogy amongst Jews - A Historical Inquiry, with various sources from Torah literature, by Rev. Moshe Elimelech Levin. Montreal: Eagle Publishing Company, 1910. Yiddish. Author's preface and other passages in Hebrew.
The first book entirely printed in Hebrew letters in Canada (it was preceded only by shorter works, published from the end of the 19th century. See: Early Hebrew Printing in Canada by Brad Sabin Hill, Studia Rosenthaliana, vol. 38/39, 2005-2006).
The author describes in his preface the importance of Jewish education, which forms, he maintains, the cornerstone of the Jewish people, and protects it from annihilation over the course of the generations. The difficult state of Jewish education in the United States is what impelled the author to publish his book, despite the considerable financial expenses entailed, and in order that his book be more widely distributed, he decided to publish it in Yiddish, rather than in Hebrew.
At the end of the book, pp. 113-124 contain the detailed curriculum of the Montreal Talmud Torah, where the author, R. Moshe Elimelech Levin, served as principal. The names of the rabbis on the educational staff of the school are followed by tables with the curriculum for each year and term, including the days and hours of learning, the topics to be studied and the length of each class.
On pp. 108-109, approbations of the president of Agudath HaRabbanim in the United States and Canada, and of the president of the education committee in Montreal. The curriculum is followed by short greeting letters from various rabbis who visited the school and were impressed with the study methods and by knowledge the students exhibited.
Author's portrait on verso of the title page.
[1] leaf, 5-128 pages. With original printed covers. 21.5 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Old binding, with damage.