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Koehler's Kindergarten Practice. Tr. by _Mary Gurney_. 25-31.
Froebel and Education by Self-Activity. _H. Courthope Bowen_.
142, 143.
Pedagogics of the Kindergarten. _Fr. Froebel_. 201-236.
Art and the Formation of Taste. _Walter Crane_. 152, 197-242.
Seven Lamps of Architecture. _John Ruskin_.
The Kindergarten. _H. Goldammer_. 85-104, 111-116.
Kindergarten Toys. _H. Hoffmann_. 31-36.

FROEBEL'S SIXTH GIFT

"The artistically cultivated senses of the new generation
will again restore pure, holy art." FRIEDRICH FROEBEL.

"Life brings to each his task, and whatever art you select,
algebra, planting, architecture, poems, commerce,
politics,--all are attainable, even to the miraculous
triumphs, on the same terms, of selecting that for which you
are apt; begin at the beginning, proceed in order, step by
step." R. W. EMERSON.

"The sixth gift reveals the value of axial contrasts."
W. N. HAILMANN.

1. The sixth gift is a three-inch cube divided by various cuts into
thirty-six pieces, eighteen of which are rectangular parallelopipeds,
or bricks, the same size as those of the fourth gift, two inches long,
one inch wide, and one half inch thick. Twelve additional pieces are
formed by cutting six of these parallelopipeds or units of measure in
halves breadthwise, giving blocks with two square and four oblong
faces. The remaining six pieces are formed by cutting three
parallelopipeds or units of measure in halves, lengthwise, giving
square prisms, columns, or pillars.

2. The sixth is the last of the solid gifts, and is an extension of
the fourth, from which it differs in size and number of parts. It
deals with multiples of the number two and three also; with halves
rather than with quarters or thirds, the "half" being treated in a new
manner, i. e., by dividing the unit of measure both in its length and
breadth, giving two solids, different in form but alike in cubical
contents.

3. The most important characteristics of the gift are:--

_a._ Irregularity of division.

_b._ Introduction of column.

_c._ Extent of surface covered by symmetrical forms.

_d._ Greater inclosure of space in symmetrical forms.

_e._ Introduction of distinct style of architecture.

_f._ Greater height of Life forms.

_g._ Severe