Its contents were created in the early United States after the American Revolution.
[1] Thoughts upon the Mode of Education proper in the Republic by Benjamin Rush and The Education of Youth in America by Noah Webster are included.
[2] W. D. Halls, in British Journal of Educational Studies, praised the "unity" in the essays.
[2] Mehdi Nakosteen of the University of Colorado praised the particular arrangement and assortment of the essays.
[3] He stated that the book could be improved if it had information on how other early American figures thought of education.