Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Lectures delivered at University college, London, in the autumn of 1914.

Machine generated contents note: Preface Part I 1. No More Pencils, No More Books?2. Writing Instruction in the Twenty-First Century Part II 3. Psychology and the Rationalist4. The Romantic Tradition5. Romantic versus Rationalist Reform6. Theorizing Media--by the Book Part III 7. A Textbook Case8. From Translatio Studiorum to "Intelligences Thinking in Unison"9. The Lecture as Postmodern PerformanceConclusionNotesBibliography Index