This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1897 through December 1897. Among the topics discussed in this volume are: dark days in schools, exhibits of school work, education from a publisher's standpoint, English composition, Central Board of Examiners, life of Froebel, grammar, kindergarten methods in the primary department, Minutes of the Teachers' Convention (1896), new school year, Minutes of the Protestant Committee, report of an educational experiment, spelling match, self-culture, Directory of Superior Schools, and teaching of botany in public schools. Most issues include the following sections: (1) Articles: Original and Selected; (2) Editorial Notes and Comments; (3) Current Events; (4) Literature, Historical Notes, etc.; (5) Practical Hints and Examination Papers; (6) Books Received and Reviewed; and (7) Official Department. An index is included.