Slöjd
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Slöjd (sleight), a system of manual training adopted to develop technical skill originally in the schools of Sweden and Finland; is education of the eye as well as the hand.
Slöjd is also taught in schools in Denmark, Norway, and Germany.
It is referred to in the classic science fiction thriller The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) by H.G. Wells, with the implication that in the era of muscular Christianity this system had some philosophical appeal in Victorian Britain. Also referred to in 1890 Edinburgh Postal Register, as being offered at Mechiston Castle School. Also see: Sloyd.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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