The New Academe. By Edward Hartington. (Chapman and Hall.)—This is
a curious sketch of a novel sort of school. No one in this Elysian place is punished; no one is compelled to learn; every one does what is right in his eyes, only he is liable to be coaxed and petted into doing what is right. For this pur- pose pretty governesses are an obviously useful instrument. Whether the school was successful as an educational instrument need not be discussed. It did not aim, it should be observed, at academical or professional distinctions. But that it produced not a little love-making and marriage is made abundantly clear. Altogether, this is a distinctly good story, though we doubt whether the College of Preceptors, or any other body that pro- fesses to tenith the science of education, will put it on their list of text-books.
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