Tho Law Concerning Preparatory and Secondary Schools. By Ahick II,
H. Maclean. (Jordan and Sons. 15s. net.)—" There is no legal obligation on a parent," writes the author in his intro- ductory chapter, "to educate his child apart from the Elementary Education Acts." It could hardly be otherwiso ; but the Let accounts for the general difficulty of the situation. Education is an article for which there is not an adequate demand. The parent has to be bribed by endowments, Government or local grants, to provide for his children that which lie ought to ho anxious to provide without any stimulus beyond his own feeling of duty. Hence all the complications which have to be explained in a book of this kind. A most usoful book it is likely to be, not to lawyers only, but to all who as trustees, governors, itc., have certain duties to perform in this province of affairs.
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