The Public Schools Year - Rook. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 2s. 6d.
net.)—This volume contains a list of "public schools," the term being used in a comprehensive way so as to include the schools which in former days monopolised the name, those included in the Commission of 1860, and those, whether endowed or proprietary, which by common use are now known by the designation. The staff, the curriculum, the fees, &c., the arrange- ments for sport, aid the honours gained are commonly given. In the list we find about one hundred and twenty names. (We see that in the list of Winchester masters an appointment which was taken up in the autumn term is not included.) Various matters connected with secondary education and the entrance examina- tions to the Army and Navy are dealt with. A very useful book this, somewhat confused with advertisements, perhaps an inevit- able evil. We know the importance of advertisements "facing matter," but they may be put so as to aggravate the searcher for information.
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