29 JULY 1899, Page 22

A History of Eton College. By Sir H. Maxwell Lyte,

K.C.B. (Macmillan and Co. 21s.)—This is the third edition of a work which has come to be recognised as a classic. Eton has in it a standard history such as no other public school can boast. The new matter of this edition is to be found chiefly in the last chapter, the story of modern Eton, to which thirty pages have been added, bringing the record of Eton doings up to the present time. Other parts, however, have not been neglected, and the whole growth has not been less than one-seventh. It is superfluous to praise Sir Maxwell Lyte's Eton, but it is only right to recognise the conscientious industry with which the author continues to improve it.