Natural Science and the Classical System in Education. (W. Heine-
mann.. 2s. 6d. net.)—Of these essays new and old, edited by Sir Ray Lankester for the Committee on the Neglect of Science, the most suggestive are the Master of Balliol's plea for " a profound change in the national attitude of mind " towards natural science and the spirited account by Mr. Sanderson, the Head-Master of Oundle School, of what science teaching should be and should not be. Mr. Sanderson's scheme presupposes a well-trained man or woman with an active mind, and such teachers of science will not be available in any numbers until the schools offer them sufficient inducements. The point is, as Mr. Sanderson says frankly, that " science masters have too little opportunities of becoming head-masters of great schools, and so exerting their influence to the fullest extent."
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