5 MARCH 1910, Page 28

The Public Schools Year - Book. Edited by H. F. W. Deane,

M.A., and W. Evans, M.A. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 3s. 6d. net.) —This volume contains as usual information about public and preparatory schools, their staffs, buildings, curricula, scholar- ships, &c., with much other cognate matter. It is interesting to see the definition of a "Public School." It must have (1) a Governing Body appointed by a scheme ; (2) one hundred boys; (3) ten undergraduates (at least) at Oxford and Cambridge who have gone up direct from the school ; (4) an average of five or six going up yearly to Oxford or Cambridge.