6 SEPTEMBER 1873, Page 3

Many correspondents of the Times urge strongly the employ- ment

of ladies as teachers in elementary schools. They can often earn £74 a year, are much more independent than governesses, teach much better, and attract to the schools a different class of girls,—the daughters of the poorer shopkeepers, now often much neglected. There is wisdom in the advice, and the plan is thoroughly successful in America; but in this country, we fear, a difficulty of caste will take some time to get over. Governesses are technically ladies, national-school teachers are technically not.