[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The problem we are
confronted with is not day-school v. boarding-school, but boarding-school v. home.
Our son is aged ten and due for his preparatory school this September. He is a " War baby " of course, and is not over robust. We have gone to some trouble to select the preparatory and also to guard his first years from common ailments and lack of sun. The question we are asking ourselves is this : Could we not do better for the boy by spending an equal sum as we shall on school fees on getting the services of a tutor and perhaps one or two other boys to share the home and work ? We have a home in the country where in the summer he can ride, swim, learn tennis, and in the winter he could go to Switzerland for sunshine, winter sports, languages and avoidance of the spring-term plagues.
To us this is a difficult problem. Have any of your readers had any experience which would help us to do the best in
the matter ?—I am, Sir, &C., PATERFAMILIAS.
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