27 OCTOBER 1894, page 14

The Standing Of Schoolmasters.

[TO THE EDITOR 01 THE SPECTATOR."] venture to send two anecdotes culled from my own experience, which go towards proving that we schoolmasters are (I hope) an honourable but not......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."] Siii,—that A Man Ought

to be proud of the work of teaching,. I heartily agree. Mr. Gladstone told us years ago that,. "amidst all the kinds of exertion incident to our human state, there is none more......

"poor Paddy-land ! " [to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

SIR,—In the Spectator of October 20th, an "Ulsterman takes up " Vocalist Viator" more sharply than there is any need for, and unconsciously misquotes him as well. It is in......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator."] Sia,—schoolmasters...

despised in England. The antipathy to them is common to all ages and all countries. Alcibiades started a reputation by flogging his, and with the Greek humourists '2,aoaactroas......

[to The Editor Of Tee " Spectator."j Sin,—if You Have

room for another letter on this subject, I should like to relate an incident which I think may take rank with that of the sympathetic plumber recorded by "E. S. S." A local......