Where Shall I Educate My Son ? By Charles Eyre
Pascoe. (Houlston and Sons.)--Mr. Pascoe describes his book as a manual for parents of moderate means. He deals, it will be seen, mainly with the financial aspect' of the question. He begins with the " Greater Public Schools." He supposes a boy to obtain a scholarship at one of these—for to go without a scholarship is, of course, out of the question for the son of a parent of moderate means, unless he be an only child, or otherwise exceptionally favoured. Some of the figures are, • perhaps, questionable. We may doubt whether a boy on the founds. tion at Eton need cost his parent £60 per annum ; and generally when Mr. Pascoe says that a boy cannot be maintained, at an English public school of the first rank for less than from £45 to £60 a year, we must remember to deduct what the boy would cost in clothing, &c., in any case, even if he were at home. It is hardly correct to say that the " foundations " of Eton. and Harrow belong to the aris- tocracy. We should say 'that the middle-class has at least a very large share in them. We then hear about' Middle-class Schools. Perhaps, as this term has a particular reference to such schools as Albert College, Framlingham, and the like, some other name would have been preferable. Here Mr. Pascoe's figures seem trustworthy, and we transfer them to our columns :—
• City of London School £29 0 0 Merchant Taylors' 32 15 0 St. Paul's 40 0 0 University College 45
4 0 • King's College 46 11 6.
These figures suppose that the parent lives in the suburbs, and that his son must travel by rail and dine at the school. schools the figures are :- For boarding- Bedford County School £40 0 0
Bedford Modern School.
60 0 0 Bedford Grammar School 78 15 0 King's School, Canterbury 75 0 0 Mill Hill School 86 1 0
"Free Education " and " Special Aid " are then dealt with ; and finally there is a list of Endowed, Grammar, County, and Proprietary Schools (in which we could point out some mistakes and omissions), with the tuition fees. Certainly this is a book which parents may consult with advantage, though they will, of course, check the in- formation given.
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