Athletic Games in the Education of Women. By Gertrude Dudley
and Frances A. Kellar. (G. Bell and Sons. 5s. net.)— The authors are not satisfied with the condition of things as they find them in America. And, indeed, they have reason. We have, for instance, the doings of a basket-ball association of school- girls. They played games in public, and commonly in the evening. "The game was followed by a dance at one of the men's clubs, or in the hall whore the games were played. If in the hall the men in the audience joined indiscriminately in the dance." "They would start off attended by groups of boys, and often return late at night." All this is astonishing. Generally we gather that there is considerable energy shown in the games, but that it wants regulation. Here we rather suffer from the lack. Practically only one game of importance, besides cricket, is played in our girls' schools,—hockey. In the States there are many varieties of ball play.
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