Continuative Education under the Fisher Act. By Mrs. M. A.
Cloudesley Brereton. (Knapp, Drewett and Sons, 30 Victoria Street. 2s.)—In this brief memorandum upon the practical initial working of the Education Act of 1918 Mrs. Cloudesley Brereton gives some useful " Points for Employers " with regard to their responsibilities and opportunities under the new Act. Bound up with this memorandum are reprints of speeches and papers by eminent authorities on education. Sir Robert Blair, dwelling on the general character of part-time education in the Compulsory Day Continuation Schools, deprecates over-emphasis on the utilitarian side. The human material being what it is—very varied and uncertain—" it may be necessary at first to fly in the denser atmosphere of economic interest " ; but this must be done only " in order later on to reach the rarer altitudes of spiritual sentiment and action." The objective of the new Education scheme Sir Robert Blair defined as that of " saving the world from materialism." The pamphlet also includes reprints of Board of Education circulars stating the advantages of teaching in Continuation Schools as a career. That on " Army Teachers and Continuation Schools " is of particular interest. But it is to be regretted that so little practical infor- mation is given in any of the papers about payment of teachers. The prospective teacher, Army or otherwise, may agree enthusi- astically with all the sentiments and ambitions set forth, but his first consideration, of course, must be his chance of a liveli- hood.
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