THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
Sre.,—In Dr. Hartog's excellent and timely article in the Fortnightly Review for June, "The Teaching of Style in Schools," he advocates the adaptation to English uses of the French system of teaching the mother-tongue. No advice could be sounder; nor would its adoption involve the destruction of an existing system, for we have none. I can, however, testify to the excellence of the French principle in question, for it is now some years since that principle, as applied to the teaching of English at R,oedean School for Girls, was put into practice by myself under the direction of the Misses Lawrence, the Principals; and I have had every opportunity of observing the results. It may be interesting to your readers to note that the new departure in education—so long urgently needed, so long deferred—has been made on the women's side.—I am, Brighton.
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