ST. -LRONARDS SCHOOL, 1877-1927. (Oxford Univer- sity Press. 10s. 6d.)-The
fitinous girls' school at St. Andrews, whose jubilee celebrations were attended the other day by the Duchess of York,- well deserved-to have its history written in this engaging volume.' it was founded by a group of St. Andrews people, led "by -Professor LeWis Campbell. The first two head-mistresses, Miss Ltimsden and Miss Dove, were. among . the earliest woinen students in the house at Hit:thin (1869-71) which developed into Girton College ; they had made their mark as teachers at Cheltenham Ladies' College. The first idea. was by open ii day school, but Pro- fessor Sellar and other men of -diStinetion asked that their daughters Might -be- boarded, and St. Leonards therefore began with forty day girls and ten boarders in two small houses. It grew steadily, especially after Miss Agnata. Ramsay, of St. Leonards and Girton, had been placed alone in the first division of the .first- class of the -Classical Tripos in 1887. Miss Dove left $t. Andrews in "1896 to found Wycombe . Abbey. Whoa!, and, other St. Leonards mistresses direct important schools elsewhere. St. Leonards -has shown that the Public Shoot-system; suitably -Modified and wisely guided, is as good for girls as for boys, and in this respect its success has marked an era in the education of women. The reminiscences of its early days-notably the fears of the timid girls of half a .century ago, Who were required to Wear what would now be refarded as a very substantial gymnasium dress-are pleasantly written, and there are numerous illus- trations. Unluckily the book has no index--a sad defect 'in
an otherwise scholarly production. ... . -
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