The Eton dispute has produced a dropping fire of contro-
versy in the Times this week, but without shedding any new
light on it. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen and his opponent, {'.Quondam Etonensis," have both written again, Mr. Hugessen better than last week, and his anonymous foe not worse. But Dr. Hornby's " case " against Mr. Browning has not been elicited, and Dr. Hornby's partisans carefully avoid the one hopelessly weak point in their side of the dispute, the great un- fairness shown by Dr. Hornby and the Governing Body in not acquainting-Mr. Browning with the nature of the charges made against him. It appears too, as will be seen by the correspondence printed in another column, that Mr. Browning's is not the only case of hardship among the senior masters,—Mr. Wayte having also been recently superseded by a younger man, in a manner that has led to Mr. Wayte's resignation. Unquestionably the triangular duel between the Governing Bodies, Head Masters, and Assistant- Masters of our public schools is becoming a formidable evil ; and the relative positions of these chief factors in our secondary- education system greatly needs, as Mr. Henry Sidgwick ably argues in another page, careful readjustment.
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