facts of American education. Among other things, he makes us
see something of the effects of "popular control." Already we know a little about it. Probably the worst-managed schools in England are the smaller Board-schools. It is satisfactory to be told that in the States things are mending. People are beginning to find out that on the whole it is better to trust the men that know than the men who know not. " A few years ago, in the enlightened city of Boston, the trustees of the public library applied their business common-sense to the construction of a new building, and declined to consult an experienced librarian as to the suitability of their plans. These practical men have produced a magnificent monument, with insufficient windows, and were able to come within almost a million dollars of their own estimate." But this sort of thing is not likely to happen again,7–at least in Boston.
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