We commend to our readers, in the series of "
Social Questions of the Day" (James Clarke and Co., 8d. net per vol.), A Plea for Recreative Evening Schools, and Continuation Schools from a Higher Point of View, by J. B. Paton, D.D. The root of the matter is to be found in the following Fourteen millions of money are spent in this country in the education of the people, and it can truly be said that a great proportion of this money is wasted because nothing is done in order to ensure that the instruction and the discipline given during these early years of life shall be continued for another three or four years, so as to make it of real service to the children themselves and to the State." Of course, it is not meant for all. There will always be hewers of wood and drawers of water. It is but a minority to whom the continuation school can do real good; but this minority is a most important factor in the national life. We are glad to see that the two pamphlets have reached a new edition..
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