International Congress on Technical Education. (W. Trounce.) —This volume contains
the proceedings of the Congress held this year in London on June 15th-18th,—i.e., the introduc- tory addresses, the papers read, and the discussions that followed the reading. That much valuable information and counsel were given it is needless to say ; light was thrown upon many subjects, difficulties grappled with, and some misunder- standings removed. No one can doubt that, on the whole, the labours of those who promoted and attended the Congress had an excellent result, and that the liberal contributions of the City Companies to the expenses of the gathering were well bestowed. It is inevitable, of course, that these occasions should be abused by bores, cranks, and such tiresome persons. Let any one read Sir Edmund Verney's remarks on rural education d propos of papers read by Messrs. J. F. Lloyd and J. F. Moore, and he will see an example. The rural parson, according to Sir Edmund, is the chief obstacle to light! One story d propos of the lecturers on agriculture sent out to instruct the farmers we must tell. "What should be done with couch- grass ? " a certain lecturer was asked. (Couch-grass is a noxious weed that spoils pasture.) "Make it into hay, like other grasses," was the reply. The lecturer was a town schoolmaster.
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