An important step in favour of the higher education of
women has recently been taken also at Sandwell, near Birmingham, —a country seat of the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth, which they have for many years past given up for philan- thropic purposes. Their generosity enabled Miss Selwyn— the late Bishop of Lichfield's sister—to carry on here a school where the daughters of the poorer amongst the higher classes might be received on moderate terms. On Miss Selwyn's retirement from her benevolent work, Lord and Lady Dartmouth formed an influential council, of which they are presidents, and the institution thus governed—of which a pro- spectus lies before us—comprises now a college for ladies above, and a school for those under, eighteen years of age ; as well as an industrial home, where boys and girls are trained for service. Arrangements are also made for a tempo- rary hone for governesses. It is hoped that the College may ultimately be affiliated with the University of Oxford. The whole institution is placed under the superintendence of Miss Winscom, a lady who has distinguished herself not more by her able lectures at Malvern on English literature, than by her indefatigable exertions on behalf of the higher education for women in general.
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