7 JANUARY 1922, Page 33

In A History of the Perm School, Cambridge (Cambridge :

Bowes and Bowes, 108. 6d. net), Mr. J. M. Gray traces the story of what is now in many respects a pioneer school from the time of its foundation in 1618. The school has passed through many vicissitudes. At various times the whole of its income appears to have been diverted by fraudulent trustees, while in about 1655 a half-mad usher came within a little of beating two or three of the boys to death. It is a pity that the modern activities of the school are not more fully described.