ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1900

As well as being a history of Abbotsholme School this volume also examines the general question of the English national education at the turn of the last century.

The material includes:

  • The foundation of Abbotsholme, 1889
  • Answers to the Royal Commission on "Secondary" education, 1894
  • British, French, and German press reports on the progress of the school
  • Planned schools on Abbotsholme lines in England, Germany, France, Russia and Switzerland.

chapter 1

Introduction

chapter 7

The revised prospectus. 12

chapter 9

A french verdict in "la science sociale," october, 1894

Questions du jour.

chapter 12

German verdicts

chapter 14

A french savant's verdict

chapter 18

The new buildings, 1899