=Class II.=—In Class II. the children are between nine and twelve, occasionally over twelve. They have twenty-one ‘subjects,’ and about twenty-five books are used. They work from 9 to 12 each day, with half an hour’s interval for games and drill. Some Latin and German (optional) are added to the curriculum. In music we continue Mrs Curwen’s (_Child Pianist_) method and Tonic Sol-fa, and learn French, German (optional), and English songs. But I cannot here give details of our work, and must confine myself to illustrations from seven of the subjects on the programme. Children in Class II. write or dictate, or write a part and dictate a part of their examination answers according to their age. The examination lasts a week, and to write the whole of their work would be fatiguing at this stage. The plan followed is, that the examination in each subject shall be done in the time for that subject on the time-table. I should like to say a word about the Greek and Roman History. Plutarch’s _Lives_ are read in Classes II. and III., and as children are usually five years in these two classes, they may read some fifteen of these _Lives_, which I think stand alone in literature as teaching that a man is part of the State, that his business is to be of service to the State, but that the value of his service depends upon his personal character. The _Lives_ are read to the children almost without comment, but _with necessary omissions_. Proper names are written on the blackboard; and, at the end, children narrate the substance of the lesson. The English History book used in Classes II. and III. is extremely popular; it is Mr Arnold-Forster’s (of about 800 pages), and is well known as a serious, manly, and statesmanlike treatment of English History; in no case is there any writing down to the children. Mrs Creighton’s _First History of France_ is also a favourite, though I should have thought there was hardly enough detail to make it so. Contemporary periods of English and French History are studied term by term. For Natural History, Miss Arabella Buckley’s _Fairyland of Science_ and _Life and Her Children_, Mrs Brightwen’s books, etc., give scientific information and excite intelligent curiosity, while out-of-door nature-study lays the foundation for science. The handiworks of Class II. are such as cardboard Sloyd, clay modelling, needlework, gardening, etc. These, field-work, piano practice, etc., are done in the afternoons or after tea. _Q._ “Ah! Pericles, those that have need of a lamp, take care to supply it with oil.” Who said this? Tell the story. (Book studied, Plutarch’s _Lives: Pericles_.) D. (aged 11½), answer dictated:— “Anaxagoras, the philosopher, said these words to Pericles.