This rush of all women in the same direction, this excessive individualism which has given rise to the cant phrase, ‘living one’s own life,’ is surely a stage through which we have to pass, but which need not remain permanently with us. Much may be done by mistresses at school to revive the dignity of home life, to check the untrue notion in the girls’ mind that no work is worthy of the name unless it is paid for in coin of the realm. Unpaid service is the pride of Englishmen; why should it not be honoured by Englishwomen? Still, for most service money is the fitting reward, and some measure of independence belongs by right to every adult, whether man or woman. Why do not more parents try to make life at home a worthy substitute for a professional career? Why not pay the daughter a fair salary for services rendered, that shall make her as independent in the matter of pocket-money and holidays as her college friend who is teaching or writing? Just as important is a certain liberty of action and a little room, no matter how small, where she can see her friends undisturbed and have things her own way. Those persons who are rich enough to leave their daughter a fair income at their death can surely afford to allow her these little indulgences in their lifetime. If she is some day to be thrown on the world penniless or with a mere pittance, then the sooner she sets to work the better. Whenever it is possible, parents should make up their minds, before a girl leaves school, what sum of money can be laid aside for her, either for immediate professional training or with a view to an income in the future. It is reasonable and right that a girl, like a boy, should choose her profession, provided the occupations of home are included among those that are paid and respected. If the growing independence of girls helps to bring about this change, the family too will benefit by this quiet revolution that has taken place in our midst. The _Sturm und Drang_ period will pass away, and the time for the quiet harvest must succeed it. Enough, then, has been said by the devil’s advocate; it only remains to enter into the fruits of our Nineteenth Century Renaissance. INDEX Aberystwyth College, 6, 9, 10. Addison’s Essays, 10. Aldeburgh Girls’ School, 160. Allen, James, Girls’ School, 96, 191. Aske’s School, Hatcham, 101. Astell, Mary, 8, 9, 10. Bangor College, 141, 145. Beale, Miss, at Queen’s College, 30; at Cheltenham, 30; gives evidence before Schools’ Inquiry Commission, 33, 42, 85; an educational pioneer, 38; her abstract of the Royal Commission’s Report, 48; her views on private teaching, 53; founds St. Hilda’s, Oxford, 122. Bedford College, 27, 28, 29, 121, 128, 129, 130, 131. —— endowment, 81, 90, 92, 93, 95. —— High School, 93, 94, 95, 135. —— Modern School, 93, 94, 95. Birmingham endowments, 80, 90, 91. Blue-stocking Club, 11. Board of Education Bill, 240.