"_'Morning Post_, _Chronicle_, _Herald_, and _Advertiser_, regarding the academy called Dotheboys Hall, at the delightful village of Dotheboys near Greta Bridge, in Yorkshire,' added Mr. Squeers. 'You come on business, sir, I see by my young friends....' "'Hem!' said the other; 'twenty pounds per annum, I believe, Mr. Squeers?' "'Guineas,' rejoined the schoolmaster, with a persuasive smile. "'Pounds for two I think, Mr. Squeers,' said Mr. Snawley, solemnly. "'I don't think it could be done, sir,' replied Mr. Squeers, as if he had never considered the proposition before. 'Let me see: four times five is twenty, double that, and deduct the ---- Well, a pound either way shall not stand betwixt us. You must recommend me to your connection, sir, and make it up that way....' "'And this,' resumed Snawley, 'has made me anxious to put them to some school a good distance off, where there are no holidays--none of those ill-judged comings home twice a-year that unsettles children's minds so--and where they may rough it a little; you comprehend?'" That Dickens saw the following advertisements there is no doubt, for they were inserted every half-year throughout the reign, in the _Times_-- _Times_, July 15, 1830-- "EDUCATION. By Mr. SHAW, at BOWES ACADEMY, Greta Bridge, Yorkshire.--YOUTHS are carefully INSTRUCTED in the English, Latin, and Greek languages, common and decimal arithmetic, book-keeping, mensuration, surveying, geometry, geography, and navigation, with the most useful branches of the mathematics, and provided with board, clothes, and every necessary, at 20 guineas per annum each. No extra charges. No vacations. Further particulars may be known on application to.... Mr. Shaw attends at the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, from 12 to 2 daily, where a card of particulars may be seen." _Times_, September 18, 1830-- "At KIRBY HILL ACADEMY, near Richmond, Yorkshire, conducted by I. Nelson and assistants. The system of instruction comprehends all the usual branches of a liberal education, comprising the Greek and Latin Classics, mathematics, etc., at 22 guineas per annum. No extra charges. No vacation. French language and drawing on the usual terms. I. N. will attend daily at the Saracen's Head, Snow Hill, etc." In these two advertisements we have, in the first, Greta Bridge and Squeers's prospectus; in the other, his London place of abode, the Saracen's Head, Snow Hill. Bowes is about five miles from Castle Barnard. Mr. Jonathan Bourchier sends a communication to _Notes and Queries_ (4th S. xii. 324) enclosing extracts from a letter from an old friend who writes from Bowes--