A criuisoii'-covered handbook has been sent us trotn Dr.Fitohofcb, President of the Mothodist Ladies' College, Haw thorn, As a work of art alono tbe book' let is worthy of a p'ace on the drawing room table. It comprises 48 pages of the size kuowu to ttio printer as crown quarto, aDd to the layman as tin by seven inches. Tlieie are fulNpage pictures, most beaatifully reproduced, including photograplis of painting, ambulance, science, and elocution clas*e3 at work, suapsl oti on the teimis court and in the playgrjund, artistic studies in tlio garden, and excellent portraits of the staff, and quartettes of students. The dining hall ■mil summing b.uhs are reproduced, and fcfio hontispiiceis a photograph of tlis College building. A glanoo through tiio reading niattai'forces oue to admit •Jut both the tills, "An Ideal College (or Gills," and the sub-title, "The Quean o£ Australasian Colleges," are j impropriate, for the letterpress, ] is well ;ia the pictures, are evi«' doutly tho work of an af'.ist. I'horo is sound common sonso in the m»' troductory paragraph, which reads: "An uneducated, or an ill-educated, girl lias little chance in the modem world. Her lil'o lias less of graco than that of other girls, and her brain less of quickness, Her womanhood will be poorer; she will bo less fit, both for tho duties of home and for the pleasures f society, than If she had been wisely j lined as a girl, The day of an womanhood has gooe, and gone for ever. So one of the most aeri 01$ questions of family life is, How can i bdsi educate my girls f To that ques tion the ilethodlst Ladies' College is, In a an answer." That answer is given iu detail in the handbook referred to, and it may be added that the booklet is at ooce the most interesting and com prehensive publication of Hs sort that ,ve nave seen. A post-card to the Presi dent of the College, Dr iitchett, will bring a copy ol the handbook by return M.
