CONTENTS

CHAP.   PAGE
I. BEFORE 1848 1
 
II. THE FIRST COLLEGES 20
 
III. LIGHT IN DARK PLACES 38
 
IV. THE HIGH SCHOOLS 52
 
V. ENDOWMENTS FOR GIRLS 78
 
VI. THE WOMEN’S COLLEGES 103
 
VII. ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITIES 126
 
VIII. BOARDING AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS 149
 
IX. THE TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION ACTS 169
 
X. STATE AID FOR GIRLS 195
 
XI. THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS OF WALES 215
 
XII. 1898 234