ART. CONTENTS Page I-A History of Eton College, 1440-1884. By H. C. Maxwell Lyte, C.B., Deputy-Keeper of the Records. With illustrations by P. H. Delamotte and others. A new edition, revised and enlarged. London, 1889 - III.-1. H. de Balzac, La Comédie Humaine. 2. De Stendhal, Euvres Complètes. 3. G. Flaubert, ŒŒuvres Complètes. 4. G. Flaubert, Lettres à George Sand. And other Works. IV.-1. Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, published according to the True Original Copies. London: Printed by Isaac, Laggard and Play. By Edward Strachey. Privately printed, 1848 91 V.-1. Mythology and Monuments of Ancient Athens. By Jane E. Harrison and Margaret de G. Verrall. 2. Die Akropolis von Athen. Von Adolf Bötticher. VI.-1. Spring-Heeled Jack, or the Terror of London. Nos. I and 2. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber VII.-Walpole. By John Morley. London, 1890 VIII.-1. Report of Mr. Davenport upon the Trading Capa- bilities of the Country traversed by the Yunnan Mission: presented to both Houses of Parliament by 2. Travels and Researches in Western China. By E. Colborne Baber. Royal Geographical Society: Sup- plementary Papers. London, 1882. 3. China. Report for the Year 1888 on the Trade of 4. La Province Chinoise du Yunnan. Par Émile Rocher, de l'Administration des Douanes Impériales de 5. The River of Golden Sand, the Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah. By Captain William Gill, Royal Engineers, with an And other Works. 2. The History of Tammany: New York Star. 1883, 3. Machine Politics, and Money in Elections in New York City. By William M. Ivins. New York, THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. ART. I.-A History of Eton College, 1440-1884. By H. C. Maxwell Lyte, C.B., Deputy-Keeper of the Records. With illustrations by P. H. Delamotte and others. A new edition, revised and enlarged. London, 1889. THE year 1890 is the ninth Jubilee of the College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, founded on the 11th of October, 1440, by King Henry VI. The older foundation of Winchester precedes that of Eton by more than fifty years, and celebrated the conclusion of its fifth century in the year 1887. A continuous life of 450 years, during the whole of which it has held a conspicuous place among English schools, has preserved for Eton a distinction which was at first conferred upon it by its royal origin, its situation under the shadow of Windsor Castle, its great revenues and stately buildings. It is not our intention to catalogue the 'Eminent Etonians' who have been luminaries in Church and State. The cynic would say that they would have been luminaries in any case, and must have been educated somewhere. The patriotic Etonian loves to trace the common features of his school in the portraits of his famous countrymen, and to believe that the Battle of Waterloo was won in the Playing Fields, and that 'Pop' was the training ground of orators. At any rate, without affirming that public schoolmen owe all to the school at which they were brought up, or that they owe nothing at all, we may agree that there is something of an Oos which distinguishes Eton men from those who have the characteristics of Harrow or Winchester, just as we can commonly discern, after half an hour spent in a man's company, whether he took his degree at Oxford or Cambridge. Eton has gone through many phases, and it is not always easy to recognize her in all guises. But from early times we think Vol. 171.-No. 341. B we |