Chapter 39

Need of train in women and in gentlemen 183
Public training best for gentlemen. Private 184
Private education and public 185
Disadvantages of private training 186
The same 187
The same 188
Why prefer private to public? 189
Public school with a private tutor 190
Public schools and private 191
Studies of a gentleman 192
Gentlemen. The new rich 193
The new rich 194
Noblesse oblige 195
What makes the gentleman 196
Nobility and gentry 197
“As they be true gentlemen” 198
Virtues not tied to the person 199
Noble and gentle 200
Learning useful to noblemen 201
A wise counsellor 202
The Divine 203
The lawyer and the physician 204
Apes 205
What is needed for the gentleman 206
The same 207
Travelling beyond sea 208
Travel not necessary 209
Against foreign travel 210
The same 211
Women do not travel. Queen Elizabeth 212
Socrates. Plato on travel 213
Plato’s traveller 214
His treatment on return 215
Plato’s reception of foreigners 216
Doubts about travel 217
Gentlemen and the professions 218
Gentlemen’s advantages 219
Must not be smatterers. Princes 220
Training of a Prince. Elizabeth 221

CHAPTER 40——

Three stages of school education 222
School building: 1, superior; 2, primary 223
3, Secondary. Buildings and hours 224
Boarding schools, pro and con 225
Grammar schools in suburbs 226
Master’s pay dependent on diligence 227
Changing schools. Master’s pay 228
Moving schools out of towns 229
School buildings. Times 230
Hours best for study and play 231