Great Public Schools: Eton--Harrow--Charterhouse--Cheltenham--Rugby--Clifton--Westminster--Marlborough--Haileybury--Winchester

Direct testimony from Britain's great public schools. Voices of empire and schoolyards. This Victorian school anthology assembles contemporary memoirs, institutional sketches and period reportage that chart the rituals, rivalries and pedagogy of Eton, Harrow, Charterhouse, Cheltenham, Rugby, Clifton, Westminster, Marlborough, Haileybury and Winchester. Comparable to Tom Brown, many pieces capture the moral pressure, comradeship and practical routines forged in classrooms and on the playing ...