MESTON BATCHELOR - Cradle of Empire. A Preparatory School Through Nine Reigns

Great Britain, Phillimore, 1981. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0850333911 Hardback Hardback. First Edition. Cradle of Empire. Slight browning to edges of pages through age. Slight waterstain mark to top inside front D/J. This entertaining and often very amusing book is about life at a preparatory boarding school from 1810 onwards. Though much of the story is based on the records of one of the oldest of these, Temple Grove, it is no mere parochial history. The author shows, for the first time, how the influence on young boys pf this particular native phenomon adds up to a more significant feature of the British scene, than might at first appear to be the case. A book that will be greatly enjoyed by all who were sent off to preparatory school in early youth, this study also has much new material for the social or educational historian and is well illustrated by contemporary prints and photographs. Illustrated. 113 pp.