Ian Hay begins with the Headmaster of Fiction, who wears cap and gown even in bed, and contrasts him with the real thing. He moves on to housemasters, form-masters, boys, the pursuit of knowledge, the school story as a genre, and the parents known as “My People,” with schoolroom rebellions along the way.
Affectionate, very funny sketches of the English public school by an author who had taught in one. Download the free EPUB.