Revised edition, recent reprint. 374pp. Laminated, illustrated stiff card covers. 8vo. Gentle edge wear to card covers else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.
A history of education in England from the scientific societies of the late 1780s up to the securing of universal education with the 1870 Education Act. The 'two nations' of the title refers to the striking divide in educational structures and experiences for the working and upper classes.