roviding home and
education (or, in the case of the very young, nursing) for 400 children.
The popular name of the Blue-coat school is derived from the dress of
the boys--originally (almost from the time of the foundation) a blue
gown, with knee-breeches, yellow petticoat and stockings, neck-bands and
a blue cap. The petticoat and cap were given up in the middle of the
19th century, and thereafter no head-covering was worn. The buildings on
the Newgate Street site underwent reconstruction from time to time, and
in 1902 were vacated by the school, which was moved to extensive new
buildings at Horsham. The London buildings were subsequently taken down.
The school at Horsham is conducted on the ordinary lines of a public
school, and can accommodate over 800 boys. It includes a preparatory
school for boys, established in 1683 at Hertford, where the buildings
have been greatly enlarged for the use of the girls' school on the same
foundation. This was originally in Newgate Street, but was moved to
Hertford in 1778. In the boys' school the two highest classes retain
their ancient names of Grecians and Deputy Grecians. Children were
formerly admitted to the schools only on presentation. Admission is now
(1) by presentation of donation governors (i.e. the royal family, and
contributors of L500 or more to the funds), of the council of almoners
(which administers the endowments), or of certain of the city companies;
(2) by competition, on the nomination of a donation governor (for boys
only), or from public elementary schools in London, certain city
parishes and certain endowed schools elsewhere. The main school is
divided into two parts--the Latin school, corresponding to the classical
side in other schools, and the mathematical school or modern side. Large
pension charities are administered by the governing body, and part of
the income of the hospital (about L60,000 annually) is devoted to
apprenticing boys and girls, to leaving exhibitions from the school, &c.

CHRISTY, HENRY (1810-1865), English ethnologist, was born at
Kingston-on-Thames on the 26th of July 1810. He entered his father's
firm of hatters, in London, and later became a director of the London
Joint-Stock Bank. In 1850 he started on a series of journeys, which
interested him in ethnological studies. Encouraged by what he saw at the
Great Exhibition of 1851, Christy devoted the rest of his life to
perpetual travel and research, making extensive collections ill