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 to give this up, as her health is by no means very robust, and the exertion of speaking in public is more than she can stand.

It may be mentioned here that Mrs. Sorabji paid a visit to England in 1886, at the invitation of the Indian Female School and Zenana Missionary Society, and made many friends, who were prepared to welcome her daughter when she arrived two years later.

Mrs. Sorabji herself is, as has already been said, a woman of great character and keen intellect. She was one. of the witnesses examined by the Commission on Indian Education in 1882, and her evidence given at Poona was considered very valuable, both from her own position as one of the leading ducationalists in the Bombay Presidency, and from her intimate acquaintance with the needs of native society. She stated on this occasion that she did not consider that "home education" for either boys or girls in India was of much value, except as a supplement to what they were taught at school. In fact, it was her opinion that education, in the proper sense of the word, must begin with women, if it was to be of any use to the men, because it was the mother's influence which was strongest in moulding the child's character; and for this reason she thought no trouble or expense should be spared to raise the standard of female education in India.