It is clear, then, that if these instincts are to be duly cultivated, the work of the school must be modelled, as far as possible, on the lines which children, when at play, spontaneously follow.

This Egeria, with her inspired sagacity, has clearly seen; and she has taken her measures accordingly.

In Utopia the school life of the child is all play,--play taken very seriously, play systematised, organised, provided with ample materials and ample opportunities, encouraged and stimulated in every possible way.

Each of the fundamental instincts that manifest themselves in the child's play, and in doing so give a clear indication of Nature's aims in the child's life, and of the directions in which she wishes him to grow, is duly ministered to in this school, the current that wells up in and through it being skilfully guided into a suitable channel, and every obstacle to its free development being carefully removed.

But the guidance which Egeria gives tends, as we shall see, to foster rather than fetter the freedom of the child.