Download or read book Tales and Travels of a School Inspector written by Dr John Wilson and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly forty years John Wilson travelled the length and breadth of Scotland as a school inspector. From orkney to campbeltown and Jura to Dundee, he visited hundreds of schools and met thousands of teachers and pupils. In these memoirs, first published in 1928, he paints an insightful yet humorous picture of life in the country's schools after the 1872 education Act, which brought free schooling for all Scottish children between the ages of five and ten.