BY
A. S. NEILL
HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED
YORK STREET ST. JAMES'S S.W.1.
[Illustration: A HERBERT JENKINS' BOOK]
_Printed in Great Britain at the Athenæum Printing Works, Redhill._
AS A BOY I ATTENDED A VILLAGE SCHOOL WHERE THE BAIRNS CHATTERED
AND WERE HAPPY. I TRACE MY LOVE OF FREEDOM TO MY FREE LIFE THERE,
AND I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY FORMER DOMINIE, MY FATHER.