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What a purely delightful story this is! This little book came out in 1933. James Hilton tells us the heartwarming story of a lovable schoolmaster named Mr. Chips who taught at the Brookfield boarding school for over four decades. The book is fiction, but Mr. Chips is an amalgamation of many public school schoolmasters of his time. He is probably the most loveable character that you're ever going to meet between the covers of a book. I have had this copy for a number of years in my own library, and finally decided that I need to read and re-read some of my own classics. There are a number that I haven't read even once. This book tells the story of a man who has lived a full life and has filled his days with teaching, mentoring, grooming and caring for young school-age boys. To the uninitiated observer, the world appears to have passed him by, but that is not so at all. All the things that Mr, Chips teaches his boys are valuable life-lessons that stand the test of time, right up to the present day. What a delightful book, and a great way to spend a couple of cold winter days. It's nice to get off the merry-go-round of the world's current state of affairs, and slip into a much quieter and simpler age.
