“The English Vice,” by Ian Gibson, provides a scholarly overview of chastisement in Victorian England. Sadly, the book disappoints — at least if you’re a connoisseur of the correction of errant young females rather than the regular brutal flagellations of public school boys, convicts and the like. Schoolgirl thrashings — titillating though they may be [...] . . . → Read More: Interlude …

The Headmaster stared unhappily at bared behind of the girl standing in the corner. The new girl, the unexpectedly early visitor; well, he’d known the peephole was there, in fact he’d been the one who’d seen to the rumors of its presence. So in some sense he’d only himself to blame for the discovery of [...] . . . → Read More: The Bicycle (Part 3)