This special Omnibus Edition features the previously published Emily Clarke of Meadowfields and The Headmistress of Meadowfields:

Emily Clarke of Meadowfields: When Emily Clarke obtains a teaching position at Meadowfields School, she finds the tyrannical Headmistress to be stern and unwelcoming. It is 1948, in the days when corporal punishment was an accepted part of school life, and Meadowfields School for girls is no exception. The pupils are subject to a strict code of discipline and are caned and slippered for the smallest misdemeanour. Emily settles down in her new role and quickly learns how to wield a cane to good effect, yet she also develops an empathy with the girls and has their well-being at heart.

This story charts Emily's career progression as she moves up through the ranks, despite objections from some of the staff and governors; it also portrays what life was like in a girls' boarding school in a bygone era, an era when stern female authority figures ensured that proper discipline was enforced. Life isn't all about spanking though: there are hockey matches and prep, prefects and pillow fights, outdoor exercise in all weathers, and cocoa with Matron. Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane and read what it was like to be a pupil in a school with strict corporal punishment.

The Headmistress of Meadowfields: The year is 1952, and recently married Emily Palmer is the new Headmistress of Meadowfields School for Girls, a boarding school situated on the west coast of England. She takes the opportunity to modernise the school while still adhering to strict standards of discipline. Corporal punishment is an accepted part of school life, and the cane features prominently in correcting girls who misbehave or break school rules. Despite being a competent disciplinarian, Emily also has the best interests of the girls at heart.

Most of the pupils are from wealthy families, and many are most put out to have their bottom spanked and caned. There is often quite a queue of naughty girls waiting in trepidation outside the Head's office for a dose of the rod. Misdemeanours logged in the punishment book range from cheating, midnight feasts, smoking, throwing water bombs and being inattentive in class... such wrongdoings and subsequent corporal correction are all integral to growing up in a boarding school environment.