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Little Rhymes for Little Readers. By Wilhelmina Seegmiller. Illustrated by Ruth Mary Hallock. Rand, McNally & Co.

A series of delightful rhymes beautifully illustrated on every page with pictures which please the eye, educate the taste and tell the story. The subjects are such as fall within the comprehension of the young child; and in looking at the pictures and hearing the verses he unconsciously learns many a valuable lesson.

Rainy Day Pastimes for Children. By Baroness Von Palm, with over 250 illustrations. Dana Estes & Co. Price, $1.

A delightful series of chapters on paper cutting, folding, stenciling, straw, bead, paper embroidery, stick and ring work and many other interesting pastimes. There are over 200 illustrations. For kindergarten and primary grades, and sure to be of value and interest to multitudes of children.

The Gilbert Arithmetics. By C. H. Gleason, Principal of Summer Avenue School, Newark, N. J., and C. B. Gilbert, formerly Superintendent of Schools at St. Paul, Minn., Rochester, N. Y., and Newark, N. J. C. B. Gilbert & Co., New York.

This is a three-book series, presented by educators of experience and authority. They know their subject and have made a set of books wherein to demonstrate that arithmetic may be taught in the right manner, along sensible lines, and in accordance with the logical and natural development of children's minds. It is apparent that the books are thorough, that they provide abundant and varied drill, that they are inductive in approach, that they supply accurate and simple definitive statements to clinch what has been developed, and that they contain an unusually large number of problems of vital interest to children of different environments. Their dominant feature lies in the wholesomeness of the treatment of the subject; the lessons are vital with human interest; the definitions are strictly accurate and concise, the rules clear and pertinent. Avoiding the stiffness and formality of the older arithmetics, and the frothiness and the indefiniteness of the newer ones, the authors have steered a middle course and have made a series that will meet the requirements of school courses and the demands of practical business.

Christmas Carols and Hymns. By Hollis Dann, Professor of Music, Cornell University. Cloth, large 8vo, 112 pages. American Book Company. Price, 45 cents.

Here are assembled the best Christmas hymns, the most beautiful Christmas carols, and the standard Christmas anthems, set to music of the best, and specially arranged and tested by the editor. While the book is intended for use in schools, the superior excellence of the selections will make it valuable for church purposes. Many of the carols may be sung in unison, especially by children, with pleasing effect. The fine, exacting taste of the editor is evidenced in the character of the selections included in the book; it is of the highest order.

Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry. With Tables. By William Charles Brenke, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics in the University of Nebraska. 345 pages. The Century Company.

Dr. Brenke has endeavored in a single book to meet the needs of those institutions where the work of the first semester in mathematics is devoted to algebra and trigonometry, the two subjects being studied on alternate days, or algebra taken up first and then trigonometry. By treating both subjects in a correlated manner, and by following a mode and sequence of presentation that introduces the student, who needs to apply his knowledge of mathematics in his other work as directly as possible to those facts and concepts which are most useful to him, the author has made less abrupt the transition from one subject to the other. The book makes a direct appeal to teachers of mathematics in secondary schools and colleges; it will simplify their work and greatly aid in its progress.

A History of Education. During the Middle Ages and the Transition to Modern Times. By Frank Pierrepont Graves, Ph.D., Professor of the History and Philosophy of Education in the Ohio State University. 328 pages. The Macmillan Company.

This is a continuation of Dr. Graves' History of Education before the Middle Ages, and holds to the same point of view and method of approach. The period covered lies between the sixth and the eighteenth centuries, and a clear and detailed account is given of the state and progress of educational matters in that period. The book discloses the origins of many modern educational procedures, the sources being discovered by the diligent student and research worker. The treatment of the educational process is from the standpoint of the development of individualism, "the period of the Middle Ages and the subsequent four centuries of reaction lending themselves to this method of interpretation." The study of the time and subject is most exhaustive, the treatment impartial and engaging in its frankness, the assembling of facts orderly and compact, and the style refreshing in its lucidity and force. Either as a text-book or work of reference Dr. Graves' work is most substantial and timely.

Wentworth's Plane Geometry. By George Wentworth and David Eugene Smith. 12mo, cloth, 287 pages, illustrated. Ginn & Co. Price, 80 cents. This is a revision of Wentworth's Geometry, for a generation the leading text-book on the subject in America. The revisers have departed in no manner from the excellent ways worked out by G. A. Wentworth, but they have met the demand of the times by certain emendations and additions that serve to enrich the work and make it pre-eminent as a text-book on geometry. Users of the book will find this new presentation fully meeting all their demands as a working text-book on the subject.

Best American Essays. Selected by John R. Howard. Editor of Best American Poems, Best American Orations; Managing Editor, Library of the World's Best Poetry, etc. T. Y. Crowell & Co., New York. Price, 35

cents.

Elementary Arithmetic. By DeForest A. Preston, Principal Public School No. 164 Brooklyn, and Edward H. Stevens, Associate City Superintendent of Schools, the city of New York. 12mo, cloth, 242 pages. The Macmillan Company. Price, 35 cents.

This is the first book of a series that is to be a complete course in arithmetic for elementary schools. It is intended for use in the third, fourth and fifth years, and presents for these years certain features: easy words in statements and problems; operation first, theory afterwards; elimination of long explanations of processes. The development of the fundamentals is deliberate and unintermittent; there is an abundance of easy, simple and direct problems; explanations are for the most part summarized after the topic is studied. The book is so nicely graded, the arrangement of the subject so orderly and natural, the exercises so simple and progressive, and the definitions are so plain that the book easily commands respect and attention. It will find favor with all teachers of the perplexing subject of number fact.

Recent publications in the Contributions to Education Series, Teachers College, Columbia University, are Registration of City School Children, being a Consideration of the Subject of the City School Census, by John Dearling Haney, Ph.D.; The Training of Elementary School Teachers in Germany, by I. L. Kandel, Ph.D.; The Training of Teachers in England and Wales, by Peter Sandiford, Ph.D.; and The Conflict of Method, by Gerhard R. Homer, Ph.D. These monographs, now numbering nearly fifty, are most valuable and comprehensive studies of certain phases of educational affairs, prepared by men not only prominent in the profession but devoted students in the field of research. Their contributions are practically the last word on the subject, and they must be read and referred to by all interested in the organization and advancement of educational affairs.

Lippincott's Primer. By Homer P. Lewis, Superintendent of Schools, Worcester, Mass. 128 pages. J. B. Lippincott & Co.

With every story in this little book teeming with human interest, every picture a photograph of actual events, many of the half-tones being colored and full-paged, every sentence delightfully natural and rich with appeal to the experience of the little reader, it will be small wonder if the Primer does not find instant and warm welcome from every first-grade teacher. It is an attractive book, in dainty dress, splendid illustrations, clear type, strong paper and serviceable binding.

The Art of Securing Teaching Positions. By Elbridge B. Lincoln. The Progress Club, 50 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass.

This a well written and much needed little volume which it would be well for every teacher to read. It sets forth a high ideal for all who enter the profession. It answers many practical questions which all teachers sooner or later ask,—most of them sooner, and many of them both sooner and later. The reading of this book will not only help a teacher to become more valuable professionally, and to impress school authorities of the fact, but it will make her enjoy her work better. It is rightly called A Handbook for Teachers.

The following Modern Language Texts have been received: Ernestes and Heiteres, edited by Josepha Schrakamp; Historical French Reader, by Felix Weill, Instructor in French, College of the city of New York; Easy Standard French, edited by Victor E. Francois, Associate Professor of French, College of the city of New York (American Book Company); Die Schildburger, edited by Frederick Betz, East High School, Rochester, N. Y.; Les Trois Mousquetaires, by Alexandre Dumas, edited by I. H. B. Spiers, French Master, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia; French Anecdotes, arranged for translation, conversation and composition by W. F. Giese, Associate Professor of Romance Languages, University of Wisconsin, and C. D. Cool, Instructor in Romance Languages, University of Wisconsin (D. C. Heath Co.); Marchen und Gedichte, by Rudolf Baumbach, edited by Edward Manley, Englewood High School, Chicago (Ginn & Co.); Contes des Marins de la Haute-Bretagne, by Paul Sebillot, edited J. E. Mansion, George Watson's College, Edinburgh (T. Y. Crowell & Co.).

Text-Book of School and Class Management. By Felix Arnold, A. B., Pd.D., Ph.D. Vol. II, Administration and Hygiene. Macmillan Company, New York. Price, $1 net.

This is a valuable book for every teacher. It has sections on organization, classification, attention and interest, the health of the child, the school building, the school personnel, the function of the school, and the school boards. The table of contents is so admirably arranged as to be almost a complete outline study of the subject. The chapters are correct in theory according to the results of the latest educational thinking; and they are practical as well. The two volumes of this work make a complete and most helpful guidebook for school officers and teachers.

We acknowledge the receipt of the following books and pamphlets for notice in our book review pages. The titles are suggestive, and indicate more or less clearly the purport of the volume. The price is given where it has been furnished to us. So many books are now sent to EDUCATION for review that it is impossible to give all of them individual and extended consideration. We shall acknowledge all in a manner similar to the following; or else we shall give more extended notice,—to such as particularly interest our reviewers and seem of greatest value to teachers.

Life Stories for Young People: Charlemagne. Translated from the German of Ferdinand Schmidt, by George P. Upton. Author of Musical Memories, Standard Operas, etc. Translator of Memories, Immensee, etc., with five illustrations. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago. Price, 50 cents,

net.

Best American Orations. Selected and arranged by John R. Howard. Editor Best American Poems, Best American Essays; Managing Editor, Library of the World's Best Poetry, etc. T. Y. Crowell & Co., New York. Price, 35 cents.

Handybook of Parliamentary Law. A Complete Syllabus of Rules of Order, with explanatory notes, directions for the study of Parliamentary Law, review questions, and usable graphic and diagrammatic classifications of motions. By F. M. Gregg, Associate Professor of Psychology and Teacher of Parliamentary Law in the Nebraska State Normal School, Peru, Neb. Ginn & Co., Boston, New York, Chicago, London. Price, 50 cents. Shop Problems in Mathematics. By Wm. E. Breckenridge, M.A., Chairman of the Department of Mathematics in the Stuyvesant High School and the Stuyvesant Evening Trade School, New York City; Deputy Examiner in Shop Mathematics for the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A. Samuel F. Mersereau, B. A., Chairman of the Department of Woodworking, Stuyvesant High School, N. Y. C.; Practical carpenter and builder. Charles F. Moore, B. S., Chairman of the Department of Mental Work, Stuyvesant High School; Instructor in Machine Shop practice in the Stuyvesant Evening Trade School, New York City. Ginn & Co., Boston, New York, Chicago, London. Price, $1.

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Physical Science Series: Telepathy. Transference, Mind Reading, Muscle Reading. By Edward B. Warman, A.M. Author of The Philosophy of Expression, The Voice-How to Train It, Get Well, Keep Well, etc. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago. Price, 50

cents net.

Riverside Literature Series: Captains of Industry. Parton. Selected Sketches with Introduction and Illustrations. Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, Chicago. Price, 25 cents.

By James

Houghton

Riverside Literature Series: The Second Shepherd's Play, Everyman and Other Early Plays. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Clarence Griffin Child, Professor of English in the University of Pennsylvania. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, Chicago. Price, 40 cents.

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American History Leaflets, Colonial and Constitutional. Albert Bushnell Hart and Edward Channing of Harvard University. No. 34. Extracts from Official Papers Relating to the Isthmian Canal. 15151909. Parker P. Simmons, New York. Price, 10 cents.

Stories from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. Edited by W. T. Stead. Illustrated by Edith Ewen. The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia.

Joan of Arc. French Composition, with Notes and Vocabulary. By H. A. Guerber. American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago. Price, 30 cents.

Riverside Literature Monographs.

Edited by Henry Suzzallo, Professor of the Philosophy of Education, Teachers' College, Columbia University. The Ideal Teacher. By George Herbert Palmer, Alford Professor of Philosophy Harvard University. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, Chicago. Price, 35 cents.

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