Explication de Textes. By Robert Vigneron. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1928. Pp. 25. $.40. A brief pamphlet statement of the French school man's method of scientific research in literary interpretation apropos of a text chosen for its significance or its duty or both. Markham Vocabulary Test for High School and College Students. Bloomington, Illinois: Public School Publishing Co., 1928. Biblical Allusions in Poe. By W. M. Forrest. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1928. Pp. 208. $2.50. A scholarly study proving that Poe was an apt student of the Bible and can be listed among the prophets. S.P.E. Tract No. XXX-American Pronunciation. By H. Kurath. Words from the French,-E, EE. By Matthew Barnes. Pronunciation of Clothes, etc. By Robert Bridges. New York: Oxford University Press, 1928. Pp. 309. $0.85. TEXT AND READINGS Reaching Other Minds. By Davida McCaslin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Pp. 296. This out-of-the-ordinary manual for Freshman college English is an honest, intelligent attempt to help students communicate their ideas. It is evident that this teacher has blazed a trail and broken new ground in an effort to escape from the hackneyed procedure of standard course in Freshman English. This is an answer to Bernard DeVoto's scorching attack, "English A," published in the American Mercury a short time ago. Alert college teachers who are eager to escape from the dry bones of formalism will examine this book with a searching eye and enthusiasm. On Writing Essays. By Helen Laura Paddock and Sarah Augusta Taintor. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1928. Pp. 266. $1.10. This text for the composition class in essay writing is adapted to many types of procedure. There is a brief historical sketch followed by fifteen directive chapters. Part II of the book is made up of selections from modern essays, representing all possible types, including the editorial, character sketch, critical essay, and nature study. Among other well-known names are Joyce Kilmer, Agnes Repplier, E. V. Lucas, William Dean Howells, Henry James. The High School Library. By Hannah Logasa. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1928. Pp. 283. The underlying educational principles upon which the high-school library service is based. Designed to provide material for courses in education for use in library training courses. Throughout the text emphasis is laid on the functional side of library service rather than the technical or experimental phases. Correct English. By William M. Tanner. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1928. Pp. 152. In this text for the high school composition class the sentence is the chief unit of study and about it the work in grammar, vocabulary building, and spelling is or ganized. Much test exercise material is here in a separate section. The paragraph, letters, word study, and oral English are each given distinct attention. Throughout an effort is made in the composition assignments to base the work on major interests and actual situations in the lives of the pupils. Public Discussion and Debate. By A. Craig Baird. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1928. Pp. 370. The illustrations are drawn from the contemporary life of the campus of the present-day world, reflecting the public thought and controversy of our own time and encouraging students to grapple with vital problems. The Short Speech: A Handbook on the Various Types. By James Thompson Few of us make orations or give lectures, but nearly everyone makes short The Teaching of English By CHARLES SWAIN THOMAS HIS valuable text has been largely rewritten to give it the newer point of view in the teaching of English. It contains the latest and most authoritative material in the field. Some of the outstanding changes are the new sections on scales and measurement in English, on précis writing, on spelling, and the list of study questions for each chapter. "It interests me to see how skillfully the static is combined with the dynamic in this treatment, and I do not know which to admire more, the sensitive presentation of the selected appreciation material, or the insight shown in preparing material and suggesting modes of treatment." Sir John Adams, University of London. In the Riverside Textbooks in Education xxii 604 pages HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY $2.40 BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO INDEX NOTE.-Items marked with an asterisk (*) are in the College Edition only; those marked with a *Abbott, Allan, What the English Teach- er Should Know, 315 *Ability Grouping Plus, Norman J. Whit- ney, 559 †Adventure in Teaching Language, An, Adverbs, Troublesome, George Philip Advertising World, This, Mary Sylvester Aims and Methods in Oral English, Al- Altar Lace (Poem), Bonnie Gilbert, 271 Spider Spins (Poem), 756 (by H. Y. Moffett): "The Fall of the Ashbaugh, E. J., The High School Stu- †Audience, Finding an (Round Table), *Audience Vote, The, Edwin H. Page, 320 Reluctant Juniors (Round Table), 241 Baker, Antoinette, Results of One Silas *Baker, Harry T., English and the Ph.D., †Ballard, Charles, Of the Moon (Poem), †Banishing the Make-Believe, Ethel E. Beech, Mary Louise, While the Char-a- Belgion, Montgomery, British and *Bernbaum, Ernest, Graduate Work in Better Speech (editorial), W. Wilbur Bibliography for High School English, Big Pay in the Contracting Business Biography, A Brochure Approach to Biography, The New, John Macy, 355 Bookkeeping in English Composition 240 †Books, Uncle Bob Chooses, Evaline Har- British and American Taste, Montgom- Brochure Approach to Modern Biogra- *Brown, C. A., Prolegomena to a New Bryson, Artemisia B., Bookkeeping in 240 Bulletin Board in English, The (Round Bullett, Gerald, Virginia Woolf, 793 Business Letters Survive (Round Table), Bynum, Ruth, The Bulletin Board in *Campbell, O. J., Introductory Course in Carpenter, Helen S., and Elder, Vera, Objective Teaching in the Library, 121 Classroom Library, A. (Round Table), ¡Clearness, Teaching the Social Value of, Cline, Mary Sylvester, This Advertising Cole, Blanche G., An Experiment with Collester, Clinton H., A Modern Cos- tume Venture into Shakespeare †Collins, Lillian, The Little Theater in Comment on Halfway English, E. B. Committee of the Wisconsin English Coney, Charlotte, A Student-Edited Handbook (Round Table), †411; *416 Conserve the Teacher (editorial), W. *Constance, Jennie M., Learners, Teach- Contract, Results of One Silas Marner, Contracts Socialized, Jean Carter, 544 (Round Table), 672 *Coulter, V. C., Teaching the Nature of Council and the Classroom Teacher, †Creation, Appreciation through (Round Crocker, Lionel, The Impact of English Dalton Plan in Practice, Mary Har- Danger! (editorial), W. Wibur Hat- Davidson, Levette J., What's In a *Davis, Arthur Kyle, Jr., English at Ox- DeCoverley Papers, Defending the DeCoverley Papers, Those Dry Old, Defending the DeCoverley Papers 237 *Denial of Our Teaching, The, Helene B. †Devices: For Junior High School †Directed Reading in Social Adjustment, Do Pupils Really Study? (Round Dorey, J. Milnor, Do Pupils Really Dramatic Art, The Teaching of Litera- †DuBreuil, Alice J., Checking Outside Editorials: Better Speech, W. Wilbur Elder, Vera, and Carpenter, Helen S., 121 Ellis, Amanda M., What Does Irving End, The (Poem), Wallace Rice, 705 *English and the Ph.D., Harry T. Baker, *English at Oxford, Arthur Kyle Davis, †English in a Junior High School Setting, English Laboratory, The (Round Table), English, More Spoken, Wallace Rice, 201 †Foley, Louis, A Test Case, 387 Foust, Clement E., Practical Co-opera- tracting Business (Round Table), 415; *Freshman Assignments, Raymond F. *Freshman Composition, A Study in *Freshman English in the Middle West, Freshman Stage of Punctuation, In the (Round Table), Helen Rand, 160 *Function of Art in Education, The, Jean Gabriel, Miriam, Communal Verse Writ- Gilbert, Bonnie, Altar Lace (Poem), 271 †Goodwyn, Betty M., Appreciation *Grading Freshman Composition (Round *Graduate Work in English Literature, Grammar and Power, H. Y. Moffett, 800 †Grammar, Report on a Minimum, Com- Graves, C. Edward, Measuring Literary †Group Method, Dramatization and the, *Grouping, Ability, Plus, Norman J. Hammett, Evelyn, Vocabulary (Poem), Handbook, A Student Edited (Round Harloff, Gladys Louise, Riley Program †Harrington, Evaline, Uncle Bob Chooses †Has the Bell Rang? Jessie B. Souther, Haste Thee, Nymph (Round Table), Hatfield, W. Wilbur, Better Speech (edi- *Henry, Ralph L., A College Course in †Hermans, Mabel C., Directed Reading 732 High School Student's Standard of Eng- Holcomb, Esther L., The English Lab- |