treatment of its subject. The complete work now appears in a handsome, comprehensive volume, which leaves little to be desired whether as a text-book or a work of reference. Boston: Ginn & Co. Price, $1.50.

Outlines, Suggestions and References in Commercial Geography. By George W. Sanford. A systematic and comprehensive arrangement of topics in outline for extensive and intensive study, with a few choice illustrations, many helpful suggestions and references to authoritative works, and many outline maps to be filled with details by the student, the whole interleaved with blank paper and bound in loose, portfolio style. It is a companion work to the "Outlines of the History of Commerce" by the same author, and is equally excellent and helpful,—especially to normal students, teachers, and specialists. Chicago and New York: Powers & Lyons. Price, So cents.

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The Teaching of Mathematics in the Higher Schools of Prussia. J. W. A. Young, Ph.D. A general sketch of the Prussian higher-school system, with a particular description of the work done in mathematics. It is the result of nearly a year of personal investigation and study, and gives a detailed statement of courses and methods, which will be a real help to the live teacher and to the special student of education. New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Price, So cents.

Eskimo Stories. By Mary E. E. Smith, and illustrated by Howard V. Brown. A fascinating book for youngest readers. The stories are drawn from authentic sources, and largely from material gathered in recent polar explorations. The illustrations are artistic and appeal strongly to the desire of children for a wider acquaintance with the ways and lives of other children, and with things strange but true. Such a book does much to provoke to good reading. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. Price, 40 cents.

Real Things in Nature. A Reading Book of Science for American Boys and Girls. By Edward S. Holden, Sc.D., LL.D. Intended to meet the wants of youth at the age when questions abound, when the mind is open to direction, and when habits of thought are being formed. Therefore, the book aims to teach ideas as well as to state facts. Fundamental ideas and scientific method are its strong points. It treats of astronomy, physics, meteorology, chemistry, geology, zoology, botany, the human body, and the early history of mankind in a way that makes it a valuable supplement to the regular instruction. It is a grand book for every grammar school. New York: The Macmillan Company.

Pipes of Pan. No. II. From the Green Book of the Bards. By Bliss Carman. The author has delightfully caught the spirit of the woods and fields. His verses are sentient with physical, animal life,—sensuous life. The present is all that he is sure of, though he feels the vague longings of the soul for a continued existence; and this comes out in a minor key throughout the book. Boston L. C. Page & Co.

School Composition. For use in Higher Grammar Classes. By William H. Maxwell, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., and Emma L. Johnston, A.B. One of Maxwell's English Series. The general scheme of the book is inductive, and a prominent feature is training in the art of deriving and following synoptic outlines. Study

begins with a simple analysis and imitation of model selections and progresses carefully through Description, Narration and Exposition. The book is purely constructive and wastes no space upon faulty examples. Material is sought in the field of the pupil's interests, and thus the attention is easily held and the instruction made effective. It is as good a book as has yet appeared, but will make large demands upon the teacher. New York: American Book Company. Price, 50 cents.

Pitmanic Shorthand Instructor. By Charles T. Platt. A good manual for the explanation of nearly every principle of stenography, but lacking the index necessary for ready reference. It is full, explicit, systematic and progressive, and should prove to be a most excellent drill book; for it abounds in technicalities, tests, cautions and quizzes, with many exercises for practice. The system presented is essentially that of Benn Pitman, with an attempt to make it less purely mechanical and more evidently scientific. The work will be a valuable aid to the professional stenographer and the teacher as well as to the thorough-going student. New York: American Book Company. Price, $1.20. Stories of Old France. By Leila Webster Pitman, A series of eight eventful stories of royalty with brief historical interludes, and embracing the period from Charles VII to the beginning of the French Revolution. The various grades of society from peasant to noble are clearly depicted. The stories are truthfully told in a graphic, stirring manner, and are well suited to impress young people in upper grammar and high schools. New York: American Bock Company. Price, 60 cents.

Advanced Algebra for Colleges and Schools. By William J. Milne, Ph.D., LL.D. Practically an extension of the author's Academic Algebra, in order to meet the requirements of students in preparing for the entrance examinations of scientific and technical schools, or for the "Advanced Algebra" examination offered by many colleges and universities. Over 160 pages of new matter have been added to the elementary work. Thus the book presents a complete course in Algebra. The treatment is clear, full, and sufficiently rigorous. New York: American Book Company. Price, $1.50. Some Useful Animals, and what they do for us. By John Monteith, M.A.. and Caroline Monteith. A supplementary reader for second and third years, intended to assist in nature study, and also to aid the natural method of learning to read. It presents an entertaining account of many animals and animal products, and gives much information of special interest to children living in cities. New York: American Book Company. Price, 50 cents.

An encouraging increase of interest is shown in the study and reading of history, and especially American history, as an instrument of education. The last years have added a number of wholesome books for children and youth, looking to the cultivation of a history and civic sense.

Among the best of these is a recent one, "The Romance of the Civil War," volume four in the series of Source Readers in American History, edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard. The earlier issues comprise "Colonial Children,' 'Camps and Firesides of the Revolution," and "How Our Grandfathers Lived."

"The Romance of the Civil War" shows a wealth of material that is admirably selected and well arranged. In eight chapters, including, On the Plantation, The Underground Railroad, In and Out of the Army, Boy Soldiers and Sailors, In Camp and on the March, Under Fire, On Deck, and Women in the War, the story of a generation of slavery is told. Generous extracts are made, often full stories, from the writings of more than sixty authors. The period covered is from the plantation days of 1840 to the close of the Civil War. Many of the chapters are of fascinating interest, the incidents are picturesque, and the thread of events fairly connected for a quarter of a century.

The book is admirably adapted for use in schools as a general reading book, or as an introduction to the text-book study of our history in the grammar grades. New York: The Macmillan Company.

Among recent books for the use of children in the elementary schools, the volumes of the Canterbury classics are deserving of special mention and commendation. A charming book is Ruskin's "King of the Golden River," edited by Katherine Lee Bates, of Wellesley College. The editor's Introduction to the series accompanies this volume, and is well worth a careful reading. There is also a biographical sketch of the author written for children, the creed and pledge of St. George's Guild, a few notes, a reading list to accompany the story, and some very helpful Suggestions to Teachers. To those who are acquainted with the story no words are needed to justify its general use by elementary school classes. It can well be read by most grades above the lowest primaries. It is wholesome in spirit, simple in form, and beautiful as a story. Neglected little Gluck is a delightful character.

Another book for children is Maude L. Radford's edition of "King Arthur and his Knights." The stories are well told. The selection shows good judgment. The mechanical execution is attractive. For pupils from the fourth to the sixth school grades, few books can furnish more desirable reading.

Both books are published by Rand, McNally & Co.

We have received the following books for review in EDUCATION :—

A Broader Elementary Education. By J. P. Gordy, Ph.D., LL.D. New York: Hinds & Noble.

American Heroes and Heroism. By William A. Mowry, A.M., Ph.D., and Arthur May Mowry, A.M. New York: Silver, Burdett & Co.

Hero Stories from American History. By Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball. Boston: Ginn & Co. Mailing price, 60 cents.

How to Make School Gardens. By H. D. Hemenway, B.S. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Price, $1 net.

The Nature Study Idea. By Prof. L. H. Bailey. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Price, $1.50 net.

Wisdom and Will in Education.

By Charles William Super, Ph.D., LL.D.

Harrisburg, Pa.: R. L. Myers & Co. Price, $1.25.

The Place of Industries in Elementary Education. By Katherine Elizabeth Dopp. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Recent European History, 1789–1900. By George Emory Fellows, Ph.D., LL.D. Boston: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. Price, $1.25.

More Money for the Doubleday, Page & Co.

Public Schools. By Charles W. Eliot. New York:
Price, $1 net.

More Baskets and How to Make Them. By Mary White. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Price, $1 net.

Wood Folk at School.

By William J. Long.

Boston: Ginn & Co.

Edited by. Sherwin Cody.

A Selection from the Best English Essays. Chicago A. C. McClurg. Price, $1 net.

Graded Lessons in Hygiene. By William O. Krohn, Ph.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Price, 60 cents.

Beginnings of Rhetoric and Composition. By Adams Sherman Hill. New York: American Book Company. Price, $1.25.

Elementary Chemistry. By Robert Hart Bradbury, A.M., Ph.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Price, $1.25.

Genetic Psychology for Teachers. By Charles Hubbard Judd, Ph.D. (International Series.) New York: D. Appleton & Co.

Brief Greek Syntax. By Louis Bevier, Jr., Ph.D. New York: American Book Company.

The Virtues and Their Reasons (Ethics for Schools.) By Austin Bierbower. New York: Hinds & Noble.

Romance of the Civil War. Selected and Annotated by Albert Bushnell Hart. New York: The Macmillan Company. Price, 60 cents.

The Teaching of History and Civics in the Elementary and the Secondary School. By Henry E. Bourne, B.A., B.D. New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Price, $1.50.

The Teaching of Chemistry and Physics in the Secondary School. By Alexander Smith, B.Sc., Ph.D., and Edwin H. Hall, Ph.D. New York: Longmans, Green & Co.

A History of Modern Europe. By Merrick Whitcomb. New York: D Appleton & Co. Price, $1.10.

First Lessons in United States History. By Edward Channing. New York: The Macmillan Company. Price, 60 cents.

General History of Commerce.

Boston: Ginn & Co.

By William Clarence Webster, Ph.D.

Stories from the Hebrew. By Josephine Woodbury Heermans. New York: Silver, Burdett & Co.

Descriptive Chemistry. By Lyman C. Newell, Ph.D. Boston: D. C. Heath & Co.

A History of American Literature. By William P. Trent. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Price, $1:40 net.

Studies of Familiar Hymns. By Louis F. Benson, D.D. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press. Price, $1.50 net.

Composition and Rhetoric. By Rose M. Kavana and Arthur Beatty. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co.

Natick Dictionary. By James Hammond Trumbull. Washington: Government Printing Office.

Students' United States History Outline. By Arthur D. Cromwell. Chicago: Ainsworth & Co.

A Dream of Realms Beyond Us. By Adair Welcker.

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators: William Pitt. By Elbert Hubbard. Price, 25 cents.

Nerves in Disorder. By A. T. Schofield, M.D. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company. Price, $1.50.

Tales from Wonderland. By Rudolph Baumbach. Translated by Helen B. Dole. Adapted for American Children by Wm. S. M. Silber. New York: A. Lovell & Co. Price, 30 cents.

Heroes of Chivalry. By Louise Maitland. New York: Silver, Burdett & Co. Price, 50 cents.

Selections from Homer's Iliad. By Allen Rogers Benner. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Price, $1.60.

Elementary Physiology and Hygiene. By H. W. Conn, Ph.D. New York: Silver, Burdett & Co.

Anthology of English Poetry. By Robert N. Whiteford, Ph.D. Boston: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.

A Geography of Commerce. By John N. Tilden, M.A., M.D., and Albert Clarke, M.A. Boston: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.

Caesar's Gallic War. By Harry F. Towle and Paul R. Jenks. New York: University Publishing Company.

A New German Grammar. By Marion D. Learned, Ph.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Price, $1.15 net.

First Book in Hygiene. By William O. Krohn, Ph.D. Appleton & Co. Frice, 35 cents.

New York: D.

How We Are Fed. By James Franklin Chamberlain. New York: The Macmillan Company.

Literary Landmarks of Boston. By Lindsay Swift. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

The Tempest. Edited by Richard Grant White. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., in Riverside Literature Series.

Earth's Enigmas. By Chas. G. D. Roberts. Price, $1.50.

Boston: L. C. Page & Co.

The Silent Maid. By Frederic Werden Pangborn. Co. Price, $1.50.

Boston: L. C. Page &

Tito. By William Henry Carson. Boston: C. M. Clark Publishing Company. Price, $1.50.

Boston: A Guide Book. By Edwin M. Bacon. Boston: Ginn & Co.

Periodical Notes.

Three New York publications have been united, and will hereafter be published under the title of The Household Ledger. The magazines thus brought together are The Ledger Monthly, founded by Robert Bonner in 1843, The Household, first published in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1868, later in Boston, and still more recently in New York, and Ev'ry Month, the first issue of which appeared in 1895.-The Journal of Geography wrote up Boston in a remarkably thorough manner in its June issue.-The summer issues of The Youth's Companion have been most instructive. This paper has probably the most stable constituency of any publication in the United States."The Food Problem" is intelligently discussed by Dr. Grace Peckham in The Delineator for August.-Everybody's Magazine has an interesting article on "The Pope's Successor," by F. Marion Crawford.-Louis C. Elson contributes a fine article on "Our Public Education in Music," to the August Atlantic Monthly.-Harper's Magazine for August is a fine fiction number.-The same is true of Scribner's Magazine.-The World's Work for August is an educational number well worthy the attention of teachers.