magazines and which were received with marked favor. They are thoughtful, humorous and cheerful. Henry Holt Company, New York; $1.50.

THE AMERICAN RURAL SCHOOL, by Harold Waldstein Foght. A book dealing with the country school as it has been in the past, as it is today, and as it aims to become in the future. The author has set himself the task of pointing out some of the ways in which the school system may be improved. As with most writers in this field he abounds in statistics and comparative tables, in citations from official reports and in suggestions regarding future development. One of the helping features of the book is the variety of sources from which its material is drawn. It enables one to see what are the conditions of education in all parts of the country. Another feature to be noticed is the giving of plans for school houses and school grounds. These plans cannot fail to show the school authorities what improvements can be made at small expense. In this respect the country school has an unquestioned advantage over the school in the city. It can have all the space that is needed for pure air, a wide prospect from its windows over the landscape, which shall be as a picture to the memory of the pupils. The author urges the teaching of the principles of farming, and he does this with most excellent reasons. His book will prove of interest to all who have anything to do with educational work. Macmillan Co., New York.

POPULAR PSYCHOLOGY, by Isador H. Coriat, M. D., second assistant for nervous diseases in the Benton Hospital. This work, written in popular language, although from the standpoint of pure science, is highly original in method, and deals with the analysis of the mental life and its phases as manifested in sleep, hysteria, neurasthenia and other forms. Many examples are given in the book of multiple personality and the restoration of lost memories. The book is not what would popularly be called a "medical work," although it is suggestive to the scientist. It is easily within the comprehension of the average reader who knows little of mental processes. Moffett, Yard & Co., New York.

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC LIBRARY, by Arthur E. Bostwick. The author is librarian of the St. Louis public library and takes up his task not only with enthusiasm, but after a long experience in administration and critical study of results. The growth and development of the public library "idea" is presented and the story of the library as an institution is given. D. Appleton & Company, New York; $1.50.

PARLIAMENTARY LAW, by Nanette B. Paul. A classroom volume on parliamentary procedure, arranged simply and clearly and intended as an introduction to the whole sub

ject. The book has been adopted for the public schools of New York City, and will be found eminently useful in school, college and women's clubs. Century Co., New York.

PROBLEMS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, by Arthur C. Perry, Jr. A thorough investigation of the elementary school system, devoted, first, to a consideration of the broad, general problems dependent upon the organic structure; second, to a study of the specific phases of the work of the school as planned and directed by the principal of a school or the teacher of a class. The author confesses that the first three chapters may be regarded as a brief in behalf of the teachers. Appleton & Co., New York.

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COLLEGE SERMONS, by Charles Carroll Albertson. The sixteen discourses in this little volume were delivered to audiences composed of the students of a half dozen of the largest colleges and universities. They all strike the dominant chords of the religious life. Westminster Press, Philadelphia; 75 cents net.

WHAT TO DO AT RECESS, by George Ellsworth Johnson. The superintendent of the Pittsburg Playground Association has prepared this small book on the subject of games for recess time in the schools. Kindergarten work, the sand pile, a flag race, duck-on-therock, base ball, school ball, potato races, and captain ball are among the suggestions for helpful, easily arranged diversions that will make the play hours pleasant. Ginn & Company, Boston.

HOHER ALS DIE KIRCHE, by Wilhelmine von Hillern, edited by Frederick W. J. Heuser, A. M., instructor in German languages and literatures in Columbia University, is a new edition of the charming little German story which has long been a favorite among teachers and students alike, offered with a complete vocabulary and notes fully explaining the historical and geographical allusions. Charles E. Merrill Co., New York; 184 pages; 50 cents.

DICK HALEY, by O. B. Whitaker, is a thrilling tale of poverty. It is the story of the struggles of a widow to support her little family of three children. The early schooldays of the children are first told, and a description of their life given the reader. Events follow in rapid succession; the cruel punishment given by a teacher to the oldest boy, Dick, for stealing a knife from a schoolmate, which act had been done by another, is the climax of the story, and marks the turning point of his career, when the trusting, confiding little boy is changed to a self-reliant lad, who later, through the influence of the same bully who had been the cause of his unjust flogging, became a criminal, and finally died a criminal's death while still a young man. Christian Publishing Association, Dayton, Ohio; 230 pages.

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