Millions of copies of the Educational Works of Gaspey-Otto-Sauer Method for the Study of Modern Languages have been sold in all parts of the world. Owing to the fact that it is the best method existing for Schools (Public and Private) and also for self Instruction. The following Grammars in English have already appeared: German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Armenian, Portuguese, Persian, prices from 2 shillings to 10 shillings. Prospectus post free on application, also the following: Arabian, Armenian, German, French, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Polish; Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Spanish Editions. All books are in cloth Binding. London: Julius Groos, St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane; also at Heidelberg, Paris, Rome, "It is a great advance on any of the histories for younger boys that I have yet seen." A RECENT REVIEW. THE JOURNAL OF EDUCATION says of Part IV. :"We can say of this little book, as we said of Part I., that it is an excellent piece of work. 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BACON & CO., Ltd., 127 Strand, London, largely attended meeting was held at Trowbridge Town Hall on Saturday, May 16, with the object of forming an association of secondary-school teachers engaged in this county. Mr. Blaxter, the Head Master of Warminster, was in the chair. He pointed out the reasons which had led to the calling of the meeting. The position of secondary teachers was affected by the new Act, but it was not defined. The Act was a mere outline, with most of the details still to be filled in; more powers would probably before long be given to local bodies, and secondary teachers should have some say in the matter. Expert opinion would be necessary. Too much officialdom, too much interference by amateurs, and the rule of the faddist were all to be feared. The County Council Committee might become hostile to education or teachers, well disposed though it was at present. They had no intention of forming a militant trade union, though they would look after their own interests, and ought to be able to say who was to be considered a master. Examinations, too, ought to be carried on more by the masters themselves: outsiders often failed to do justice to pupils or teachers. In conclusion, he expressed the hope that this union of teachers would do something to remove the sectionalism which prevailed, and that an example of union in Wilts would be followed by other counties. Mr. Knowles, the Head Master of Swindon Technical School, in proposing the formation of an association, declared that they wanted no union whose main object was either offensive or defensive, but that they wished to promote efficiency in administration and teaching. All members of the teaching body, both men and women, whether heads or assistants, would here be for their extensive Catalogues and Specimens, post free. BACON'S EXCELSIOR GEOGRAPHICAL Twentieth Century Edition. Up-to-date, and abso- TEN GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS. Bacon's Excelsior Maps for Secondary Schools. 15s. Bacon's Excelsior Wall Atlases. Containing Four or more Sheets (a choice of 48), 30 in. by 40 in., at 3s. 6d. per Sheet Bacon's Excelsior Charts and Diagrams For iliustrating Geography and Astronomy. 6s. each. Illustrating the Tides, Solar System, Latitude and Longitude, Phases of the Moon, &c. joined together. County Councils would be so busy with elementary Bacon's Excelsior Drawing education, that secondary education stood in danger of being forgotten. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year :President, Mr. W. F. Blaxter, Warminster Grammar School; VicePresident, Mr. H. D. Knowles, Swindon Technical School; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. H. S. Disbrowe, Salisbury School. THE GYMNASTIC TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. --The annual display by the members of the Gymnastic Teachers' Institute was given on May 9 in the Gymnasium of the Northampton Institute, Clerkenwell, before a large audience, among whom was Colonel Malcolm Fox, Inspector of Physical Training to the Board of Education, and many well known teachers and others interested in physical training. The display was of a most varied character, and the various items shown were arranged from simple marching and exercises suitable for children in schools to the most advanced exercises for older students: and the grouping of exercises in the apparatus was also graduated from elementary to the most advanced and difficult movements. Exercises on the horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar, under the leadership of Messrs. R. Oberholzer, H. Arnold, and W. Connor, were shown by members of the Institute, and some exceptionally fine work was shown. The lady members of the Institute gave quarterstaff exercises and wand exercises, under Mr. R. Oberholzer's direction, with almost faultless precision, and a particularly fine group of exercises on two sets of parallel bars, the ladies working in pairs, and here again the performance of the exercises was particularly good. Fencing was shown in a fencing figure drill by the students of the Alexandra House Gymnasium, under the direction of the Misses Bear, and a fine exhibition of foil play was given by Miss B. G. Bear and Miss E. M. Bear; the Misses Ewart and Schafer also fenced together. Among other items may be mentioned Indian clubs, exercises by women members of Battersea Polytechnic Gymnasium, with an Indian clubs solo by their teacher, Miss Morse; ornamental marching and flag exercise, under Miss Cranbrook's direction, by members of Crawford Street (Camberwell) Gymnastic Centre, L.S.B.; a Scotch dance by members of the Montem Street (Tollington Park) Gymnastic Centre, L.S. B., under the direction of Miss Oliver, followed by a solo Scotch dance, executed in splendid style, by Miss E. Hassell. Free exercises and calisthenic rings were given, under Mr. R. Oberholzer's direction, by the Women's Gymnastic Club of the Northampton Institute, and free exercises by the Northampton Institute Gymnastic Club (winners of the Howard-Batten Shield Inter-Polytechnic Competition), Charts, Cards, and Books For Freehand, Geometry, Model, Lettering, Design and Brushwork Now Ready. TOUJOURS PRÊT. THE IDEOGRAPHIC FRENCH READER WITH VOCABULARY. BY TOREAU DE MARNEY, Author of "Premier Pas," &c. Crown Svo, wrapper, 1s. 6d.; cloth, 2s. READER. Wrapper, 1s.; cloth, 1s. 6d. Key. Wrapper, 6d. "An extremely useful work."-Pitman's Phonetic Journal. RULES OF FRENCH GRAMMAR AT A GLANCE. For Teachers and Students. By O. F. CAMPHUIS. 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All the members of this Institute are trained and certificated teachers of physical training engaged as teachers of physical exercises in schools, &c.; and the display was an admirable illustration of the system of teaching adopted by the members of the Institute and of the capabilities of the ladies and gentlemen taking part, the whole of their work being characterized by perfect and correct style and finish. which is said to be the BEST Rule for School Purposes. The Master of Loretto School when ordering said: "They are admirable." SCHOLARS' RULE, 1s. 3d. a dozen. Specimen, 2d. Stamps. Of all Stationers, or- 20,000 Schools in Britain and Colonies use them. "DUCKETT-INE" (Splendid Black), Gallon Tin, 1s. 1d. 'NIGER-INE" (Washing-out-of-Clothing Black), Gallon Tin, 10d. COLOURS (for Inks and Brushwork), Pint, 44d.; Half-Gal., 1s. 1d. Of Dealers-ASK FOR THEM. Samples free-WRITE FOR THEM. Apply always-DUCKETT'S DRY INKS, SHEFFIELD. Now Ready. pp. vi. + 58. Price 6d. net. 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Sadler's resignation of the office of Director of Special Inquiries and Reports came as a shock to all friends of education, not only in England, but, we may without exaggeration add, throughout the civilized world; and, though our readers were prepared for the possibility, the accompanying statement of Mr. Sadler, that he has resigned in consequence of proposals which, in his judgment, "would impair the scientific value and thoroughness, as well as the practical efficiency, of the work of his office," will inspire in them, as it does in us, a feeling of apprehension and almost of dismay. They must, indeed, be grave reasons, the nature of which is at present inconceivable to us, that can have justified the President in parting with an officer so efficient, so experienced, with such powers both of initiative and of organization, and so deservedly popular, in the very prime of life and at a time when his services were most urgently required. We are curious to see the papers that Sir William Anson has promised to lay on the table of the House, and, without indulging in idle speculations, may express a hope that they may reveal some issue on a point of official etiquette, and not, as we fear, a determination on the part of the Board to clip the wings of the Inquiries Office, and to make it an appanage of the Board, a sort of special secretariat, confined to such jobs as the Board chooses to set it from day to day. No one is indispensable, and doubtless a successor to Mr. Sadler may be found who, in a couple of years-it will take him all that time to learn his work and pick up the broken threads-will be competent to fill the place; but we have yet to be assured that the office will be continued, and, in any case, by the break in continuity and the severance of the personal relations that Mr. Sadler had established, both in America and on the Continent, there must be serious loss and inconvenience. At the present moment when the office is, as it were, in the melting pot, it may be well to rehearse the objects for which it was established in 1895, and consider how far they have been carried out. The objects, as stated by Mr. Acland when he created the office, were to keep a systematic record of educational work and |