Some Primary Methods. By Laura G. SLOMAN. (7s. 6d. net. New York: Macmillan.)

This, if we may say so, is from end to end a woman's book, full of womanly insight, sympathy and intelligence. We like it none the less because, by the confession of its author, now unhappily deceased, "it does not attempt to be ultra-scientific," as a large proportion of American pedagogical treatises do. The book is really a series of talks, addressed by an experienced teacher to the young teacher of the present time, on the problems that arise when modern ideas on elementary teaching have to be worked out under conditions that may be anything but ideal. English teachers of young children may well gain inspiration and practical help from this message from across the

waters.

The Board of Education. By Sir L. A. SELBY-BIGGE. (7s. 6d. net. Putnam.)

This is a plain, straightforward account, mostly in the style of an official report, of what has been done and is being done for education by the Department of which, for many years, the writer was administrative head, whilst ministry after ministry rose and fell. He does not profess to supply a history of our national education, even within prescribed limits of time. But such an ordered array of facts and comments, set forth on such high authority, will be extremely useful to the future historian, as well as to the contemporary student of education. We may be permitted to express the hope that, having got this somewhat solemn record off his mind, the author will bring himself to give us something more personal and human and entertaining. It would have its uses, as well as its delights.

Modern Educational Theories. By Prof. B. H. BODE. (7s. 6d. net. New York: Macmillan.)

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Prof. Bode aims at helping the reader to find his way among modern educational theories. He begins with a chapter on democracy (which he defines as a social organization that aims to promote co-operation among its members and with other groups on the basis of mutual recognition of interests") and proceeds to show that education is an essential factor in achieving true democracy. After critical chapters on curriculum-making, the project method, the behaviouristic psychology, and the students at present in the American colleges, he makes a strong plea for a new aim in education, a social aim, in fact the attainment of democracy.

Libraries and Adult Education: a Study by the American Library Association. (10s. 6d. net. New York: Macmillan.) This book supplements the excellent volumes on adult education which have recently been produced by the Carnegie Corporation. It is an admirable publication, covering the whole field in the States, and referring frequently to the practice of other countries. Especially to be recommended are its full bibliography, and the appendices which describe in detail various library experiments in reading courses and in work with the boys and girls who have left school. Most of the book applies equally well to English conditions, and it is full of stimulating suggestions both for librarians and educational workers. Permanent Play Materials for Young Children. By CHARLOTTE G. GARRISON. (6s. net. Scribner.)

A most stimulating and practical book, describing the gymnasium and toy apparatus suitable for young children. The pictures of children at work and play are delightful, and addresses are given where each toy described can be obtained. An English edition with similar information for this country would be extremely useful. Prof. Patty Hill writes an introduction pointing out the importance of toys to children : The unresponsiveness of things-the fact that they cannot be cajoled or swayed by his whims-introduces the child to the inevitableness of Nature and her laws."

The Foundations of Education: A Survey of Principles and Projects. By Prof. J. J. FINDLAY. Vol. II. The Practice of Education. (10s. 6d. net. University of London Press.) Two years have elapsed since the first volume of this treatise appeared. In that volume Prof. Findlay dealt with the aims and the organization of education. In this second volume he fulfils his promise to deal with the practice of education, i.e. with the actual educational process, in its various parts and aspects, as it takes place day by day and hour by hour in any schoolroom. Every page of the book bears the mark of that extensive knowledge and easy mastery which only long experience, accompanied by energetic thinking, can confer. Το one who has known Prof. Findlay's earlier books ever since their

publication, it is interesting to observe how closely he has followed the intervening changes. A typical example is his treatment of what he used to call method, and what he now calls procedure, in teaching. The whole book is characterized by a breadth of outlook and a freedom from pedantic detail which will make it profitable reading for students of education, whether young or no longer young.

Handbook of Suggestions for the Consideration of Teachers and Others Concerned in the Work of Public Elementary Schools. (2s. net. H.M.S.O.)

The old Education Department used to issue Instructions to Inspectors." The new and better way is to issue "Suggestions for Teachers." The change is doubly significant. The central authority has substituted suggestion for instruction, and it deals directly with the teacher, instead of telling the inspector what he should require of the teacher. Though the Board rightly disclaim any intention of providing a complete manual of method, they have allowed the book to become larger and more adequate, and they have wisely put it in a cloth cover. The book should attract the renewed attention of experienced teachers, and it should be used in the training colleges, the nurseries of the profession.

(1) The Story of Scottish Education. By G. STEWART. (5s. net. Pitman.) (2) Duncan Dewar, a Student of St. Andrews 100 Years Ago: His Accounts. With a Commentary by the late Sir P. R. S. LANG. (7s. 6d. net. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie.)

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(1) The first of these two books provides exceedingly well something that was really wanted-a history of Scottish education that is at once brief, complete within its limits, trustworthy as to its facts, and readable. But to say merely that Mr. Stewart's book is readable is to do him injustice; it is interestingly and vigorously written. To Scottish readers the book will make immediate appeal. For English readers whose knowledge of Scottish education is vague, this book is the very thing. (2) Duncan Dewar's Accounts, 1819-1827 may be regarded as a concrete commentary on an aspect of Mr. Stewart's book. Duncan was a student at St. Andrews a century ago. His accounts, strictly kept, fell into the hands of the late Sir Peter Scott Lang, Professor of Mathematics, who prepared a commentary on them. The whole is now published with an introduction by Lord Sands. An interesting light is thrown, not only on Duncan's economy, but also upon social customs of the time, and especially upon university life and regulations. Education in Australia: a Comparative Study of the Educational Systems of the Six Australian States. By P. R. COLE, A. J. SCHULZ, F. C. THOMPSON, J. A. JOHNSON, W. CLUBB, G. S. BROWNE. Edited by G. S. BROWNE. (21S. net. Macmillan.) Among the Danes. By Prof. E. W. KNIGHT. (IIS. 6d. net. University of North Carolina Press. London: Oxford University Press.)

The Quality of the Educational Process in the United States and in Europe. By W. S. LEARNED. (New York: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.)

Dental Education in the United States and Canada: a Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. By W. J. GIES. (New York: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.)

New York at School: a Description of the Activities and Adminis-
tration of the Public Schools of the City of New York. By
JOSEPHINE CHASE, in Collaboration with the School
Authorities. ($1.50. Public Education Association of the
City of New York.)

On Leaving School and the Choice of a Career. By Sir C. C.
WAKEFIELD. (3s. 6d. net. Hodder & Stoughton.)
The Citizen: A Simple Account of how we manage our National
and Local Affairs. By Mrs. H. A. L. FISHER. (2s. 6d.
Chambers.)

The Small Junior High School: A Study of its Possibilities and
Limitations. By Prof. F. T. SPAULDING. (10s. 6d. net.
London: Milford, Oxford University Press. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press.)

Messrs. Morgan & Scott will publish shortly a small volume of " 300 Best Hymns, Paraphrases, and Carols," selected and adapted for young people, by Robert Bird, author of "Jesus, the Carpenter of Nazareth," the well-known life of Christ for children. A novel feature of the little book will be the adaptation of numerous passages from English and American poets, arranged in stanzas suitable for music.

100 Best Books. Chosen by C. L. HIND. (2s. 6d. net. 3s. 6d. net cloth. Philpot.)

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Of interest and stimulus to youthful book-collectors. Mr. Hind does not claim, like some of his predecessors, to have chosen the 100 best books; only that all his hundred are best in the sense of being first-rate of their kind. The list contains an illustrated extract from each book and a few lines of descriptive comment. But the distinguishing feature of the selection is that no volume is admitted which costs more than two shillings; the total cost of the 100 books, in 124 volumes, is £12.

Mrs. Mason's Daughters. By MATHILDE EIKER. (7s. 6d. net. Werner Laurie.)

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"Mrs. Mason's Daughters is a first novel by a woman author who reveals a thorough understanding of her sex. The book describes the lives of three American sisters during and immediately after the Great War. The eldest sister, Fernanda, a school teacher and the principal character, is so well depicted that we find it impossible to think that we are in contact with an imaginary person. Her tragedy is that of a woman who does not find complete satisfaction for her legitimate desires and aspirations in her work, but is handicapped by her profession, sex and age in reaching out to the fuller life for which she longs. In sensitive and thoughtful language we are shown how Fernanda evolves from the half-conscious realization of her problems towards understanding of the forces with which she has to contend. Whilst the reality in portrayal of Fernanda and the other women characters cannot be questioned, the men introduced are somewhat shadowy and not altogether convincing. The description of the San Sebastion, the very exclusive apartment house in which Mrs. Mason and her daughters live, is a very clever piece of work, and the humorous touches with which the book abounds make it extremely pleasant reading. The Story of the World's Literature. By J. MACY. (12s. 6d. net. Harrap.)

Mr. Macy is to be congratulated on an achievement that is not merely creditable but remarkable. There is nothing here of the pretentious sciolism of the transatlantic advertiser who offered a literary education within a week." We are given a most readable, and indeed fascinating, sketch of the world's literature; excess of detail is skilfully avoided, and everything is done to inspire the young reader with an ambition to study the great masters of literature for himself. In respect of ancient or foreign writers there is some useful guidance to the best translations. The illustrator, Onorio Ruotolo, has collaborated admirably; the portraits, whether large or small, are full of character. Essays and Essayists. Compiled and Edited by H. NEWBOLT.

Notes and Summaries by G. E. HOLLINGWORTH. (3s. 6d.
University Tutorial Press.)

Sir H. Newbolt's selection of essays for schools, which begins with some of Montaigne's in Florio's translation and comes down to Messrs. Chesterton and Robert Lynd, is here provided with notes and summaries for the matriculation candidate.

The First English Translators of the Classics. By Dr. C. H. CONLEY. (13S. 6d. net. New Haven: Yale University Press. London: Oxford University Press.)

A scholarly and interesting study of the remarkable outburst of classical translations which distinguished the third quarter of the sixteenth century in England. The reasons for the movement-for it was nothing less-do not seem to have been fully explored before. Dr. Conley shows, on the evidence of translators' prefaces and dedications, that the new nobility created by the Tudors sought to introduce the rationalistic spirit of ancient literature as the most direct means of transforming national ideals. The movement was bitterly attacked, especially in the universities, by the supporters of medieval tradition, the followers of Aristotle, Virgil, and the schoolmen ; it was suspended during the reactionary reign of Mary, but revived on the accession of Elizabeth. The Puritans at first supported it, because they were in sympathy with its revolt against the authority of the Church; but ended by opposing, because they saw that it tended to bring back Paganism. An appendix contains a good bibliography, and there is an excellent index.

The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets. Compiled by J. C. SQUIRE. (8s. 6d. net. Cambridge University Press.)

The title of this anthology sufficiently indicates the character of its contents, and the compiler's name is adequate guarantee of judgment and good taste in the selection of specimens of our lesser poetry. The range is great-from the fourteenth to the close of the nineteenth century. While the volume will be most

prized by students who experience difficulty in finding examples of verse written by dwellers among the foot-hills of Parnassus, many general readers will be charmed by shy poetical blooms hidden from the ordinary eye. Many of the writers are anonymous, and poets are quoted whose names seldom, or never, occur in the usual literary histories or anthologies. Only those who in some small way have sought to compile a list suitable for such a selection can understand the difficulties Mr. Squire has had to overcome, and appreciate the care with which he has done his work. The book will deservedly rank with others of its kind like The Golden Treasury" and "The Oxford Book of English Verse."

(1) A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath. Edited by JANE C. TUNNELL. (5s. net. millan.)

By J. L. Allen. New York: Mac

(2) Culture and Anarchy. By M. ARNOLD. Edited by Prof. W. S. KNICKERBOCKER. (5s. net. New York: Macmillan.) (3) Little Women; or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. By LOUISA M. ALCOTT. (5s. net. New York: Macmillan.) These are volumes of a new "Modern Reader's Series" of which the strong, neat binding is a most attractive feature. "A Kentucky Cardinal (1) deserves a permanent place in fiction, and "Little Women" (3), which had an immense vogue fifty years ago, was well worth reviving. Oration and Poem Delivered at Yale University on the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Society of Phi Beta Kappa. The Idea of a College. By C. B. TINKER, Quincibald in Mediocria. By L. BACON. (4s. 6d. net. New Haven : Yale University Press.)

The American University society known as Phi Beta Kappa (from the initial letters of " Philosophia Biou Kubernetes "') was founded in the first year of the Commonwealth, 1776. The oration and poem delivered at its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary have a fine flavour of academic conservatism. Individual Work in English and Composition for Juniors. By ANITA RICHARDS. (3s. 6d. net. Pitman.)

Large classes, small classes, individual work, are three progressive stages in educational development; and thoughtful teachers are everywhere endeavouring to reach the third and ideal stage. At this even the youngest are taught to think and work for and by themselves. In this little volume, Miss Richards, a teacher of long experience and marked success, gives to students in training colleges and to teachers accustomed to older methods practical suggestions on her subject. English and composition, she holds, must be taught together, and literature gradually introduced as the child moves up school.

A Century of English Literature: A Companion to Elton's Surveys of English Literature, 1780-1830 and 1830-80. Edited by Prof. A. A. COCK and MARGARET J. STEEL. In Four Books. Book I. Poetry, 1780-1830. Book II. Prose, 1780-1830. (2s. 6d. each. Arnold.)

These volumes contain a series of extracts illustrating the themes and the authors dealt with by Prof. Oliver Elton, and the literary specimens are introduced by some telling sentences from his "Survey." The selection of poems contains such pieces as one would naturally look for; and the prose extracts (always more difficult to make) strike one as being particularly happy. In both volumes the joint editors have done their work carefully and judiciously. If the two books that are to follow, in order to bring the century to an end in 1880, are equally successful, the whole will form an excellent text-book for one of the most important of our literary eras, whether or not the student has the additional advantage of studying them in conjunction with Prof. Elton's valuable work.

(1) Moses, My Otter: Being the Story of Madame Moses the Otter, and her sister Aaron; of Thomas Romeo Grievous Otter, and of their friend Tiny the Terrier. Told by FRANCES PITT. (5s. net. Arrowsmith.)

(2) Animals of Other Lands. By LENA DALKEITH. Nelson.)

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(1) In the course of a dozen pages the reviewer had thought of at least as many friends and acquaintances to whom a present of this delectable book must be made. It will suit any genuine lover of wild creatures equally well, whether grown-up or still a member of school or nursery; so, also, as it is a history by a well-known, competent, and highly sympathetic observer, and not merely a story of an otter, it will be no less appreciated by the naturalist than by the enthusiastic amateur of pets. If possible, the illustrations, reproductions of actual photographs of Madame Moses, of Aaron, her sister, of Tom Otter, and of Tiny, the terrier, are more fascinating than the story. It is strange to

learn that these baby otters had no instinct to tell them that fish was good to eat; moreover they were afraid of water, would not even enter it at first, and learnt that they could swim only after accidentally tumbling into a pond. (2) Twenty-two animals, such as the lion, giraffe, and kangaroo, give in simple language an account of their own lives in their native haunts in (2), which should form, as is intended, a pleasantly instructive reading companion to the geography lesson. The illustrations are good for such a cheap work.

The Phrase Readers: for Infants and Juniors. By ED. J.'S. Lay and E. MARY JONES. Books I, II, and III. (Is. 6d. each. Macmillan.)

In these, the uppermost idea is to train the child to visualize and read groups of words, and, for this purpose, the beginning of each story is separated into phrases by short diagonal lines. Each picture, too, is described by a phrase taken from the text, and, where possible, any unusual word has been included in these passages so that the child may master it before beginning the actual reading-lesson. As is fitting for little people, these books, light in weight and firmly bound, are beautifully printed. (1) Uncle Tom's Cabin. By HARRIET B. STOWE. (2) The Three Musketeers. By A. DUMAS. Edited and Abridged by M. E. SHATTUCK. (3) On Liberty and Other Essays. By J. S. MILL. (4) Essays. By W. HAZLITT. Selected and Edited with an Introduction by Prof. C. H. GRAY. (5s. each net. New York: Macmillan.)

Four new volumes in the strongly and attractively bound series of the New York Macmillan Company. The Hazlitt essays (4) are a good selection.

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A Commentary and Questionnaire on The Talisman" (Scott), by S. EPSTEIN; "The Cloister and the Hearth" (C. Reade), by K. E. CLARKE; "As You Like It" (Shakespeare), by M. ORCHARD. (6d. each. Pitman.)

A Commentary and Questionnaire on Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome, &c. (Edited by J. H. FLATHER.) By Dr. P. W. FRENCH. (6d. Pitman.)

Ben-Hur. By L. WALLACE. Adapted for Use in Schools by ELIZABETH D'OYLEY. (IS. 4d. Bell. Glasgow: Holmes.) De Quincey. Selections. With Essays by L. STEPHEN and F. THOMPSON. With an Introduction and Notes by M. R. RIDLEY. (3s. 6d. net. Clarendon Press.)

Selected Essays of Walter Bagehot. Sylvia's Lovers. By ELIZABETH C. GASKELL. Lays of Ancient Rome. By Lord MACAULAY. (Is. 6d. net each. Nelson.)

Ten-Minute Tales. By S. SOUTHWOLD. (2s. 3d. Longmans.) Elizabeth June: Her Mother's Diary. Edited by MARGARET CROPPER. (IS. S.P.C.K.)

The Jenny Lind Book of Children's Sayings. Collected by H. C. COLMAN. (2s. 6d. Norwich: Jarrolds.)

The Merchant at Arms. By R. OAKESHOTT. Abridged for School Use by J. C. ALLEN. (2s. Longmans.)

A Higher English Grammar. By L. TIPPING.

(3s. 6d.

Macmillan.) Stories to Tell and How to Tell Them. By ELIZABETH CLARK. (3s. 6d. net. University of London Press.) Memorandum on the Teaching of English: Issued by the Incorporated Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools. New and Revised Edition. (3s. 6d. Cambridge University Press.)

Horace Up to Date. (3s. 6d. net. Black.)

The author of this book of clever, witty, and often wise verse takes every precaution to conceal his identity. Hints at his experience and opinions are purposely vague, but some notion of these may be gathered by open-eyed interlinear reading.

Part of his camouflage is the faking in anticipation of press notices of his book, some of them turgidly favourable, others immoderately slashing. Certain critics, he roguishly suggests, will identify him with "A Gentleman with a Dustbin [the italics are ours]. He certainly rakes in some such receptacle for political, economic, and social foibles and abuses (often Cockney ones), and, exposing these, satirizes them after the manner of Horace, his prototype. While motley is his only (or his common) wear, he dispenses much sound sense and good advice. His sugared cane falls on the indifferent medico who too easily acquires a competence by panel practice; on the callow, conceited, Bolshevistic undergraduate; on the shady company promotor who pays into party funds the price of a knighthood; on ladies who affect (even when elderly) all too short skirts and tip the paper tube with fire." Then, again, after Horace, there is praise of the golden mean between the little and the great. Sometimes the author follows Horace nearly,

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But sometimes cribs from him a mere suggestion." Hence, while the book is no Bohn, the classical scholar will re'ish its pervading Horatian flavour, and the general reader its bright witticisms worthy of Punch, when Punch is very good. The New Readers' Shakespeare. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Edited by G. B. HARRISON and F. H. PRITCHARD. (Is. Harrap.) Edited by

The Touchstone Shakespeare. King Henry V.
G. BOAS. (2s. Arnold.)

The Touchstone Shakespeare. The Tempest. Edited by G. BOAS. (Is. 91. Arnold.)

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These editions have, severally, certain distinctive and useful features. "New Readers" are provided with stage directions like those given by Mr. Shaw in Saint Joan," instead of the This formal settings inherited from the eighteenth century. enables one to visualize in the study what one would actually see in the theatre. Elaborate notes are thus saved, and are replaced by a glossary. Mr. Guy Boas prefixes to each play a brief Introduction to Shakespeare," and a special preface to the play in question. Both are written with admirable suggestiveness and freshness. The purpose of each act, and the dramatic progress of each scene are succinctly and cleverly stated, sometimes in a word, sometimes in a sentence-a plan preferable to erudite discussions that are apt to perplex rather than to aid the young student. All these plays have exercises added that are calculated to arouse interest and induce thought. Types of Poetry, exclusive of the Drama. With Introduction and Notes by Prof. H. J. HALL. (15s. net. Ginn.) Classification of poetry according to types-ballad, epic, lyric, pastoral, elegy, and so forth, with their subdivisions-has its obvious conveniences, and is, as Mr. Hall says, "a method now well established in collegiate literary study." It has also its obvious dangers: it may make form seem more important than substance, or it may be less inspiring and less educative than the following of an individual poet's mind through the diverse forms in which his poetry is presented. But the dangers, once realized, can be guarded against, and they do not destroy the advantage of having at least one large collection made upon the principle here adopted. In some 650 pages with double columns, Mr. Hall has spread out an ample feast of English poetry, much of it delectable, including not a little from contemporary poets, English and American. His standard is, however, not sufficiently exacting. At times it recalls those nineteenth-century collections of a thousand-and-one gems of poetry which included not a few names of facile versifiers now wholly forgotten. There would be no rashness in predicting the like oblivion for some of the contemporary poems admitted by Mr. Hall.

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John Keats. Selected Poems. Edited by H. M. MARGOLIOUTH.
Coleridge. Selected Poems and Prose. Edited by R. B.
HALES. (Cloth, Is. 3d. each. Paper, Is. each. Black.)
Idylls of the King. By ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. (2s. 6d.
Macmillan.)
The School for Scandal. By R. B. SHERIDAN. With Introduction
and Notes by R. HERRING. (IS. od. Macmillan.)
The Socrates Booklets. XI. Wordsworth. Lyrical Ballads, with
a Few Other Poems." Edited by H. M. MARGOLIOUTH.
XII. Via Lyrica: an Anthology, mainly of Lyrical Poems.
Edited by J. W. TURNER. (Is. each, paper. IS. 3d. each.
Cloth. Blach.

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Nelson's Wall Atlas of the British Isles: England and WalesPolitical. (Unmounted, 3s. 6d. net. Mounted on a wooden slip, 4s. 6d. net. Mounted on linen and dissected to fold, with metal eyelets, and contained in a case, 7s. net. Nelson.) This is a very useful map for school purposes. The counties are shown clearly in different colours and, by the use of distinctive symbols, the chief towns and their populations are indicated. The main railway systems are shown in red. An important advantage, educationally, is that the map is not overloaded with minor details; it is drawn and printed by Messrs. John Bartholomew & Sons, Ltd.

(1)_The_British Isles: Their Life and Work. By E. L. BRYSON and G. S. MAXTON. (2s. 6d. McDougall.)

(2) Work and Workers. Parts I and II. By A. O. Cooke. (10d. each. Nelson.)

(3) Round the Wonderful World. Part I. From London to Port Said. By G. E. MITTON. (IS. Nelson.)

(4) Northward Ho! an Account of the Far North and its People. Selected from the Writings of V. STEFANSSON and Adapted for Boys and Girls by JULIA A. SCHWARTZ. (2s. 3d. Harrap.)

(5)_A_Regional Survey of Foreign Lands Outside Europe. By T. S. MUIR. (Cloth, Is. 6d. Paper, Is. 3d. Chambers.) (1) The sections into which this booklet is divided, provide a series of reading lessons some of which are extracts from the works of eminent writers. Throughout the book the subject matter is presented in a way that will appeal to young people much more directly than that in the ordinary geography book, and this appeal will be greatly enhanced by the excellent picture illustration. (2) and (3) Neatly bound and with clearly printed text, these attractive little books are written in a style which will certainly rouse the interest of young people. Each volume is designed to form a reading companion to one of the volumes already published in Nelson's Geography Practice Series. (4) The work of Stefansson in the Far North added very greatly to our knowledge of the Arctic Regions and of the Eskimos, and so extracts from his writings provide an excellent series of reading lessons for children who cannot yet obtain his complete works. The selection has been carefully made and suitable pictures are provided with the text. (5) When preparing for school examinations, boys and girls will find this book very useful, as it contains a great deal of information in a small space. It deals particularly with the regional geography of Asia, Africa, and America.

The Polar Regions: A Physical and Economic Geography of the Arctic and Antarctic. By Dr. R. N. RUDMOSE BROWN.

(12s. 6d. net. Methuen.)

The need of a systematic account of the Polar Regions has long been felt by students of geography. All other parts of the world have been fully described in the various series of textbooks. From time to time Arctic explorers have published excellent reports of their expeditions and from these the inquiring reader has had to dig out any information that he wished to obtain. Dr. Rudmose Brown has therefore done a great service to geographers in compiling from the works of these explorers a well-arranged account of the polar regions and at the same time incorporating in the work his own personal knowledge of polar lands and seas. After giving a résumé of the work of exploration in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, Dr. Rudmose Brown proceeds to describe the physiography of the regions, under such headings as polar climate, ocean currents, ice sheets, and glaciers, vegetation, and animal life; he also discusses the Eskimo and the possibility of colonization in Greenland, Spitzbergen, and the Canadian Archipelago. This volume can be thoroughly recommended as a text-book to university students and to pupils who are taking advanced geography courses in secondary and public schools.

In Praise of France. By S. GWYNN. (10s. 6d. net. Nisbet.) The author of this book has lived for many years in out-of-theway places in France where he has gained intimate knowledge of French people and French customs. He hates the very name of tourist, a man who knows hotels, churches, and picture galleries because other tourists have discovered them. Our author loves to tell us about the people he lived with and the quaint places he visited, but most of all he delights to describe the sport of fishing for trout in small streams that few English people have ever heard of. He writes a most interesting chapter on The Vintage Time in Bordeaux," and another on "The Classics of the Table " in which he gives some amusing extracts from the Almanach des Gourmands," founded by Grimod in

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(1) Human Environment and Progress: The Outline of World Historical Geography. By W. R. KERMACK. (4S. Johnston.) (2) Collins' Clear-Type Atlas of the World. By E. A. MANCHESTER. (IS. Collins.)

(1) It is a satisfactory sign of the times that more writers of school geographies are now emphasizing the human aspect of the subject. The main purpose of this book is to show the influence of the geographical setting on the progress of the historical events. The writer does this very successfully, and illustrates his work by references to parts of the Empire and to selected areas such as the United States, the Mediterranean Region, the Monsoon lands of Asia and the new countries of Europe. (2) The sixteen maps in this atlas are larger in size, well coloured, and the names are clearly printed. For such a satisfactory production the price is very low.

Geography: The Magazine of the Geographical Association. (2s. 6d. net. Philip & Son.)

The Geographical Association has so widened the scope of its activity and usefulness during the past ten years, that it has been deemed advisable to change the name of its official organ from Geographical Teacher to Geography. The latest issue of this magazine contains a number of excellent articles of general interest, as well as reports of papers read at various geographical meetings. The publication of such a magazine is not only of considerable value to the general reader and to the students, but to teachers of geography in any grade of school it is indispensable. Teachers will find reliable information for the preparation of lessons, notes on geographical literature, and, through its help they will be able to get into touch with the special committees set up by the Geographical Association to consider syllabuses, examinations, and other problems. It is also hoped that a copy of this magazine will be provided in all those public libraries that cater for the educational advancement of the readers.

(1) Australasia and the Pacific Islands. By W. F. MORRIS. (IS. 63. Cassell..)

(2) The Mediterranean Lands. Compiled by W. J. GLOVER. (Is. 6d. Cassell.)

Messrs Cassell & Co. have just added these books to their series of geography books suitable for junior forms. The first gives a concise account of Australia and New Zealand with special reference to physical features and economic resources. Numerous questions and exercises which accompany the text provide materials for individual work. (2) The chapters in " The Mediterranean Lands" provide a series of reading lessons by means of extracts carefully selected from the writings of wellknown authors.

W. and A. K. Johnston's Map of the World on Comparative Projections. (Mounted on cloth and rollers, varnished, or mounted on cloth, dissected to fold, and eyeletted, 14s. Johnston.)

The size of this wall map (48 in. × 28 in.) is a very convenient one either for teaching small classes or for purposes of reference in the study or office. All names are clearly printed and the political divisions of the continents are strikingly shown by an effective scheme of colouring. The net-work of the map is based on Van der Grinten's Projection with an Equatorial natural scale of 1: 33,000,000. Under the large map on the same sheet are three smaller maps of the world drawn respectively to Mercator's Projection, the Globular Projection, and Mollweide's Projection.

Mathematical Geography. By Prof. A. H. JAMESON and Prof. M. T. M. ORMSBY. Vol. I. Elementary Surveying and Map Projection. (5s. net. Pitman.)

For advanced pupils in secondary schools and for students preparing for a degree or diploma in geography at the Universities a book such as this on Surveying and Map Projections was certainly needed. The chief merit of the present volume lies in the fact that it has been compiled by practical teachers from their lecture notes and from actual experience in the field. Throughout the book, the explanations are clearly expressed and with a knowledge of elementary mathematics, the student will have little difficulty in plotting out the network for the various projections referred to in the text. Commercial Raw Materials: the Origin, Preparation, and Uses of the Important Raw Materials of Commerce. By C. R. TOOTHAKER. Revised Edition. (8s. 6d. net. Ginn.) North America. By C. MATHESON. (3s. 6d. Clarendon Press.) A Complete School Geography. By E. G. R. TAYLOR. In Two Volumes. Volume II. The World: its Political Geography, Industries, and Commerce. (5s. 6d. Methuen.)