This handy selection makes an author, hitherto more famous than read, accessible to schools.

Sheridan. The Critic. Edited by W. H. Low and Dr. A. S. COLLINS. (IS. 3d. University Tutorial Press.)

The notes to a comedy which still bears no mark of age are all that a conscientious reader or a candidate for examination could require, and the Introduction, consisting of a life of Sheridan, and remarks on the structure and origin of the play and on its leading characters, would certainly add to the interest of that play, if any addition were needed.

The Rehearsal. By G. VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, and The Critic, by R. B. SHERIDAN. (3s. 6d. net. Methuen.) The association of these two burlesques, both of which satirize the popular drama of their day, in one volume, is a happy one. The introduction gives an interesting account of the development of the English drama in the hundred years by which the dates of their respective appearances are separated.

Ballads for Acting. Arranged by V. B. LAWTON. (2s. 6d. In 5 Parts, 4d. each. The Sheldon Press.)

Select Poems by William Wordsworth. (Is. Blackie.)

A Book of Hill School Verse (1920-1926). Compiled by F. W. GRAVES. (8s. 6d. net. New York: Macmillan.)

The Matriculation Shakespeare. The Tempest. Edited by A. R. WEEKES and Dr. A. S. COLLINS. (Cloth, 2s. Paper, 1s. 6d. University Tutorial Press.)

Some New Light on Chaucer: Lectures Delivered at the Lowell
Institute. By J. M. MANLY. (7s. 6d. net. Bell.)

Paul Valéry: The Taylorisan Lecture, 1927. By the Rt. Hon.
H. A. L. FISHER. (2s. net. Clarendon Press.)
Selected Poems by William Blake. (Cloth, 2s. net. Leather,
3s. 6d. net. Oxford University Press.)

The Touchstone Shakespeare. The First Part of King Henry IV.
Edited by G. BOAS. (2s. Arnold.)

Wordsworth. Michael, Intimations of Mortality, Selected Sonnets. Edited by Dr. A. S. COLLINS and G. E. HOLLINGWORTH. (Is. 6d. University Tutorial Press.)

The October issue of History, published by Messrs. Macmillan & Co., Ltd., contains "A Memorandum on the Provision of History Books for Elementary Schools," approved by the Council of the Historical Association.

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An article on "The Value of Handicrafts in Education" has been contributed to the November issue of The Parents' Review by Miss A. C. Drury, senior handicraft teacher, House of Education.

(1) A Statistical Atlas of the World. Compiled by Dr. J. STEPHENSON. (7s. 6d. net. Pitman.)

(2) Philips' Visual Contour Atlas. Suffolk Edition. (IS. 4d. Philip.)

(3) Macmillan's Geographical Exercise Books. The Northern Continents. With Questions by B. C. WALLIS. (IS. Macmillan.)

(1) Accurate work in geography must be based on statistical facts, and for this purpose an enormous amount of information has been compiled in this volume. Section I deals with the general principles of geography, and Section II with regional geography. Throughout the work each sub-division consists of well written descriptions, test papers, statistical tables and sketch maps and diagrams. The statistical tables are printed with great clearness, and all the figures have been taken from official publications. Not only will this atlas be useful to students as a work of reference, but it will also provide teachers with ample materials for the preparation of geography lessons. (2) and (3) The respective series, to which these publications have just been added, are already used widely in many schools. The atlas from Philip & Co. contains five special maps of Suffolk, while the Geographical Exercise Book from Macmillan & Co. contains printed outline maps on which the exercises on the Northern Continents can be answered.

(1) A Preparatory Geography. By J. H. GRIEVE. (2s. 6d. net. Deane.)

(2) The Preliminary Geography. By E. G. HODGKISON. Fourth Edition. (2s. 6d. University Tutorial Press.)

(1) The Preparatory Geography" has evidently been written for boys who are preparing for the entrance examination for public schools. The lessons deal briefly with the whole world and hence the subject matter is necessarily condensed in a small compass. Lists of openings (page 65) and lists of countries (pages 72 and 73) might with advantage have been omitted from the text in order to make more room for descriptive matter. (2) A great deal of information is compressed into this small book of 220 pages; within this small space, however, there are lessons on the physical geography, climate, natural productions, and the various land areas of the world. In using

this book, as well as The Preparatory Geography,' it would be necessary for the teacher to supplement the lessons in the text with oral instruction.

The United States of America: Studies in Physical, Regional, Industrial, and Human Geography. By Prof. A. P. BRIGHAM. (8s. 6d. net. University of London Press.)

In 1924 Prof. Brigham delivered a course of lectures on the United States of America at the University of London, and in this volume the lectures are printed together with additional chapters on other important phases of American geography. The climate, natural resources, industries, and commerce of the United States are ably discussed, but the most illuminating • chapters are those which deal with the population of the United States as regards composition, distribution, education, tradition,

and language. To English readers it is particularly interesting to find an American writer elaborating the theses that the basal structure of American life is derived from Great Britain; that the fundamental blessings of liberty, justice, and order, which Americans now enjoy, came with the founders from over the sea, and that these blessings have survived all the changes of circumstance, the pressure of environment and the mingling of new elements of population. Numerous maps illustrate the text, a good bibliography is printed at the end of each chapter, and a statistical appendix at the end of the volume.

(1) General and Regional Geography for Students. By Prof. J. F. UNSTEAD and E. G. R. TAYLOR. Tenth Edition. Entirely Re-set. (7s. 6d. Philip.)

(2) Europe and the Mediterranean Region. By J. B. REYNOLDS. Tenth Edition. (2s. 6d. Black.)

(3) The Old Country. By Prof. L. W. LYDE and E. M. BUTTERWORTH. (2s. 6d. Blackie.)

(1) In the tenth edition, just issued, the authors have revised and partly re-written the chapters of this very popular textbook. Students in training colleges and senior pupils in schools will find the new edition particularly helpful in preparing for the various public examinations. (2) For junior forms this little geography can be thoroughly recommended, as the descriptions are well written, the text is printed in large type, and the pictures and maps provide very satisfactory illustrations. (3) In Part I the physical geography of the British Isles is first dealt with, and in Part II the lessons form an excellent introduction to economic geography. Our farm lands, fisheries, industries, transport, are all described in a manner particularly suitable for young people.

Through Jade Gate and Central Asia: An Account of Journeys in Kansu, Turkestan, and the Gobi Desert. By MILDRED CABLE and FRANCESCA FRENCH. (10s. net. Constable.) Europe and the Mediterranean Region. By J. B. REYNOLDS. Tenth Edition. (2s. 6d. Black.)

Air Route Map of the World. (Mounted on Cloth and Rollers, Varnished, 35s. Mounted on Cloth in Sections to fold, in Thumbhole Case, 38s. Library Edition, Mounted on Cloth, folded in Book, 38s. Johnston.)

A Shorter Physical Geography. By Prof. E. DE MARTONNE. Translated from the French by E. D. LABORDE. (7s. 6d. Christophers.)

World Geography. By ED. J. S. LAY. Book I. General Geography. Book II. Continents and Countries. Book III. Commercial Geography. (Book I., Is. Book II., IS. 3d. Book III., 2s. 3d. Macmillan.)

Seaways and Sea Trade: Being a Maritime Geography of Routes, Ports, Rivers, Canals, and Cargoes. By A. C. HARDY. (158. net. Routledge.)

Operative Geographies: A Complete Geography Scheme in 8 Volumes. Europe. By W. F. MORRIS. (IS. Cassell.)

Nelson's History Charts. England and France, Covering Twenty Centuries. With Notes and Instructions for Use. Prepared by F. J. WEAVER. (IS. 6d. Nelson.)

The charts show the centuries divided into decades, and the reigns of kings, leaving detailed dates, names, and events to be inserted by the pupil. Mr. Weaver's notes and instructions are admirable.

A History of Europe. Period 1789-1920. By Prof. Sir R. LODGE and D. B. HORN. (7s. 6d. Murray.)

This volume consists of two sections, both of which have been published before. Their union, however, makes an exceedingly useful and attractive text-book of recent European history. Of the eleven chapters in the book, the first seven come from that standard work, Sir Richard Lodge's 'Modern Europe"; the last four, covering the half-century 1871-1920, are from the capable pen of Mr. D. B. Horn of the University of Edinburgh. The one serious defect of the volume is the lack of both footnotes and bibliography.

Nelson. By Sir G. ASTON. (6d. Benn.)

A History of Russia. By PRINCE D. S. MIRSKY. (6d. Benn.) A History of China. By Prof. W. E. SOOTHILL. (6d. Benn.) These three booklets, each of eighty pages, well maintain the standard of Messrs. Benn's "Sixpenny Library" in which they appear. Each provides in an admirable manner an encyclopaedic survey of its subject, written with grace and with masterly authority. We sincerely hope that in due time some of these notable monographs will be re-issued on larger and thicker paper and with cloth covers. They are worthy of a permanent place on the shelves of a library.

Revolution and Reaction in Modern France. By G. L. DICKINSON. Second Edition. (7s. 6d. net. Allen & Unwin.) Thirty-five years have elapsed since Mr. Lowes Dickinson published the first edition of this work. It at once attained a wide popularity as a brilliantly-written and illuminating sketch of French history from 1789 to 1871. It has long been out of print and almost unobtainable. A new edition is very welcome, even though the author has not felt able to undertake the considerable task of revising the work in the light of recent research. The main divergence from the first edition is to be found in the last chapter, which has been amended and supplemented.

International Civics: The Community of Nations. By Prof. P. B.

POTTER and R. L. WEST. (78. net. New York: Macmillan.) Supporters of the League of Nations will welcome this convenient handbook. It does three things: first, it describes the existing community of nations; secondly, it discusses the problem of the maintenance of international justice and peace ; thirdly, it considers the question of the development of future international government. It contains much interesting information in surprisingly small compass, and it presents some excellent illustrations.

Outlines of British Social History. By E. H. DANCE. (3s. Longmans.)

This is a well-planned and well-written survey of British social history. In twenty-eight compact chapters, excellently illustrated, accompanied by extracts from sources, and followed by test questions, Mr. Dance depicts the way of life of our ancestors from pre-historic times to the end of the nineteenth century. This little volume should prove to be an invaluable companion to the ordinary text-book of English history. On History: a Study of Present Tendencies. By A. L. Rowse. (2s. 6d. net. Kegan Paul.)

This is a curious little book, clever, interesting, brilliant in parts, provocative, yet crude and immature. It needs reconsideration, recasting, rewriting, and above all, clarifying. The author pleads mainly for three things, viz., first, the abandonment of the present excessive insistence upon research in history, and the concentration of attention upon the co-ordination of the results of the prodigious researches of recent years; secondly, the return to the lofty literary standards of the older historians, and the departure from the arid deserts of the modern scientific presentation of history; thirdly, the acceptance of the Marxian principle of the economic interpretation of history, and the reconstruction of history on that principle.

Historical Atlas. By Prof. W. R. SHEPHERD. Sixth Edition. (18s. net. University of London Press.)

Prof. Shepherd's Historial Atlas is well-known as one of the best of the more expensive collections of maps illustrative of political and social change. The present edition-the sixthdoes not materially differ from any one of its three predecessors. A few new maps depicting post-war developments are much to be desired.

Archon or The Future of Government. By H. FYFE. (2s. 6d. net. Kegan Paul.)

A History of Russia. By Prince D. S. MIRSKY. A History of China. By Prof. W. E. SOOTHILL. (6d. each. Benn.) Caledonia or The Future of the Scots. By G. M. THOMSON. Albyn or Scotland and the Future. By C. M. GRIEVE. (2s. 6d. each net Kegan Paul.)

A Short History of Great Britain Since 1714. By R. B. MOWAT. (3s. 6d. net. Oxford University Press.)

The Revolution to Waterloo. By T. BEVAN. (2s. 6d. net. Sampson
Low.)

A Social History of England. By Dr. F. BRADSHAW.
Edition. (6s. University Tutorial Press.)

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Local Government for Beginners. By MARGARET I. COLE. (Cloth, 2s. Paper, Is. Longmans.)

A History of India. By Dr. E. THOMPSON. (6d. Benn.)
The Civilization of Japan. By Prof. J. I. BRYAN. (2s. net.
Williams & Norgate.)

Burgundy, Past and Present. By EVELYN M. HATCH. (8s. 6d. net. Methuen.)

A Book of French Conversation. By E. T. GRIFFITHS and E. HUGH. (2s. 6d. Pitman.)

As the authors of this book point out, the oral test in French at the First Public Examination requires and deserves systematic preparation. One form which this may take is the reading, memorizing, and acting of short episodes in dramatic form, such as the "Épisodes en action" by Mr. Stuart Walters, which is widely used for the purpose. The authors have written close on fifty scenes of everyday life, which are bright, easy to act, and calculated to give a command of idiomatic conversational French.

Die Kopierpresse: Kaufmannsgeschichten.

Von F. MÜLLERPARTENKIRCHEN. (Leipzig: Staackmann Verlag.) Here is matter to entice even the most apathetic. In a series of stories and sketches, amusing and yet wholly serious, the student is taken through all the pitfalls that lie in wait for the young man embarking on a business career. We see the apprentice endeavouring to obtain the training that is his due, and the young junior clerk coping more or less successfully with sudden perplexity. No young man can read with indifference these tales of difficulties such as he himself might meet with any hour-may even have faced already. And, reading them, he learns not only the language of modern business practice, but also the inwardness of commercial phenomena, and learns it all with laughter and sympathy. Take, for instance, the tale

of a lad who inherited from an aunt a single share in a sawmill company, and decided to attend the Annual General Meeting. On arrival he is mistaken for a traveller in lubricating oils and told to clear out as they are stocked up for the next seven years. Finding out that he represents only one share, the Secretary tries to ignore him, but he is fresh from a course in Company Law and turns the tables by moving a vote of censure on the management for forward buying of oil-a commodity with a fluctuating market. The Secretary is obliged to minute this motion, and the Board begins to regard the young shareholder with apprehension. But his next proposal is a general rise in emoluments, after which he takes his leave amid approval and invitations to lunch. The youth who reads this story masters more than mere German terms and phraseology, he learns besides all the rights and limitations of shareholders.

And when he closes the book he will have learnt that, although this queer world of ours is not free from tragedy, loyalty, courage and humour will carry a man through everything.

German Free Composition. By L. M. HAYES. (2s. 6d. Dent.) This help to free composition contains thirty-five sections which deal at first with such simple subjects as Unsere Wohnung " and der Hund," then with others such as "Eine Feuersbrunst" and Die Eroberung der Lüfte," and finally with "Die Staatsverfassung and "Der Völkerbund." In each section we find a number of questions under different headings,

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and well compiled exercises on grammar and vocabulary. Both questions and exercises serve to extend the learner's stock of words in an interesting fashion; and it may safely be said that any one working through this book will derive much benefit, and be able to write free compositions more accurately and more idiomatically.

La Bastille Légendes et Histoire.

By F. FUNCK-BRENTANO. Abridged and Edited by K. T. GEMMELL.

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Edition. (2s. 3d. Harrap.) From M. Funck-Brentano's Légendes et Archives de la Bastille Mr. Gemmell has drawn the materials for this interesting reader. It describes 'La Vie à la Bastille," gives an account of famous and notorious men who have been imprisoned there, including the man in the iron mask, and relates in detail the events of the 14th of July. The notes (in English) testify to the diligence and competence of the editor. There are English sentences, based on the text, for translation into French and some subjects for free composition. A French-English vocabulary completes the book.

A First Book of French Poetry. Selected and Edited by Prof. R. L. G. RITCHIE. (IS. 9d. Nelson.)

Prof. Ritchie, the general editor of Nelson's admirable "Modern Studies" series, has edited this volume himself, and--as was to be expected-he has done it admirably. His brief introduction on prosody, poetic diction, and poetic thought is well written and to the point. Each poem is followed by notes that explain difficulties and by questions, some of which deal with the subject matter while others refer to points of grammar or vocabulary. The last section consists of eight songs with music. There is also a full vocabulary.

Método Práctico: a Course in Spanish Conversation.

By A. YBARRA. New and Revised Edition by A. ELÍAS. (4s. 6d. Heath.)

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The original version of Sr. Ybarra's "Método Práctico was issued forty years ago, and the book has a well-established reputation in the United States. So many new ideas call for expression, and so many new words and phrases have come into use since the first appearance of the book that a new and revised

Das Oxforder Buch Deutscher Dichtung: vom 12ten bis zum 20sten Jahrhundert. Herausgegeben von Prof. H. G. FIEdler. (8s. 6d. net. India paper, Is. net. Oxford University Press.) French Prose of To-Day. Selected and Edited by the Compilers of "French Poems of To-Day." (3s. 6d. Sidgwick & Jackson.) Das Fräulein Von Scuderi. Von E. T. A HOFFMANN. Edited by W. R. P. RIDGWAY and M. HANNAY. (9d. Methuen.) Manuel de Phonétique Française: Théorie-Exercices-Lectures. By Prof. G. BONNARD. (Fr. 4. Lausanne Librairie Payot.) Comparative Idiom: An Introduction to the Study of Modern Languages. By R. J. HAYES. (3s. 6d. net. Dublin: Hodges & Figgis.)

Neo-Hegelianism. By Prof. H. HALDAR. (25s. net. Cranton.) The discussion of the theories of fourteen famous representatives of British Neo-Hegelianism becomes in reality a full and accurate history of the movement, and as such supplies a felt need of students of philosophy.

The Groundwork of Psychology. By Prof. G. F. STOUT. Revised by Dr. R. H. THOULESS. Second Edition. (5s. 6d. University Tutorial Press.)

Prof. Stout's most useful little text book has been revised and brought up to date by Dr. Thouless, who has rewritten the sections dealing with topics on which recent work has thrown fresh light. The chapters on Attention, Interest, and Instinct (including a section on the Measurement of Intelligence) are all new, and there are considerable alterations in the treatment of Body and Mind, and the Perception of External Objects. This revision has replaced the book in its old position as one of the most useful introductions to the subject.

The Mind. By Various Authors. A Series of Lectures Delivered

in King's College, London, During the Lent Term, 1927. Edited by Dr. R. J. S. McDOWALL. (8s. 6d. net. Longmans.) This book brings to one's mind (if one may so speak) the old saying, What is matter? Never mind. What is mind? No matter." Ten learned folk, representing respectively, biology, physiology, psychology, psychotherapy, physics, philosophy, education, aesthetic, anthropology, and sociology, have here let themselves go freely on the subject of mind-the psychologist counting for no more than the physiologist or the physicist. We should expect that different readers will start with different chapters, and that not a high proportion will read all. total effect of the book is interesting, if not illuminating. Many of our readers will naturally turn first to the lecture in which the mind is considered from the point of view of the study of education. We hope they will agree with the lecturer that the study of education is not merely a branch of applied psychology. Problems in Psychopathology. By Dr. T. W. MITCHELL. (9s. net. Kegan Paul.)

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This book contains the substance of a course of lectures given to the British Institute of Philosophical Studies. Dr. Mitchell

PSYCHOLOGY

took psycho-analysis as the main theme of the lectures, because, he says, it is the dominating influence in all the work on medical psychology that is being done in the country at the present time; moreover as the greater part of the published opposition and criticism is founded on ignorance, he was glad to have the opportunity of explaining the truth about Freudianism. The book is concerned with theory rather than practice and is agreeably free from case-histories.

Social Psychology Interpreted. By Prof. J. W. SPROWLS. (18s. net. London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox. Baltimore, U.S.A.: Williams & Wilkins.)

A useful text-book for students of social psychology. The author gives a clear historical summary of the leading theoretical problems in this field, and as far as is possible in the present state of knowledge, attempts to reduce socio-psychological facts to orderly principles. He illustrates his points by discussion of concrete cases, i.e. special social situations. The list of supplementary readings which follows each chapter adds considerably to the value of the book.

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(1) On Being a Girl. By JESSIE E. GIBSON. (6s. 6d. net. New York: Macmillan.)

(2) Methods with Adolescents. By R. W. PRINGLE. (7s. 6d. net. Heath.)

Both these books show that the American secondary school has grown far away from its inception as an intellectual institution, and is definitely dealing with the feelings and activities as well as the memory and reason of the pupils. Miss Gibson has for many years been the " I student adviser" in a large high school in the far West, where she has year by year conducted discussion-classes on personal and social problems with all new girls. The subject matter for such discussions she organizes in three divisions: first, the girl's relation to her community; second, her relation to her family and friends; third, her own personality and its self-expression. Extremely practical suggestions are given for dealing with a wide range of subjects, and the book can be heartily recommended to leaders of girls' clubs and teachers of girls in continuation schools. Mr. Pringle's book deals with the teaching of the subjects of the secondary school

curriculum, but always from the point of view of the psychology of adolescence. Almost every chapter emphasizes the importance of self-activity, problem-solving, and vital experience, and though there is little that will be new to most trained English teachers, the treatment is stimulating as well as sound.

The Control of the Mind: A Handbook of Applied Psychology for the Ordinary Man. By Dr. R. H. THOULESS. (5s. Hodder & Stoughton.)

Why, asks the author of this book, do people go to lectures which claim to tell them how to "overcome their limitations"? Why, we may add, do they take correspondence courses which claim to show them how to concentrate fiercely and to remember infallibly? No doubt because they feel that they are not as mentally efficient as they might be. In this book Dr. Thouless comes to their rescue, with the advantage that he is a man of science, and the very opposite of a charlatan. He gives good counsel about forming and breaking habits, controlling emotions, sublimating instincts, destroying the inferiority complex, and so on. The book is a sound example of applied psychology, simply written and free from technicalities.

The Neurotic Personality. By Dr. R. G. GORDON. (10s. 6d. net. Kegan Paul.)

The neurotic patient existed, of course, before the Great War, but it is during the last dozen years or so that many books have appeared dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of a malady which, though very real, never obtains so much understanding and sympathy as obvious physical disease. Most of the books advocate a special kind of treatment, such as suggestion, hypnotism, psychoanalysis, psychological analysis, endocrine administration, and so on. Dr. Gordon rejects none of these, but again he pins his faith to none of them in particular. He believes that the physician should be acquainted with all methods that have been found successful, and should apply them according

The EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of ELECTRICAL, OPTICAL, and other PHYSICAL APPARATUS is to be held by the PHYSICAL SOCIETY and the OPTICAL SOCIETY on January 10, 11, and 12, 1928, at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington. As in previous years, the Exhibition will include the Trade Section, comprising the exhibits of manufacturing firms; and the Research and Experimental Section, initiated in 1926, will again be included. In the latter Section the Groups are: (a) Exhibits illustrating the results of recent physical research and improvements in laboratory practice. (b) Effective lecture experiments. (c) Repetitions of historical experiments.

Later Greek Religion. By E. BEVAN. (5s. net. Dent.)

The development of religious thought in the period which this book covers-from the third century B.C. to the third century A.D. is one of very great interest, not only for comparison with the earlier religious thought of the Greeks, but for the many points of contact with, and influence on, Christianity. The surviving material is chiefly that of educated and philosophic thought-the section on popular religion is very slight -so that throughout these centuries it is the working of the amor dei intellectualis which we witness the aspirations of the educated upper classes to find some way of salvation in a disintegrating world. The material from which to select is large, very often not easy of access and all the more welcome to the classical scholar who may be confined by the necessity of teaching to the earlier classical authors. Dr. Bevan has observed a just measure in the space which he allows to the various schools of thought. The selections from Aristides are particularly interesting, but we think Dio's thoughts about the Zeus at Olympia deserve inclusion. It is a pity that an index of the authors and passages quoted has not been added. Readers who possess this volume and Mr. Cornford's on early Greek religion in this series have now the means of following the movement of the Greek mind in a most important subject.

A Modern Handbook to the Old Testament. By R. B. HENDERSON. (3s. 6d. Christophers.)

Mr. Henderson's handbook is fresh and stimulating, planned on rather unconventional lines. The foreword has been written by his old teacher, Prof. Kennett, to whom the author expresses warm indebtedness. In the course of the book he deals among other matters with Hebrew idiom," trying to bring home to the English reader the different point of view implicit in Hebrew speech. Other chapters are devoted to the Pentateuch, From the Exodus to the Revolution of Jehu, The Times of the Five Greater Prophets, The Exile and the Return, The Greek Period, The Approach to the New Testament and Ideas of God in the Old Testament. According to the author P (i.e., 'the Priestly Cale') had been promulgated by Ezra by 432 B.C., and the Samaritan temple on Mount Gorizim had been erected by 420 B.C. The author does not seem to realize the difficulties inherent in this combination. When the Samaritans broke with the Jewish community in Jerusalem, their sympathizers in

Jerusalem carried over a complete Pentateuchal text which had undergone a long redactional history! The dates given by Mr. Henderson do not allow sufficient time for this. Josephus' date is far more probable and possible.

Can these Bones Live? Modern Christianity, Social Life, and the English Church. By the Rev. J. W. Boden. (4s. 6d. net. Constable.)

Mr. Worsley Boden writes with a refreshing breeziness which is not unattractive. With no pretensions to profound learning he discusses many problems of religion and church life, especially in their relation to modern movements of thought. He ardently desires to see religion brought into vital contact with modern life. The chapters in his book are devoted to such themes as Difficulties of Belief and Doctrine, Christianity and National Politics, The Social Revolution, Marriage and Divorce, The Hope of the Future. One can read Mr. Boden's pages with interest even while differing from some of his conclusions.

A Study of Church History to the End of the Thirteenth Century. By Dr. G. W. BUTTERWORTH. (2s. 6d. net. Student Christian Movement.)

We cordially commend Dr. Butterworth's "Study of Church History." It covers a good deal of ground in the space of 168 pages. It must have been no easy task to survey the history from the rise of the Christian movement to the end of the thirteenth century. The author has succeeded in doing this without being jejune. Readers and students needing an introductory manual which takes a broad survey could not do better than start with Dr. Butterworth's little book, which is admirably adapted also for class purposes.

Christianity in the Roman World: Its Rise and Progress to the Fall of the Western Empire. By D. ARMYTAGE. (5s. Bell.) The author explains that this volume is not a Church history in the ordinary sense. It has been written as "the result of a suggestion that it would be useful . . . if a book could be written which would Christianize the appropriate chapters in Gibbon.' Some of the author's chapter titles will show how he has tried to carry out his task: The Preparation of the World for Christianity," Rome and the Religions of the Empire," "Christian Life," Who is Christ?'' The Rise of

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the Papacy and the Coming of the Goth." Some chronological tables and a map of the Roman Empire complete a very readable volume.

Early Christians of Rome: Their Words and Pictures. By G. M. BEVAN. (Cloth, 4s. Paper, 2s. 6d. S.P.C.K.)

This instructive and attractive volume deserves to be widely known. From early pagan and Christian monuments at Rome it illustrates the environment of early Christianity in the city. The book contains a mass of useful information of an archæological kind, and will prove invaluable to the visitor at Rome. It is scholarly, abundantly well illustrated, and remarkably cheap.

The Epistle of St. James and Judaic Christianity. By Dr. G. H. RENDALL. (7s. 6d. net. Cambridge University Press.) It need hardly be said that Dr. Rendall's study of the Epistle of St. James is a work of high scholarship and an important contribution. Its value, however, is somewhat marred by defective acquaintance with the purely Jewish sources. Thus on page 59 he despairs of throwing any light on the phrase translated" and setteth on fire the wheel of nature" (iii. 6) and is obviously unaware of the existence of the full discussion and illustration of the passage from Rabbinic sources by Prof. G. Kittell in his recent book. It is unfortunate also to regard Josephus (page 61) as giving the best popular account of contemporary Pharisaism."

How to Teach the New Testament. By F. J. RAE. (6s. net. Hodder & Stoughton.)

This volume gives a series of lessons (sixty-six in number) covering the material contained in the New Testament from the birth of Jesus to the end of St. Paul's life. Each lesson is divided into three parts; the third contains the application. A useful collection of material.

The World-Wide Call. By the Rev. H. P. THOMPSON. (Cloth, 4s. net. Paper, 2s. 6d. net. Student Christian Movement.) At the present time a good deal of interest is being taken in the missionary work of the Church; and the Missionary Council

of the Church of England have issued a series of reports dealing with the World-Call." Mr. Thompson's volume contains a useful survey of the field, dealing as it does with Japan, China, India, the Moslem World, Africa, and our own people overseas. Many readers will be glad to know of this little book.

The Papacy. By A. L. MAYCOCK. The Religions of the World.
By the Rev. C. C. MARTINDALE. (6d. each. Benn.)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Edited by B. T. D. SMITH.
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MARGARET MOWBRAY MEMORIAL.-The Old Girls of the Winchester School for Girls-(now renamed St. Swithun's)—are founding a School Scholarship in memory of their late Headmistress, Miss Margaret Mowbray. Probably many beside Old Girls will be glad of the opportunity to show their appreciation of a great headmistress. As the council of the school has already founded a scholarship in her memory to send a pupil to the university, the Old Girls propose that their scholarship shall enable a girl-whose circumstances would otherwise make it impossible to enter the school at about the age of 12, and to finish her school career there. Subscriptions should be sent to Miss Muriel Moberly, 11a Christchurch Road, Winchester.

Science To-Day: a Brief Study of Some of the Problems and Theories of To-Day's Chemistry and Physics. By P. J. LANCELOT SMITH and S. J. DALE. (5s. net. Blackie.) The last quarter of a century has seen such revolutionary changes and advances in chemical and physical knowledge that it is all to the good that suitable works should be made available with a view to presenting these modern problems in a form suitable for the non-specialist boys of upper forms. Such was the intention of the authors of the above book, and we feel they have carried it out adequately. It seems a pity, from some points of view, that the quantum theory and the problem of relativity should have no place in the book, but on the other hand there are good reasons for their omission. The explanations are clearly offered, and the historical and experimental bias given to the book considerably adds to its value.

The Chemical Elements and their Compounds: an Introduction to the Study of Inorganic Chemistry from Modern Standpoints. By Dr. J. A. V. BUTLER. (6s. Macmillan.) Teachers who have to prepare candidates for Higher Certificate or University Scholarship examinations may have found some difficulty in discovering a text-book in which recent work on the structure of the atom and related topics is treated sufficiently fully and at the same time in such a way as to be comprehensible by students of this age. They may be confidently recommended to Dr. Butler's book, where, in a compass of less than 200 pages, the essence of the matter is expounded in a logical and lucid manner well within the limits of intelligence of the average certificate candidate. Dr. Butler's account is equally suitable for elementary students at the Universities, for whom, indeed, it was originally intended.

The Etruscans. By D. RANDALL-MACIVER. (6s. net. Clarendon Press.)

Like the Aryans, the Etruscans have recently emerged from a period of obscurity to become again a subject of scientific debate. Increased understanding of the archaeology of the Mediterranean and the Near East has brought fresh light to bear upon the early civilizations and peoples of Italy with the

result that the Etruscan evidence previously available has been re-interpreted and to it much has been added by later investigation. Dr. Randall-MacIver in this account of Etruscan culture has passed over the literary evidence and deals only with the archaeological data, except that he has discussed the story of the Etruscan migration from Lydia as told by Herodotus. In accepting this account of their origin he is able to reconcile it with the archaeological evidence with which the derivation suggested by Dionysius of Halicarnassus cannot be made to agree. This evidence, as interpreted by the author, suggests that the influence of Greek culture on the Etruscans has been over-estimated, and that at least in the Early period the dominant strain is Near Eastern. Dr. Randall-MacIver's book is popular in the best sense of the word. It will serve to give his readers a clear idea of the nature of the great influence which Etruria exercised on Rome in culture and religion, and at the same time help to explain the part played by Tuscany in Italian history and in the development of art and literature. For, as he points out in his introductory chapter, it is often forgotten that the Tuscans of the Renaissance were the direct descendants of ancient Etruria.

Here's Health to You! A Physiology for Boys and Girls, with Special Reference to Alcohol. By MARGARET BAKER. (Paper cover, Is. 6d. ; cloth boards, 2s. The Author, Beacon Field, Weston Road, Runcorn, Cheshire. London Agent: James, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.)

The sub-title sufficiently describes the scope and object of this book. Intended for juveniles, the physiology is very elementary but adequate. The pages are enlivened by a number of clever and amusing stories-parables we might almost call them--well calculated to drive home in the minds of children the evil effects of alcohol. Schools which are acting on the suggestions made in the cause of temperance by the Teachers' National Committee may safely adopt this book in their junior classes. Common British Wild Flowers Easily Named. By T. E. WALTHAM. (3s. 6d. net. Oxford University Press.)

One hundred and seventy-eight plants are here figured. They are grouped, first according to colour, secondly according to