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It can-and ought to be read by the intelligent general student. (1) Religion in the Kindergarten: A Course in Religion for the Beginners' Department in the Sunday School or for Use in the Day School or the Home. By BERTHA M. RHODES. ($1.75. University of Chicago Press.) (2) Stories of Shepherd Life : A Second-Grade Course of Study We have pleasure in calling the attention of teachers to these publications of the University of Chicago. In the editor's preface to (1) it is remarked: "The religion of little children is concerned with the simplest fundamentals. That we are living in God's world, that the processes of Nature which give us food, clothing, shelter, and beauty, are the gift of God, that He is the Heavenly Father these are the elements of a sound Christian experience that fit the little child to live in his world. . and prepare him to live in the larger world that is constantly opening before him." 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