A&TCOBLACK LTDA & COBLACK LTD A&COBLACK ARSICO BLACKDA E One OVERY child should be encouraged to regard Reading as a pleasurable occupation, and as the most natural and ready method of adding to his store of knowledge. Suggestions for the Teaching of English (Circular 808). of the most serious difficulties of the practical teacher is to lead pupils to read books for the sake of the information they contain. Story-books are eagerly read; but books that give information are rarely sought unless they present information that is not merely useful, but interesting to children. They are shunned because they are too much like school text-books. LACK'S "PEEPS" SERIES consists of books that are irresist Bible in their appeal to boys and girls. They transport the young readers to foreign lands, and set them down side by side with children of their own age in new and strange surroundings; they reveal the fascinating mysteries of plant, bird, animal, and insect life, and reconstruct living pictures of the historic past. They invest Geography, Nature Study, and History with life, colour, and movement. HE "PEEPS" SERIES is distinguished from all others by: 1. Beauty of form and clearness of type. THE 2. A wealth of fascinating pictures in colour and black and white done on the spot. 3. Graphic and arresting narrative and description. 4. Accuracy that only first-hand knowledge on the part of authors and artists can produce. 5. A price that brings every book in the series within reach UPLANDS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, 1923. THE HE Uplands Association arranged two simultaneous meetings this year, one at the Association Headquarters, the Hill Farm, Stockbury, Kent, and the other at the Froebel Institute's new home, Grove House, Roehampton. The meeting at the Hill Farm was very well attended, and the varied resources of the Farm were taxed to the full to provide shelter for the students. One of the distinctive features of the Stockbury meetings is the possibility for all who wish to live and work in the open air, to camp, or to enter right into farm life and country pursuits. The main theme of this year's meeting was the "Study of Communal Drama," with the intention of formulating a statement (upon the final form of which the committee is now engaged), on the educative value of drama, and the method of producing it to the greatest educational advantage. In the main, the study was carried on practically under the sympathetic organization of Mr. Rupert Harvey, of the "Old Vic" company. At the end of the fortnight a really beautiful and entire performance of "The Winter's Tale" was given by the Drama students with Elizabethan simplicity in the old barn. Mr. Harvey gave several lectures on drama methods; Miss Bodkin contributed a brilliant lecture on the Psychology of Drama" in relation to its educative possibilities. Mr. Atkins, producer at the "Old Vic " Theatre, also lectured on The Outlook on the Theatre of To-day." Some students engaged only in the theoretical work on the Drama, and spent time in farm and garden work under the direction of Miss Miall and Miss G. Pugh; and in botanical and geological expeditions organized by Miss Miall and Mr. Dibley, F.G.S. Dr. Findlay lectured on The Economic and Spiritual Foundations of Civilization," expanding certain portions of his book, "The Children of England," and referring constantly to the political, social, and economic outlook of to-day. Mr. R. J. Bartlett conducted seminars on the advance made in experimental psychology in the fields of education, medicine, and industry. A small party of the Kent branch of the Workers' Educational Association joined the meeting this year, and while continuing their own studies, joined into the general lectures and discussions. Their advent proved a most welcome addition to the meeting. Mrs. Coomona came to give a recital of beautifully rendered ballads of many nations, and the meeting gained much from the frequent readings of modern plays and modern poetry by Mr. Rupert Harvey. The Association intends to make further experiments next year in Communal Drama, under the direction of Mr. Harvey, who will come less to produce, than to help and train producers. Lectures and seminars on "The Condition of England, and its Relation to Europe" will also be arranged. REVIEWS. TENNYSON REDIVIVUS. Tennyson: Aspects of his Life, Character, and Poetry. To very many it will seem strange to hear of "reaction against Tennyson," and, a fortiori, to learn that the tide of his popularity has passed its ebb. The general reader is slow-moving in his likes and dislikes, and once they are formed does not readily abandon his predilections. If he has missed the controversy entirely, he will have sustained no great loss. Nevertheless the critical process to which Tennyson has been subjected may have the effect of consuming his dross and refining his gold. Such at least may be the result of criticism like Mr. Nicolson's, and such he would have it to be. The danger is that some of the gold may be swept aside with the dross. The element in Tennyson's poetry which Mr. Nicolson acclaims is the lyrical element, especially when it is the outcome of the fear and the gloom that assailed the poet's heart. What he depreciates, on the other hand, are those qualities inherent in his poetry that were derived from the character of his times and the influence upon him of his admirers. He was, thinks Mr. Nicolson, a good emotional, but a second-rate instructional bard; which sounds pretty much like saying that while Tennyson regarded himself as vates, he was after all only poeta. For many he is both: there are in him the welling-up of sincere emotion and the outward charm of chiselled phrase and the perfection of metrical form, but also (let strident and irreverent voices shout as they may) deep calling unto deep, the genuine message of soul to soul. What Mr. Nicolson calls "the pathetically inadequate formula -that God must exist because the human heart feels an instinctive need of this existence, and that any other solution of the great enigma than immortality is unthinkable—these have been, and remain, thoughts treasured by many. Some will value Tennyson's message the more that 'he achieved neither the grace of faith nor the courage of agnosticism," which is stigmatized as a disparagement; for clear-cut definition and absolutism in such matters are by their very nature less permanent than the "half-belief" found fault with. It is abidingly true that here we see but through a glass, darkly. " " " With several of the minor charges, which in common with other critics Mr. Nicolson brings against Tennyson, most will agree: he is often sentimental, his "morals are sometimes common-place, his patriotism not infrequently "fire-eating and insular." But it will surely not do to blame him, as seems here to be done, for being the mirror of his age. Such has every great poet been. " Mr. Nicolson ventures to select certain poems as of permanent interest and to reject others as no longer acceptable, and in this choice makes his principle the basic divergence of taste between the nineteenth and the twentieth century," that between “ pure" and applied poetry. Comment on the value of such a test may be found in the words of Mr. Frederic Harrison : 'In all the flood of the new poetry... there is one character that I note a character which debars it from high mark. It is so intensely personal, so monotonously lyrical, short, scrappy, occasional." It is surely premature to demolish a great section of Tennyson's poetry because it fails to harmonize with that of the twentieth century. Space will not suffice to do more than add a note of genuine praise on the chapter on Tennyson's "Lyrical Inspiration." Indeed, differ as one may from Mr. Nicolson's opinions about Tennyson, his poetry, and his vogue, the monograph by virtue of its incisiveness, sprightliness, and prevailing fairness cannot fail to meet with wide accept ance; while its criticism may go far with detractors of Tennyson to reinstate the great Victorian laureate. THE MIGHTY ATOM. The Structure of the Atom. By Prof. E. N. DA C. ANDRADE. (16s. net. Bell.) At some future date, perhaps not far distant, physics and chemistry will doubtless be amalgamated and form but one science. Even at the present day there is one problem which they have in common, namely that of the structure of the atom, and in the elucidation of this problem both chemists and physicists have played parts of equal importance. It therefore causes us no little surprise that in his book Prof. Andrade gives a very inadequate account of the chemical contributions to the subject, and would leave an uninformed reader under the impression that the physicists solely were to be thanked for the great progress which has been made in the last quarter of a century. The two outstanding figures in the history of The book is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the nucleus of the atom and the second with the extranuclear structure. It is the second part which will probably prove of chief value to students, as it contains excellent accounts of Bohr's theories and of the LewisLangmuir static atom model. A very valuable feature of Part I is the inclusion of a chapter on optical spectra; as the author remarks, an account of the regularities which recent research has revealed in series spectra has not yet found its way into the ordinary text-books of physics," yet since "the experimental study of spectra, both optical and X-ray, has led to the discovery of numerical laws which are of the utmost importance for modern atomic theory," it is clear that the student who has only hazy ideas of recent work on spectroscopy is at a great disadvantage when attempting to understand the developments of theories of extranuclear structure. Prof. Andrade's judicial remarks on the relative merits of dynamic and static atom models will do much to aid his readers to acquire a proper attitude towards contemporary work : The static atom seems to offer a convenient method of picturing chemical phenomena, and should not be despised or abandoned merely because it is obviously ill-adapted for the quantitative description of spectra. . . . At the same time it is probable that the dynamic atom is the more inclusive and correct conception, and will ultimately be made to account for chemical combination." Not the least attractive part of the book is the delightful dedication to Sir Ernest Rutherford. AN EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. The Jubilee Book of the Girls' Public Day School Trust, 1873-1923. By L. MAGNUS. (5s. net. Cambridge University Press.) Jubilee derives from the Hebraic trumpet blast announc pletion of the seventh sabbath of years, when slaves ing the grand sabbatical year, the year following the comwere liberated. In human affairs to-day, a jubilee has less meaning and a more factitious interest, corresponding to nothing in the rhythm of life. Few of the noble women who struggled to establish the first public day schools for girls have survived to the time appointed for celebrating their achievements. Nevertheless, we do well to praise God for the life and labours of the pioneers who, to quote from the bidding prayer recited at the solemn service of thanksgiving in St. Paul's Cathedral on June 1st, 1923, have shined forth as lights in the several generations of the world, such as were Henrietta Maria Stanley of Alderley, Maria Georgina Grey, Emily Sherriff, and Mary Gurney, whom we remember and commemorate with joy." Appropriately, part of the celebration of this important jubilee in English education has taken the form of the preparation of a history of the movement, its aims, methods, and results. This labour of love was entrusted to the present Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Trust who has brought to his task first-hand knowledge, a literary art full of grace and allusiveness, and the modesty of an acolyte. The movement having been initiated and inspired by women, the services rendered by the opposite sex are rightly given a subordinate place. On one occasion, the men are depicted as attending the grandes dames with ledgers and other mundane inventions. But the sterner sex may congratulate itself that the minor role of historian has been allotted to one of their members, and that he has discharged his duties with a commendable measure of skill and success which makes the book a useful addition to the educational library. The author glances furtively at some vexed questions of educational organization, particularly that upas tree of private effort versus public control. On this subject, it will suffice to say that the Trust has not attempted to use the Partingtonian mop. Mr. Magnus proffers "the meed of some melodious tear" to the happier days when mistresses had "time to think about methods, instead of decocting their statistics on to ruled foolscap; to look to what girls naturally are, instead of forcing them to what they must legislatively become; to be able to absorb new ideas, instead of turning a deaf ear to their urgent voices, and postponing their consideration to distant years of retirement." He exhibits, however, no bitterness against changes rendered necessary by the dismal science, contenting himself with expressing in restrained language an abiding and becoming sense that the schools established by the Trust have done a great work for their day and generation. that " " What a revolution these fifty years have seen! In a paper read by Mrs. Grey in 1871 it was said of contemporary girls they are not educated to be wives but to get husbands." Thanks largely to the work of the Trust, Victorian accomplishments" have given place to education for complete womanhood." But if "personal touches" are replaced by dissolving regulations,' we shall soon be producing the complete schoolma'am," the hard-faced woman who looks as though she despises woman's natural craving for love and sympathy. Let us hope that the Trust may still act in the office of buttress against these sinister influences. Its founders have builded better than they knew, but their work is not yet accomplished in the sense that the competency no longer exists for a special organization to study the needs of women's education in all its stages. APPLIED PHYSICS. A Dictionary of Applied Physics. Edited by Sir RICHARD GLAZEBROOK. In Five Volumes. Vol. III. Meteorology, Metrology, and Measuring Apparatus. Vol. V. Aeronautics-Metallurgy. General Index. (638. net. each volume. Macmillan.) The high hopes which were raised by the appearance of the first volumes of Sir Richard Glazebrook's Dictionary of Applied Physics are fully sustained by the later volumes. The completion of this great work marks an important stage in the development of British science. It must not be forgotten that its inception and execution are in large measure due to the work which has been carried out at the National Physical Laboratory during the period in which Sir Richard Glazebrook acted as the first Director of the Laboratory. Many of the contributors to its pages have themselves been engaged there in carrying on experimental investigations of the highest scientific importance. must again be strongly emphasized that the dictionary is as important to the theoretical physicist and to the teacher of advanced physics as it is to the technical expert. The university lecturer will find here the most admirable summaries of recent work which will save him from many hours of labour in hunting up the original sources of information. The student, too, will find his work lightened if he has access to the dictionary, which should certainly find a place in every college library. It In the third volume we find a series of useful articles dealing with measuring instruments of all kinds, including an account by Sir Horace Darwin of the principles involved in the design of scientific instruments, descriptions of surveying tapes and wires, balances, barometers and manometers, comparators, gauges, weighing machines, hydrometers and micrometers. Prof. Sampson writes with authority on clocks and time-keeping and Mr. Constable on the rating of watches and chronometers. Mr. Sears, Deputy Warden of the Standards, contributes an article on metrology. In connexion with the calculation of results and interpretation of observations, Dr. Brodetsky treats of nomography, Dr. Horsburgh describes calculating machines, Mr. Jolly deals with the combination of observations, and Dr. Levy with mechanical methods of integration. Various branches of meteorology are discussed in a number of important articles, and the late Dr. Knott has given an interesting account of earthquakes and earthquake waves. The final volume of the dictionary is divided into two parts under the headings aeronautics and metallurgy. Although it might be expected that the subjects concerned would have only a technical interest, the fascination of the volume is remarkable, due in part to the carefully selected illustrations. Special mention must be made of the illustrations showing the micro-structure of metals and alloys, and the aggregation of solids, and illuminating the remarkable researches of Sir George Beilby on the flow of solids. The volume concludes with a General Index of the principal articles in the whole of the dictionary. Editor and publishers are to be congratulated on the successful completion of this monumental work. MINOR NOTICES AND BOOKS OF THE MONTH. ART. The Cathedral Church of England. By W. B. TUTHILL. (10s. 6d. net. Macmillan.) BIOGRAPHY. A Victorian Schoolmaster: Henry Hart of Sedbergh. By G. G. COULTON. (Ios. net. Bell.) " Henry Hart, during the twenty years of his headmastership, made" Sedbergh School as it exists to-day; Hart was one of Frederick Temple's favourite pupils at Rugby; and Temple, though not a Rugbeian, carried on the Rugby tradition associated with the name of Thomas Arnold. Arnold, Temple, Hartwhat, then, do these names essentially stand for? What Mr. Coulton says of Hart may be said of all three "Duty was the basis of his life, and devotion to duty was the lesson he set out to teach." And in spite of all criticism, including cheap sneers about the manufacture of prigs, the Arnoldian tradition still has a vast deal to say for itself. As Mr. Coulton puts it, except the righteousness of 1900-1950 exceed the righteousness of that older generation, the world will have to retrace its steps, if only here and there." Hart has been fortunate in his biographer. Mr. Coulton's book, if we mistake not, will prove one of the essential books for the understanding of the Victorian spirit at its best. " The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward. By her daughter, JANET P. TREVELYAN. (12s. 6d. net. Constable.) From the point of view of this journal, the central interest of Mrs. Ward's career is of course, her work for education. Her reputation as a novelist and as a politician may wane, and has in fact waned; but children's play centres and the Passmore Edwards Settlement represent an imperishable outcome of her extraordinary life. She was a great Englishwoman, and we are glad to have so complete and so vivid a picture of her wonderful personality. The Mind of John Gibb: A Miniature Portrait. By C. M. CLASSICS. Primer of Attic Greek. By H. B. MAYOR. (3s. 6d. Macmillan.) The object of this Primer of Attic Greek is to simplify the learning of essential forms so that the pupil, while building a firm grammatical foundation, may not unduly waste his time before coming to the literature. It is a laudable object, and we think that more can be done on these lines than has here been attempted by Mr. Mayor, whose simplification and compression amounts to little more than the omission of the dual and the vocative. We do not like the gender rhymes, which are redolent of the oldest of old-fashioned methods of teaching, and the accent-rhymes on page 74 are almost ridiculous; but teachers who neglect these two features will find the book a very lucid and workable exposition of what must always remain a difficult school-subject. Elementary Greek Translation Book. By the Rev. Dr. A. E. HILLARD and C. G. BOTTING. (4s. Rivingtons.) The headmaster and an assistant master of St. Paul's School have written this book as a sort of via media between the old grammatical method of learning the classical languages and the more modern method of inductively building up one's grammatical knowledge from extensive reading. It successfully avoids the dangers of the extreme modern method, and is certainly more interesting than the old. One begins with simple sentences, but very soon comes to connected narrative (specially written on the chief events of Athenian history so as to introduce new grammatical forms gradually). There is a misprint on page 13 and on page 51, ἐκπολιορκοίη should have been ἐκπολιορκοῖεν. The Monumentum Ancyranum. Edited by E. G. HARDY. (8s. 6d. net. Clarendon Press.) Caesar. Book III of the Civil War. Partly in the Original and Passages for Unseen Translation: From Latin and Greek Authors. Latin Translation Simplified. By T. F. COADE. (Is. 6d. Bell.) The Claim of Antiquity, with an Annotated List of Books for those who know neither Latin nor Greek. Issued by the Councils of the Societies for the Promotion of Hellenic and Roman Studies and of the Classical Association. (IS. Oxford University Press.) ECONOMICS. Banking and Currency. By E. SYKES. Fifth Edition. (5s. net. Butterworth.) This post-war edition of an admirable and authoritative book by the secretary of the Institute of Bankers will be welcomed alike by the student and the general reader. In a remarkably clear and interesting manner it expounds the elements of monetary theory, the principles, history, law, and practice of banking, and such allied topics as the foreign exchanges, the money market, and the stock exchange. The fact that all these subjects are dealt with in a single volume means, of course, that the treatment is elementary; in fact, the book is intended largely as a text-book for the examinations of the Bankers' Institute and the London Chamber of Commerce. But the author writes so well, and with such complete command of his subject, that his work may be commended to a far wider circle of readers. A Text-Book of Economics. By M. BRIGGS. Second Edition. (8s. 6d. University Tutorial Press.) In preparing this book " the author has been guided by the syllabus of the London University Intermediate Examinations in Economics and in Commerce." It is a clear and exhaustive text-book, showing strongly the influence of Dr. Marshall in its method and terminology. It would have gained in value, perhaps, by being more concise, and it is a pity that the proofs were not more carefully read. But it is none the less a sound and workmanlike volume, and should serve its purpose admirably. Greek Economics: Introduction and Translation. By M. L. W. LAISTNER. (5s. net. Dent.) The value of this book lies mainly in the Introduction, which not only gives a brief account of the extracts in the text, but includes also a sketch of Greek history to 323 B.C. and a study of the economic condition of Athens in the Periclean age. The extracts themselves illustrate plainly that close connexion between Ethics and Political Science which is characteristic of all Greek thought." They are drawn chiefly from Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, and the anonymous dialogue called 'Eryxias." " Economics and Ethics: A Treatise on Wealth and Life. By J. A. R. MARRIOTT. (10s. 6d. net. Methuen.) EDUCATION. The Educational Theory of Plutarch. By Dr. K. M. WESTAWAY. (7s. 6d. net. University of London Press.) Gradually the great historical contributions to the theory of education are being expounded and systematized for the English reader, and Dr. K. M. Westaway's exposition of Plutarch's contribution will, we doubt not, take rank as one of the best. It was by no means an easy piece of work to undertake, because it meant collecting ideas scattered throughout Plutarch's writings, and showing how they might be organized into a coherent theory. Dr. Westaway has certainly succeeded in this attempt, and her book bears all the marks of sound learning and good workmanship. Moreover her own interesting style attracts the reader to her subject. The Way Out: Essays on the Meaning and Purpose of Adult Education by Members of the British Institute of Adult Education. With an Introduction by Viscount GREY of Edited by Hon. O. STANLEY. (4s. 6d. net. Milford: Oxford University Press.) FALLODON. Our notions of what has been called "the span of education are undergoing a salutary change. We are beginning to understand that education is a bigger thing than is represented by schools and even by colleges. To take only the political point of view, which of course is not the only one, the greatest corrective of the dangers of Democracy is, as Lord Grey insists, education, particularly adult education. In this volume some members of the British Institute of Adult Education, including Lord Haldane, Mr. Mansbridge, and Sir William McCormick, try to bring home the truths of adult education to people who, though interested in all that pertains to the national welfare, have little or no knowledge of this movement. This object is well carried out, and the utility of the book is enhanced by an appendix summarizing the organizations concerned with adult education. University Extension : a Survey of Fifty Years, 1873-1923. By W. H. DRAPER. (Cambridge University Press. 3s. 6d. net.) The jubilee of the Extension movement inevitably suggests such a survey as this, and it was natural that the initiative should be taken by Cambridge, for it was from there that the movement started in 1873. The author traces the fortunes of University Extension from that period of seed-time to the rise of university colleges, the entry of Oxford into the field, the rise and development of the summer meeting, and the modifications which the courses have recently undergone in the direction of tutorial classes. A chronological table, and an account of extension work in the younger universities, add to the utility of this timely and interesting survey. Educational Handwork or Manual Training. By A. H. JENKINS, Second Edition. (4s. University Tutorial Press.) This little book should prove useful to the handicraft instructor who finds it difficult to organize a course suitable to his own district. Most of the models illustrated are well known; but it is an advantage to have details of the various branches of handwork and suggestions for equipment collected in a single volume. In the early stages of handwork, class teaching is possible and even desirable on economic grounds. But as pupils are seldom promoted for handwork alone, the time soon comes when they will be at different stages of development and class work is undesirable, if not impossible. Every teacher who knows the difficulties of "individual instruction" and self-tuition should find the chapters which have been added in this new edition useful and interesting. " Classroom Handwork: For all Grades of Boys and Girls. By The Purpose, Preparation, and Methods in the Recitation: Being a Revised and Reset Edition of the Recitation. By Dr. S. HAMILTON. (6s. net. Lippincott.) Citizenship and the School. By P. B. SHOWAN. (7s. 6d. net. Cambridge University Press.) The Teacher's Reading: A Guide to Some Essential Books. By W. HIGGINS. With a Note by Dr. C. NORWOOD and an Appendix for Secondary School Teachers. (Is. 6d. Cloth, 2s. Gardner and Darton.) ENGLISH. Selections from Ruskin. Edited by Dr. A. C. BENSON. (4s. 6d. Cambridge University Press.) A book of prose selections is not necessarily a welcome production, but when the author lends himself to selection, as does Ruskin, and the editor is himself a cultured critic and a master stylist, like Dr. A. C. Benson, the case is very different. The editor has wisely done more than select: he has conducted his readers to a commanding view-point of the author and his work, and has thereby enhanced the value of the passages he gives. The introduction is lucid, sincere, and beautiful in it highly artistic yet apparently simple style. One feels that Dr. Benson is a trustworthy guide of clear vision and unerring instinct. Ruskin's economic principles and social theories are probably regarded as of secondary value to his personality and his literary style; and it is the development of these last that the selections are calculated to set forth. They will be found to be judicious, systematic, and satisfying. The volume will be prized by many who cannot afford a set of Ruskin's works, and even by those who possess them it will be esteemed a valued companion. Cyrano de Bergerac: Voyages to the Moon and the Sun. Trans lated by R. ADLINGTON, with an Introduction and Notes. (7s. 6d. net. Routledge.) With a Memorial Third Edition. Fisher Unwin.) Introduction by H. W. MASSINGHAM. Seventeenth Impression. (3s. 6d. net. "Mark Rutherford" has long held an assured place in the esteem and affection of earnest, thinking people. The able and sympathetic Introduction by H. W. Massingham will be read with appreciation by all who desire to know something of William Hale White, the real Mark Rutherford. Apart from the high tone of the book, the charm of its style is bound to win many new admirers. This edition is within the reach of all. Shadows on the Palatine. By W. HUBBARD. (8s. 6d. net. Constable.) " Alciphron Letters from the Country and the Town of Fishermen, See motley life in ancient trappings dress'd, The reader of these dialogues is assured of many a delightful half-hour. In Another book (this time a translation) which brings the distant world of the ancients into close range is F. A. Wright's "Alciphron," a letter-writer of the age of the Antonines. an able preface, Mr. Wright attributes the origin of the novel to Lucian, Alciphron, Heliodorus, and Longus, whom he compares respectively to Defoe, Sterne, Fielding, and Richardson. Alciphron's letters, classified as above, form a volume of the Broadway Translations series. S.P.E. Tract No. XIV. On the Terms Briton, British, Britisher. By H. BRADLEY and R. Bridges. Preposition at End. By H. W. FOWLER. Correspondence, etc. (2s. 6d. net. Clarendon Press.) The Story of Beowulf and Grendel. Retold in Modern English Prose by R. A. SPENCER. (Paper, 5d. Cloth, 8d. Chambers.} Chambers's Complete Tales for Infants. The Two Sons. By MARIE BAYNE. (Paper, 3d. Cloth, 6d.) The Land of Dogs. (Paper, 2d. Cloth, 5d. Chambers.) Chambers's Stepping-Stones to Literature. Edited by a Former Inspector of Schools. Book I. Stories from Near and Far. (IS. 9d. Chambers.) The English Association. Pamphlet No. 56. The Problem of Grammar. (2s. 6d. net. Milford: Oxford University Press.) The Appreciation of English: Being Some Notes on Speaking, Reading, and Writing, with a Note on the Art of the Essay and Numerous Passages for Study. (6s. net. Arrowsmith.) The Haliburton Readers. Seventh Reader. (2s. 9d. Harrap.) By L. A. MORRISON. By F. H. PRITCHARD. The Haliburton Handbooks of English. Book Five, based upon The Haliburton Seventh Reader." By F. H. PRITCHARD. (8d. Harrap.) The Numeral-Words: Their Origin, Meaning, History, and A Little Medley Book of Fantasy, Fable, and Verse. By A. A History of English Literature. Edited by J. BUCHAN. (10s. 6d. net. Nelson.) Twelfth Night. The Merchant of Venice. By WILLIAM SHAKE- GEOGRAPHY. (5s. Eastern England: Some Aspects of its Geography with Special Reference to Economic Significance. By J. BYGOTT. (бs. net. Routledge.) This book is a welcome addition to the series of economic geographies which deal with small areas of the British Isles. The author first describes the physical features of the region, its coast-lands and seaports, the Fen lands and Norfolk Broads. He then discusses the geographical factors which have largely determined that agriculture should be the dominant activity during many centuries, Lincolnshire being taken as a typical example of an agricultural county. The text is well written and it is of considerable value to the student of geography as it is the result of patient research and careful investigation. The illustrations, however, are very poor; the maps and diagrams are drawn very roughly and they are difficult to read; e.g. to understand the map of Lincolnshire (page 340) showing the distribution of population one has to turn to a reference key on page 231. Philips' Modern School Atlas of Physical, Political, and Commercial Geography: A Series of 112 Coloured Plates, containing 303 Maps and Diagrams, with Explanatory Notes and Index; comprising in one Volume Philips' Modern School Atlas of Comparative Geography and Philips' Modern School Commercial Atlas. Edited by G. PHILIP. (7s. 6d. net. Philip.) The Modern School Atlas of Physical and Political Geography is so well known to teachers of geography for the excellence of its maps and the usefulness of its index that the new edition requires no further introduction. In this volume, however, it forms Section I, and bound up with it is the Modern School Commercial Atlas as Section II, containing 69 maps and 92 diagrams illustrating the distribution of commodities, Occupations of Mankind, Communications, Transport, and International Trade. It is worthy of notice that on the maps showing Trade routes, the steamship distances as well as railway distances are given in statute miles to allow comparisons to be drawn between the relative lengths of the great land and sea routes. The Oxford Picture Geographies. Text-book I. Mountains. Text-book II. Rivers. Text-book 3. The Coast. By H. MCKAY. (2s. 6d. net each. Milford: Oxford University Press.) The For junior forms in secondary schools, these three books on physical geography can be thoroughly recommended, as the lessons are written in an interesting style and the explanations are always simple and clear. The books are most attractively got up as regards printing, binding, and illustrations. outstanding feature of them is, however, the large number of beautiful pictures which really illustrate the features described in the text. The publishers also issue the pictures and diagrams of each book in a separate form (without the descriptive text) at the low price of sixpence. South with Scott. By Capt. E. R. G. R. EVANS. The publishers of this book are to be commended on issuing this excellent work at a moderate price, and in a form suitable for use in schools. It is to be hoped that it will be introduced into many schools as a reading book in place of works of fiction now so commonly used. Capt. Evans wrote particularly for Britain's younger generations, and his object was to keep alive the interest of English-speaking people in the story of Scott and his little band of sailor-adventurers, scientific explorers, and companions. |