Prof. Kinsman writes with a clearness and precision that are invaluable in a text-book of economics. His definitions, his terse sentences, and the general arrangement of his subjectmatter are excellent. But for English students this book has the drawback that the descriptive part, as distinguished from the theoretical, is purely American: roughly a third of the volume is concerned with the business organization, the monetary history, the banking and transport systems, the labour problems, &c., of the United States. The book is intended for secondary school pupils.

Descriptive Economics. By Prof. R. A. LEHFELDT. (2s. 6d. net. Oxford University Press.)

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To commend this book it is almost enough to say that it is one of the I World's Manuals," like Prof. Lehfeldt's Money which we recently reviewed. It is an excellent example of how much can be packed into a small space by a skilful writer who knows the art of condensation. Aiming at a plain account of the facts, unmixed with theory," it treats of the development and present organization of agriculture, mining, manufacture, transport, commerce, and finance, and also includes a chapter on Government and Industry."

Economic Success. By W. M. COLE. (бs. New York: Macmillan.)

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This book sets out to present fundamental economic principles to school children on logical and non-dogmatic lines. Five of its nineteen chapters, however, are concerned with success "what it is and how it is to be attained--and five more deal with schemes for social improvement, such as socialism, trade unionism, industrial democracy, and so forth. It is carefully written and full of concrete illustrations, but it is unnecessarily diffuse. it would gain by considerable condensation. The League of Nations and the World's Workers: an Introduction to the Work of the International Labour Organization. By KATHLEEN E. INNES. (Is. 6d. Hogarth Press.)

The author of this booklet is obviously a League of Nations enthusiast. She writes well, and within the narrow limits of forty pages she manages to give an interesting and well-balanced account of the aims and activities of the International Labour Organization.

The League of Nations and the World's Workers: An Introduction to the Work of the International Labour Organization. By KATHLEEN E. INNES. (IS. 6d. Hogarth Press.)

That honourable gentleman, "Beetle," points out that we erred in giving the June prize to him as proxime accessit, because he, like Mosella," has had one within the last twelve months. The Two Guineas for June therefore pass to Trina," who is requested to send name and address.

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We are still waiting for the name and address of
Assonance, the winner of the May competition.
We classify the thirty-one versions received as follows:
Class I.-H. S. W., Elfrida, J. S., Fidelis, Beetle, Blackheath,

Tula, J. B., Chardonne, Olim, Marsyas, T. P.,
Hibernia, E. J. F., Selah, Borderer, Bodley,
Pixie, R. A. D., Magister, Bystander, E. M. S.
Undine, J. E. M., Anna Knowles Merritt.

Class II.-M. M., Welsbach, 328, Der dumme August, J. J.,
Susan, Nix.

SUSCHENS VOGEL," by EDUARD MÖRIKE

Ich hatt' ein Vöglein, ach wie fein
Kein schönres mag wohl nimmer sein :
Hätt auf der Brust ein Herzlein rot,
Und sung und sung sich schier zu Tod.
Herzvogel mein, du Vogel schön!
Nun sollst du mit zu Markte gehn !
Und als ich in das Städtlein kam,
Er saß auf meiner Achsel zahm ;
Und als ich ging am Haus vorbei
Des Knaben, dem ich brach die Treu',
Der Knab' just aus dem Fenster sah,
Mit seinem Finger schnalzt er da :

Wie horchet gleich mein Vogel auf!
Zum Knaben fliegt er husch! hinauf.

Der koset ihn so lieb und hold;
Ich wußt' nicht, was ich machen sollt'.

Und stund, im Herzen so erschreckt,
Mit Händen mein Gesichte deckt'.
Und schlich davon und weinte sehr,
Ich hört' ihn rufen hinterher:

"Du falsche Maid, behüt' dich Gott,
Ich hab' doch wieder mein Herzlein rot."

TRANSLATED BY H. S. W.

SUSIE'S BIRD

I had a birdie-ah-how sweet!
No lovelier could you ever meet:
On its breast a wee red heart so gay,
And it sang as 'twould sing its life away.
Now, bird beloved, of beauty rare,

You must with me to the market fare!
And as I to the village came
Upon my shoulder sat he tame;
And, as I hastened past his door
Whom I-now faithless-loved no more,
The lad from the window chanced to look,
And snapped to my bird with finger a-crook :
How readily does my bird obey!

And flies to the lad with a whirr!-away!
He fondled and caressed it so
That what to do I did not know.

I stood confounded and heart-sore,
And put my hands my face before.
Then, as I weeping stole away,

I heard his voice behind me say

O fickle maid, farewell to thee !

My little red heart has come back to me.
H. S. W.

All competitors in Class I may consider themselves good German scholars, and we confidently look forward to seeing each of them reach the first place sooner or later. Some difficulty seems to have been experienced over the phrase:

Und sung und sung sich schier zu Tod;

Faculty of Engineering

Courses are arranged in Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering in preparation for the B.Sc. (Engineering) External Degree of the University of London, the College Diplomas and the Professional Examinations the various Engineering Institutions.

Special attention is given to the practical side of engineering by the provisions made in the well-equipped laboratories of the College which is situated in healthy country on the highest point of Southampton. Facilities are offered to make conducted visits to the larger works of the port and the surrounding district, while a surveying camp is held during the session in the New Forest.

Facilities are offered for post-graduate and research

work.

Residential accommodation for men students is arranged in a large country mansion standing in its own grounds, with athletic grounds adjoining.

Early application should be made to the Registrar, University College, Southampton, for Handbook and Prospectus.

Ordnance Survey Office,
Southampton.

ORDNANCE SURVEY
MAPS FOR SCHOOLS

"Logically one may begin geography with Space, the Solar System, our rotating globe, the oceans and the continents, and so on; but children may do better by beginning at the other end with maps of places where they live. I have sent Lustleigh School a map of Lustleigh 6 feet wide and 4 feet high, Ordnance Survey, 25 inches to the mile or one square inch for each acre with the acreage of all the fields and gardens printed on them. On that map the children see their homes and other things they know; and having seen how these are mapped, they get a better notion of what maps really mean." " Extract from "SMALL TALK AT WREYLAND," by CECIL TORR. Abridged Edition. (Cambridge University Press, 1926.) ORDNANCE SURVEY LARGE AND SMALL SCALE MAPS Are supplied for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES at REDUCED RATES

Full particulars will be forwarded on application to
The Director General,

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SOUTHAMPTON.

His breast enshrined a heart so red,
With singing he were well nigh dead.

"R. A. D." found eleven verses insufficient, and expanded it to twelve. "J. B." also tended to expansion, or rather, into elaboration of his theme, and the addition of such phrases as I ween, and Ah! woe betide! which marred an otherwise fine version. "Anna Knowles Merritt" also over-elaborated:

A blushing heartlet decked its breast

Life's feast nigh ceased in its song's wild zest. "J. E. M." crowded syllables into her metre:

A Prize of Two Guineas is offered for the best translation into English of the following extract from “Défense de l'Occident," by Henri Massis.

Il n'est pas de tête sagace, d'homme pensant et soucieux de l'avenir, qui ne sente tout ensemble la grandeur du danger et la dure nécessité de servir pour ne pas disparaître. Ce ne sont pas là de vagues conjectures: les faits sont clairs, impitoyables, et les choses ont choisi pour nous. Les circonstances, au terme desquelles la civilisation d'Occident risque d'être engloutie ou de tomber en servitude, chacun peut les concevoir: elles "sont dans les journaux.”

Il ne s'agit plus, cette fois, de ces prévisions trop précises que des observateurs, attentifs aux accords des idées et des faits, ont pu justement tirer de l'expérience, de la nature des choses et des analogies de l'histoire. La crise de l'Occident, le péril de l'asiatisme, ne sont plus désormais des questions réservées aux seules méditations des hommes de l'esprit. Leur importance est telle que le train ordinaire de la politique la plus inerte, la plus courte de vues, en est aujourd'hui traversé. Les gouvernants eux-mêmes, si dénués d'imagination qu'on les suppose, si enclins qu'ils soient à méconnaitre les réalités spirituelles, à ne pas tenir compte de ces crises de sentiments et d'idées qui s'élaborent au plus intime des âmes où les grands changements historiques se préparent et s'annoncent, les gouvernants semblent soudain s'apercevoir du danger.

Initials, or a nom de guerre, must be adopted by ALL competitors, but the prize-winners, and the competitors awarded the second place will be required to send real names for publication if necessary.

No competitor will be awarded a prize more than ONCE during a given year, though the name of the competitor gaining first place will be published each month.

All entries, which must be accompanied by the Coupon printed on page 619, must reach the office by the first post on August 15, 1927, addressed" PRIZE EDITOR,” The Journal of Education and School World, 3 Ludgate Broadway, London, E.C. 4.

THE TEACHERS' COUNCIL.-At the first meeting of the newlyelected Teachers' Registration Council the members unanimously agreed to nominate as Chairman for the ensuing five years the Rt. Hon. Lord Gorell, C.B.E., M.C. Lord Gorell has been Chairman of the Council since 1922 when he succeeded Sir Michael Sadler. He was formerly head of the Army Education Corps, a branch of the service which he had a large share in founding soon after the War. The Teachers' Council is a body created by Act of Parliament and constituted under the Privy Council Orders of February 29, 1912, and December 14, 1926, with the duty of forming and keeping the Official Register of Teachers. Those admitted to registration are required to furnish satisfactory evidence of educational attainments, professional training, and teaching experience. Up to the present 75,169 teachers have been registered.