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Prospectuses of the above can be had on application. The Prayer-Book Explained. By P. JACKSON, M.A. FETTER LANE, LONDON E.C. 4 1001+ CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS A Selection of SUITABLE TEXT-BOOKS for the Cicero. Pro Roscio. Edited by J. C. NICOL, M.A. 3S. [School Certificate Horace. Odes. Book I. Edited by J. Gow, Litt.D. 2s 9d. [School Certificate Tacitus. Agricola and Germania. Edited by J. H. SLEEMAN, M.A. 3s 6d. [School Certificate Vergil. Aeneid. Book II. With introduction and notes by A. SIDGWICK, M.A. 2s. With vocabulary, 2s 3d. [Junior and School Certificate An Elementary Latin Grammar. By A. SLOMAN, M.A. Second edition, 3s 6d. A First Year Latin Book. By J. THOMPSON, M.A. 3s 6d. Prima Legenda. First Year Latin Lessons. By Miss J. WHYTE, M.A. 2S. Fabulae Heroicae. A First Year Latin Reader and Writer. By E. PURDIE, Ph.D. 2s 6d. Liviana. A Second Year Latin Reader based on Livy I and II. By E. PURDIE, Ph.D. 2s 9d. Silva Latina. A Latin reading-book, chosen and arranged by J. D. 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BERRY, M.A. 6s. Physical Chemistry for Schools. By H. J. H. FENTON, M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. 5s 6d. Inorganic Chemistry. By E. I. LEWIS, B.A., Volumetric Analysis. By A. J. BERRY, M.A. 4S. Heat and Light. By R. T. GLAZEBROOK, M.A. LIGHT, 8s 6d. Also separately, HEAT, 5S. 5S. Sound. By J. W. CAPSTICK, D.Sc. 7s 6d. MATHEMATICS A full list of suitable Mathematical Text-books will be sent on application. FETTER LANE, LONDON E.C. 4 "FIRST FOLIO" FACSIMILES Reviews By Macbeth. Coriolanus. The Tempest. Twelfth Night. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Facsimiles of the First Folio Text. With an Introduction by Dr. J. D. WILSON, and a list of Modern Readings. (6s. net each. Faber & Gwyer.) When the Oxford Press, a quarter of a century_ago, reproduced by photography the whole of the First Folio, it seemed a great achievement, as indeed it was. But in bringing the separate plays within reach of the modest purse of the ordinary teacher, and of every school library, a private firm, Messrs. Faber & Gwyer, have now achieved something scarcely less wonderful, and likely to be more far-reaching in its effects. With characteristic and infectious enthusiasm Dr. Dover Wilson, the editor, commends to us the study of a good Shakespearian text in the original as "one of the greatest delights the world has to offer." It is, he adds, "a delight from which the general public has been too long excluded." " Each of the four plays now issued is prefaced with an introduction by Prof. Wilson, and followed by a list of the more important modern readings. Thus every help is furnished for the study of the history of the text. One beneficial result of the publication of these facsimiles should be to check the licence of emendation; for their tendency is to show that the nineteenth century, with all its apparatus of formal study, contributed less than the eighteenth-century editors to the betterment of the text. Another result should be to diffuse more widely the knowledge of the epoch-making discovery about "Shakespearian punctuation" revealed in Mr. Percy Simpson's book with that title (Oxford, 1911)-the discovery that commas, semicolons, colons, and brackets were not sprinkled wildly, as had formerly been supposed, but were really stage-directions, indicating to the actor where he should pause upon a word or (in the case of brackets) where he should lower his voice. The punctuation of "The Tempest " is remarkably good, and Dr. Wilson thinks the explanation, as also of the unusually full stagedirections, may be that Shakespeare penned the manuscript in his study at Stratford with special care, because he knew that he would not be present at the rehearsals in London to give personal guidance to the actors. EDUCATION OF THE ADOLESCENT (1) The Psychology of Youth: a New Edition of "Youth and the Race." By E. J. SwIFT. (Ios. 6d. net. Scribner.) (2) The Self-Directed School. By Prof. H. L. MILLER and R. T. HARGREAVES. (7s. 6d. net. Scribner.) (3) Principles of Secondary Education. By Prof. L. A. WILLIAMS and Dr. G. A. RICE. (8s. 6d. net. Ginn.) (4) The High-School Principal: as Administrator, Supervisor, and Director of Extra-Curricular Activities. By Prof. A. C. ROBERTS and Prof. E. M. DRAPER. (7s. 6d. net. Harrap.) We notice these four books together, not because they are all on the same subject, but because they bear mostly upon the education of the adolescent, and because they are all written from the American point of view. (1) The author of "The Psychology of Youth” " possesses not only adequate information and sane views on the treatment of adolescent boys and girls, but also a clear and breezy style. There is no trace of that academic pedantry which is the besetting sin of writers of books of this class, and especially, we feel moved to add, American writers. The author's matter and manner should appeal not only to professional teachers, but also to parents and social workers. (2) The authors of "The Self-Directed School spoil a good piece of work by the obscurity of their language. We quote an instance (italics ours). The proposition to select and segregate gifted children does not seem to be either practical or valid. The practice of skipping grades and that of accelerated classes often result in placing the incidence of economy of time in education on young and socially immature children. The more valid and valuable procedure to adopt would seem to be that of enrichment in terms of integration." What does this jargon mean? Still, there is a lot of good stuff in the book, the theme of which is that the principle of individuality should be recognized in education, and creative types of work encouraged. (3) The authors of " Principles of Secondary Education" have designedly produced a very theoretical treatise. They write for the student who contemplates entering the secondary branch of the teaching profession, and whose first need is presumed to be a wide, sweeping, telescopic view of secondary education." So they begin at the beginning, exhibiting the school as a social institution, and they further exhibit the American school against its historical background in the older countries of Europe. The subsequent chapters on the pupils, the programme, the process, and the system (of schools), give a very good summary of the best of American thought on secondary education. (4) A perusal of "The High-School Principal" may be recommended as a good exercise for any one desiring to compare, or rather to contrast, American and English secondary education. The relation of high-school principals to superintendents, the practical exclusion of women from principalships of important schools, the mode of appointment of assistant teachers, are mere instances of the large variety of interesting topics that arise. A serious treatise on the powers and duties of principals is, we believe a novelty, even in America. TOPOGRAPHY AND THE CLASSICS Horace; at Tibur and the Sabine Farm, with Epilogue. Second Edition, with much Additional Matter, including Seven New Illustrations and a New Map and Plan of the Sabine Farm. By G. H. HALLAM. (Harrow School Bookshop.) So long as visitors throng to Wordsworth's cottage at Grasmere, or so long as people are interested in Rupert Brooke and therefore love to see the old church at Grantchester, so long shall we be interested to read about the home surroundings of our favourite classical authors. We cannot all visit these haunts and see them with our own eyes, but Mr. Hallam's book will do for all of us what his and his wife's charming hospitality did for those members of the A.R.L.T. (Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching), whom he entertained on their visit to Rome in 1925 in his garden overlooking Tibur and the "praeceps Anio." Having made his own home in this district, Mr. Hallam is well qualified to act as cicerone to others, and he writes with a grace and a warmth of feeling that bespeak the love which he has for the places about which he writes. His book sprang originally from the excellent idea, promulgated by the Society for the promotion of Hellenic Studies and by the Roman Society, of circulating popular lectures, illustrated by lantern slides, upon classical subjects to schools and other educational gatherings. This idea, which has proved so successful, is itself a symptom of the greater recognition which has of recent years been granted to the claims of archaeology in the field of classical studies. Mr. Hallam claims to have located Horace's villa in the monastery, still standing, of S. Antonio, and his book, which is well illustrated with photographs, gives us a splendid conception not only of S. Antonio itself, but also of the famous Sabine farm and the no less-renowned Fons Bandusiae. To see photographs of these things cannot fail, not only with children, but also with grown scholars, to give a new reality to words which have become a part of our mental heritage. In addition to the numerous photographs, the book contains a map of Horace's country, the Anio valley, a plan of the Sabine farm, with a map of its neighbourhood, and also a map of Tibur. The text gives an account of Horace's youth and early manhood, which is followed by a section describing his life upon the Sabine farm. Both the house and the garden are fully described, and we are then introduced to the famous Fons Bandusiae. Next comes a section upon the Epistles and Satires, followed by one upon the Odes, or Horace as poet laureate. We then have some illuminating remarks upon Alcaics and Sapphics, and Mr. Hallam concludes his farrago of charm and interest with a long, detailed section upon Horace at Tibur. THE AUTHORSHIP OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS Shakespeare: Truth and Tradition. By Dr. J. S. SMART. With a Memoir by Prof. W. M. Dixon. (7s. 6d. net. Arnold.) At a moment when there is some danger that the production of Mr. George Moore's brilliant extravaganza, The Making of an Immortal," will give a new lease of life to the Baconian craze, the publication of the late Dr. Smart's unfinished study of the materials for a biography of Shakespeare is singularly opportune. No better piece of work has ever been done upon a theme which never loses its attraction, and it may safely be said that no work upon this subject has ever been presented with greater literary skill. The style is quiet and entirely devoid of adventitious embellishment; it holds the reader's interest by the author's mastery of his material and the skilful presentation of the argument. English literature has suffered a heavy loss by Dr. Smart's premature death. His commentary on Milton's Sonnets, scarcely yet known as it deserves to be, revealed a scholar of fine taste and rare powers; this posthumous book strengthens the impression left by the earlier work; and Prof. Dixon's brief but sympathetic memoir shows that the impression made by Smart's personality upon those who knew him exceeded, rather than fell short of, the impression conveyed by his too scanty writings. The supreme merit of this little book is the convincing lucidity with which it explains the genesis of the absurd mystery which has been made of the authorship of the plays. To begin with, there is not the slightest reason for surprise that there should be uncertainty about many of the details of Shakespeare's life. We know even less about Spenser and Dryden; we really know very little about Milton in spite of his contacts with the public life of his time. After Shakespeare's death a legend grew up of his illiteracy, and hardened into a tradition which has not yet disappeared entirely from histories of literature. When, a century ago, the romantics extolled Shakespeare as a divinity, the notion that plays of such superhuman qualities could have been the work of an illiterate playwright brought up among ignorant country-folk seemed palpably absurd, and the attribution of Shakespeare's plays to a man of known genius and culture-Bacon for choice-presented itself as a solution of a problem which was merely created by the union of two contradictory errors. The soundest literary criticism never credited the plays with divine perfections; least of all did it find in them an excessive amount of book-learning. They are, it is true, full of that spirit of genius which bloweth where it listeth" and is not the prerogative of any one social class. But Dr. Smart shows convincingly that Shakespeare's family was of good standing in Stratford, and that the English country towns of Shakespeare's day, and Stratford in particular, were not as illiterate as has often been supposed. The boys learnt Latin in the grammar schools, acquiring quite commonly just that amount of familiarity with the classics which the plays indicate, and the women could at all events read and write, as we find in "Twelfth Night," and even in such a comedy as The Merry Wives of Windsor." Minor Notices and Books of the Month CLASSICS The The Hippias Major. Attributed to Plato. With Introductory Essay and Commentary by DOROTHY TARRANT. (12s. 6d. net. Cambridge University Press.) Both the price and the scale of this edition of the " Hippias Major" make it a book only for the Platonic scholar. authenticity of the "Hippias Major" has long been a matter of dispute, nor does Miss Tarrant produce anything decisive to settle the matter. She has written a good introduction, examining the relationship between it and other Platonic work on the basis of its metaphysics, its theory of pleasure, its style and vocabulary. At the end she inclines to the view of Wilamowitz, that it is the work of a young student of the academy in Plato's own time, and to the majority of competent scholars who at all events deny it to be a genuine work of Plato. The dialogue can scarcely claim distinction enough to be useful for school purposes. Arva Latina. Book I. Simple Stories told in Classical Latin. By G. T. ATKINSON. Book 2. Simple Passages from Latin Authors. Edited by G. TUrberville. Book 3. The Story of Rome, from Latin Authors. Edited by Rev. T. ALLEN MOXON. Book 4. Latin Unseens. Edited by D. S. MACNUTT. (IS. 6d. each. Dent.) These volumes do not provide, and do not pretend to, a miraculous and automatic solution of the problem of the four years' course in Latin. The first contains over a hundred little anecdotes, which Mr. Atkinson has turned into classical Latin under the conviction "that young people learn quicker and better by reading something that interests and stimulates." His Latinity is, perhaps, not above reproach. We do not like dixit to introduce Oratio Recta (p. 2), and he ought to know that the infinitive of edo is not edere (p. 6) any more than the imperative is ede (p. 84). But these are small details. What is more regrettable, especially in a beginners' book, is that no attempt has been made to mark hidden quantities, and that the letter j, reprehensible at this date, is used throughout for consonantal i. There are misprints on pp. 19 and 37. The second volume is certainly the best of the lot. Mr. Turberville evidently has a wide knowledge of Latin literature and a keen appreciation of " what appeals to young people. Consequently he has culled for his selection almost every story recorded by the ancient writers that is suitable for his purpose. Our only criticism is of the remark in the preface that the book is intended for pupils in their second or third year of Latin." It is too difficult for that, and its value will be missed by any one who attempts so to use it. But it will make an admirable third year reader. The Latinity of the third volume is not, in itself, any more difficult than that of the second, but the book incorporates also an attempt to teach a good deal of Roman history insomuch as its passages (all of historical significance) are connected by a concise summary in English, which the student is recommended to study carefully, of the march of events in the Roman world. The fourth volume of Latin unseens differs from others of its kind in that it contains a long introduction, written in simple English, descriptive of the chief figures of Latin literature. Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary: Compiled Specially for all the Minor Examinations, from the Common Entrance to Matriculation. By E. E. CODRINGTON. Covers the Vocabulary of Ovid, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Caesar, etc., Students' Outline of Latin Grammar, Table of Irregular Verbs, Transitive and Intransitive Forms. (1s. 6d. net. Foulsham.) Readings from Horace: Easier Odes. Edited by A. DUTHIE. (Is. 6d. Harrap.) Plato and Aristotle. By Prof. J. A. K. THOMSON. (6d. Benn.) Revised Latin Prose Revision. By B. RENDALL. (2s. Methuen.) Hellas: The Forerunner. Vol. 2. The Glory Fades. By H. W. ENGLISH, POETRY, AND DRAMA (1) More English Essays. Edited by G. G. LOANE. (2) The Citizen of the World. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Letters Selected and Edited by J. C. DENT. " (3) Mountain Essays by Famous Climbers. Edited by E. F. BOZMAN. (Is. 4d. each. Dent.) More additions to a well-known series. (1) Gives us the English essay in many aspects and of many times. Roger Ascham talks of "Discipline," Burton of Outdoor Exercise," while Chesterton defends Slang," and Hudson adopts and deserts "Jack." (2) A usual and attractive reprint of this well-known classic. (3) Includes a number of historic climbs told at first hand by Wills, Tyndall, Whymper, Mummery, and others. " A Dictionary of Quotations from Authors, together with an Alphabet of Proverbs. 2 Vols. (2s. 6d. net each. Dent.) Everyman's library continues to provide for our needs and to stimulate our tastes, and it seems safe to predict that the two volumes of the Dictionary of Quotations and proverbial sayings will not be among the least popular of these additions. The crossword puzzle vogue is no longer at its height, but it still continues to play a part in the daily pursuits of a considerable number of people to whom a reasonably compact dictionary has become a necessity and to whom these little books of reference will be a boon. Whatever may be the cause which provokes their use in the first case, the reader will certainly be lured to continue his browsing, and while he may be surprised at some few omissions, he will be more amazed at the inclusive nature of the collection. The Voiage and Travayle of Syr John Maundeville, Knight, with the Journall of Frier Odoricus. (2s. net. Dent.) Here is a worthy ancestor of many of the most fascinating travel books. In these days of rapid transport and a diminished world it is well worth while to go back with Sir John Mandeville to the times when beaten tracks were few and travellers' tales were synonyms for marvels, and could embrace, as his do, such wonders as the kingdoms of Prester John and the great Cham of Calhay, the land of the Pigmies, and the Earthly Paradise. The Book of The Courtier. By COUNT BALDASSARE Castiglione. Done into English by Sir Thomas Hoby, Anno 1561. net. Dent.) (25. Castiglione followed the example set by Boccaccio and brought together a group of knights and dames to pass their time in elegant discussions and debates. We are given an attractive picture of life in the court of Urbino and of the personages who played the chief parts in it, and through them we learn of the conditions and qualities that go to the making of a good courtier. Translated by Sir Thomas Hoby in 1561, it served as a book of good manners and had no small influence on the literature of the time. The Burning Ring. By KATHARINE BURDEKIN. (7s. 6d. net. Voadica: A Romance of the Roman Wall. By I. C. HANNAH. (7s. 6d. net. Longmans.) In both of these books the authors have drawn vivid pictures of the Roman occupation of Britain. In " Voadica we see the Roman Legions building Hadrian's wall, and get a glimpse of Rome itself through the eyes of a captive chieftainess, a descendant of Boadicea, who is eventually shown reconciled to the changes and progress associated with Roman rule. In "The Burning Ring there are three dream experiences in which the dreamer, who enters the state through the use of a mysterious ring, lives through an episode in some part of the history of these islands which has captured his imagination. The first and Roman episode has a very different setting from that chosen in "Voadica." The dreamer finds himself a more or less mentally deficient member of a native tribe in Cornwall, and moved by an impulse of pity he releases a captive Roman. The escape of the two across Bodmin Moor and through the Cornish forests to the nearest Roman settlement has a breath-taking quality, and is extraordinarily well told; the reader shares Mr. Carling's feeling of flatness and fatigue when it and the dream ends. The remaining two episodes are not so successful, but the underlying psychology is intriguing and will no doubt arouse comment and criticism. Miss Burdekin can certainly be said to have written an interesting and unusual book. Wintersmoon: Passages in the Lives of Two Sisters, Janet and Rosalind Grandison. By H. WALPOLE. (7s. 6d. net. Macmillan.) A study in the contrasted temperaments and ideals of two sisters in post-war London. Mr. Walpole has created a fine Reading and Word Meanings. By Dr. E. W. DOLCH. (бs. 6d. net. Ginn.) Starting with the idea that if the words in books set as school readers are to be instrumental in giving to children new ideas, one must know what words such books contain, when new words are introduced, and how often these are subsequently repeated, the task of tabulating the words in five consecutive books in a set of readers was undertaken by Dr. Dolch, College of Education, University of Illinois. Obviously the words in the readers are not the only new ones the child is faced with, as he will be using supplementary readers as well as various text-books, but this investigation is a step towards learning what may be expected in the mastery of new words by a class, and it should help school authorities and publishers in deciding upon the kind of book most desirable for the object in view. The Teaching of English in Primary Schools. By H. A. TREble. (2s. 6d. net. Oxford University Press.) Based upon lectures given to a branch of the N.U.T. in 1927, this common-sense, practical, yet highly stimulating work ought to find a place on the shelf of every teacher of English, whether in secondary or primary schools. The writer is experienced enough and fearless enough to plead for the reinstatement of paraphrase as well as grammar-in spite of their abuse in the past-in a curriculum now too much dominated by the fetish of 'self-expression." He recommends some oral teaching of précis, and has much to say that is wise, helpful, and sympathetic about children's speech, about reading aloud, and about the use of abridgments of standard works. And how heartily do we applaud his sentiments on 'little fairy poems," expressed on page 87. " "" The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Prince Otto. By R. L. STEVENSON. (3s. 6d. net. Macmillan.) Kidnapped: Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year MDCCLİ. By R. L. STEVENSON. (3s. 6d. net. Macmillan.) Island Nights' Entertainments: The Body Snatcher: Fables By R. L. STEVENSON. (3s. 6d. net. Macmillan.) Though the complete stories of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde " and "Prince Otto " have been compressed into one neat volume, print and paper leave nothing to be desired, while the smooth scarlet and gilt covers of these new Stevensons are peculiarly attractive. Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. From the French of PAUL DE MUSSET. (IS. 4d. Blackie.) This rendering of a modern fairy story, as distinguished as our own King of the Golden River," deserves a warm welcome in nursery or classroom, and the jolly figure of Mr. Wind may be trusted to add to its popularity. Spiritual Adventures. By A. SYMONS. New Edition. The Garden Party and Other Stories. By KATHERINE MANSFIELD. New Edition. ("Constable's Miscellany") (3s. 6d. net each. Constable.) Spiritual Adventures," first issued in 1905, is dedicated to Thomas Hardy. "A Prelude to Life," which is presumably a sketch of the author's own youth, and "Esther Kahn," a description of how an actress mastered her craft, are very fine pieces of writing. For the rest, Arthur Symons has drawn a number of psychological portraits, choosing characters of a sombre and rather abnormal type. Lonely, introspective, and sensitive to an extreme, he gives us artists, musicians, and writers who move in an atmosphere of unrelieved gloom, tense with impending catastrophe. Martyrs to acute spiritual suffering, they seem the victims of a malevolent fate. Their lives contain |