C. W. BARDEEN, SYRACUSE, N Y.

OUTINES OF PSYCHOLOGY. DESIGNED FOR

TEACHERS' CLASSES, NORMAL SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTES. By Henry G. Williams, A.M.

The author modestly disclaims any intention of presenting this book as a treatise on psychology. It is designed as a guide book for the student and to point the way to farther investigation of the subject.

The facts of the science in their relation to each other are clearly set forth with helpful suggestions to the earnest student who will desire to go farther and dig deeper. The coördination and subordination of topics are given and the order indicated in which they are to be studied. To aid the student in under. standing the system of outlining followed by the author, a brief synopsis of it is given in the opening pages. At the close of the book a list of works on psychology for reference pur. poses are given under the title of "Literature of Psychology." This list is classified under different heads, such as "History of Education," "American Education," "Pedagogy," etc., which cannot fail to be of great service to all organizations of teachers who desire to cover the whole subject. This list alone is reason enough for buying the book. It is not surprising that a book so comprehensive and suggestive as is this should have already reached its third edition. The science of psy. chology is too wide to be covered by any single author, but he who knows how to gather up the subject, classify it, outline it and direct the student to the different parts of the whole field has hit upon a scheme so sensible and helpful

as to deserve the success he has achieved.

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS.

AMONG THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. A revised and enlarged edition of "Insect Lives; or Born in Prison." 237 pages. By Julia P. Ballard.

"It is for the purpose of getting the key into the hand and getting the heart ready and anxious to unlock the many sources of beauty and interest which God has placed all about us in nature that this volume has been written," so explains the author.

It is hard to speak truthfully of this book and not speak extravagantly. Mrs. Ballard has covered the whole realm of moths and butterflies with gay vivacious description of their origin, lives, and habits so completely that one wonders what more could ever be said about them. If a simple conversational style of writing and revealing facts to children almost a caressing style could put the key to the beauty and wonders about us into children's hands surely every young heart and every mature intellect would be eager to unseal the treasure boxes of nature that have hitherto been repulsive, or about which they have been totally indifferent.

In these days of science in primary schools such a book as this must be hailed with de. 1!ght by every teacher. It is an exhaustless mine of information upon these special subjects and one can but wish the gifted, enthusi astic author would go out into the nature world again and use her wonderful vision upon other things as well as moths and butter. flies. And there is another wish that arises in connection with this charming book; - that portions of it might be prepared in small sup. plementary reading books that the little chil. dren might read it for themselves.

The book is fully and finely illustrated by more than a hundred figures of various species of moths and butterflies, and is handsomely bound in dark green. The gorgeous cover design of golden butterflies among the leaves is full of midsummer glory, and the heavy paper and large clear type make a book of which the publishers may well be proud.

GINN & COMPANY, BOSTON. FRYE'S COMPLETE GEOGRAPHY. General edi.. tion. By Alex Everett Frye. Mailing price, $1.25.

It is a well nigh hopeless task to attempt to speak fairly and intelligently of this muchtalked-of book in any brief space, or without standing upon the same platform with the author and seeing the whole geography world with his experienced eyes. Mr. Frye is a geography lover and indefatigable student. He has thought and lived geography so many years that a new book from his pen must of necessity be so far in advance of the ordinary knowledge of the average teacher, that it leaves a great gulf to be bridged before teacher and children shall know how to understand or use such a book. Any criticism which this book may have received from inexpert teachers or educational leaders who have never given the subject of geography any more attention than arithmetic or reading, falls flat. They have no means or power of judging of its great purpose or distinctive features. If this book can be taught according to the author's ideas the whole plan of geography teaching as carried on in the school-room at present will be revolutionized and the geogra. phy millennium will have begun.

How shall this be accomplished? If the author could multiply himself by a hundred and hold geography mass meetings all over the country, the teaching public might be aroused and a glimmer of truth begin to penetrate the darkened understanding of the great mass of the teachers who are utterly lost if isolated facts, in question and answer forms, are departed from. But since the author is but one man physically, however many he may count intellectually and geographically, the book and all the tremendons change in geography it stands for will have to do its silent work alone. And it will do it even if it waits as long

as did Horace Mann for the clouds of indiffer. ence and the storms of criticism to roll away. Truth will eventually triumph, and that this is geography truth who can doubt that has ever done any thinking at all in this line? This warm endorsement of the book does not mean that it has no faults, or that it cannot be assailed in any points. Most human things can. But the book is here considered as a whole, in refer. ence to its grand purpose and spirit and its wide departure from the old wearisome, faulty, dead-letter teaching of dry geographical facts and statistics.

As to its distinctive features of relief maps, commercial maps and the prodigality of its artistic illustrations, what can be said? Sim. ply that the book must be seen and carefully studied to understand what and how much these mean in carrying out the great scheme of the author. To say that there are 800 pic. tures on 200 pages means little till fair minded men and women study the purpose and use of these pictures. Their beauty and attractiveness go without saying.

Mr. Frye has given a new gospel in pedagogy in the teaching of geography. Let schools and teachers everywhere be willing to give it fair careful study. That such a study may result in discouragement can readily be imagined, but it will only indicate the amount of research and thought necessary to reach the author's standard.

JOSEPH KNIGHT COMPANY, BOSTON. CHILD-LIFE IN ART. By Estelle M. Hurd, M.A. Illustrated. 173 pages. $2.00.

The contents of this book are thus classified: I. Childhood in Ideal Types. II. Children Born to the Purple. III. The Children of Field and Village. IV. The Child-life of the Streets. V. Child-angels. VI. The Christ-Child. There are twenty-five fine illustrations of

paintings of children, all by famous masters, from original paintings in European galleries. The author makes no claim to enumerate all the art representations of childhood, but aims to suggest a convenient outline of classification and to describe a few characteristic examples in each group. All lovers of children and all lovers of art will find rare pleasure in the reading and in the ownership of this book. Daintily bound in blue-green and gold with handsome, ornamented cover, rich, heavy paper, and large, clear type, it becomes a suitable setting for the art themes within.

Teachers of little children who are interested in decorations for their school-rooms and desire a few good pictures rather than many cheap ones, will find this book an invaluable help in their selection. Short biographical sketches of the painter and the picture are also given, from which sufficient data for facts and a story could be drawn to instruct the little ones in the choicest art subjects. The whole plan of the book is delightful.

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK CITY. LITTLE KNIGHTS AND LADIES. By Margaret E. Sangster.

Mrs. Sangster writes from the heart and reaches the hearts of her readers. With genuine poetic feeling she sings her songs of the common events of life, and they are lifted into the realms of imagination and beauty. "Little Knights and Ladies" is a collection of verses gathered together from the publications of Harper & Brothers and beautifully bound in olive ornamented with silver design, making it an exquisite gift book for the home. Every mother's heart will glow more kindly toward her own little knights and ladies after reading these exquisite poems. There are, besides, many selections suitable for memory gems and school recitations for different seasons of the year. Among these are: "Indian Summer," "Elsie's Thanksgiving," "At Easter," "The White Days of Winter," and "A New Year." All these selections, suited to age of children, breathe a spirit of love and appreciation of the protecting care that gives the best for each season. Such gems dropped into the tender soil of childish hearts can yield only the best fruits in after years.

A. FLANAGAN, CHICAGO. WALKS AND TALKS. By William Hawley Smith, author of "The Evolution of Dodd." 224 pages.

The educational world in not yet through smiling over "The Evolution of Dodd," though it is many years since the world of dead teaching was set into commotion by this inimitable book. Those who were "hit" hardest by the keen shafts of satire and witty presentation of facts consoled themselves with the laugh that could not be resisted, and, it is hoped, did better ever after. The school world does not yet realize what it owes to that bright book written with a purpose, and yet attractive enough to get itself read from one end of the country to another.

Mr. Smith comes again into the arena with another book, Walks and Talks. Again his theme is education, but there is not a dull line in it a great deal to say of any educational book. The thirty-one chapters are just so many protests against pet and prevalent weaknesses in our attempt at the training and education of children. But they are not preachy protests. Story, fun, striking illustra tions of homely truths, and a deep earnestness of purpose breaking into direct appeals to conscience, are all mingled in delightful confusion. Neither is there any searching about for the proper conventional expression; the truth comes in all sorts of utterances, grave, gay, quaint and witty, till the reader is certain that only one thing could be better than the book itself, and that would be to know the author.

There could be no better investment of money for educational advancement than for the school board of any community to put this book on the desks of their teachers and let it do its silent work.

NOTES.

- Warranted by the success of the "Master pieces of American Literature," which Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, New York and Chicago, issued a few years ago at the request and under the direction of the supervisors of the public schools of the City of Boston, the same publishers announce for immediate issue a book entitled "Masterpieces of British Literature." This book will be a companion volume to the "Masterpieces of American Literature."

It has been prepared with great care, and in accordance with the suggestions of prominent educators who have used the American Masterpieces, a book which has met with the greatest success as a Reader in the higher classes of grammar schools, and in classes of literature in high schools and academies.

-The San Francisco board of education has selected James G. Kennedy as principal of the city normal schocl.

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