were trimming the house with (city in Mississippi). They were expecting company, and the (strait in New Zealand) and was making (island north of Isle Royal). And when she came to get the (river in Montana) she found that the cat was (river in Kentucky) it up. So she sent the (river in south Africa) waiter, whose name was (mountain in Massachusetts) to Mr. (city in Maine) for some more. When she got back, the girls were boiling (island between Lakes Superior and Huron) to make candy. One girl spilled some on her hand and badly (city in Switzerland)ed it. She cried ("river in England")! and ran and put it in (city in Michigan). The (strait in New Zealand) was now (strait in New Zealand)ing (country in Europe) which had a great deal of (country in Europe) in it. Just then a farmer came in with a (city in eastern Asia) rooster. The (strait in New Zealand) spilled some of the (country in Europe) and the girls thought it was time to go to the parlor. The guests then began to arrive. The first to arrive was Benjamin (city in New Hampshire), James R. (city in Massachusetts), Constance de (city in Massachusetts), (cape in Alaska), Thomas (monument in Washington), President (city in Ohio), Queen (city in Vancouver Island), and Sir Walter (fort in Kansas). The guests at last all came and we hope they had a pleasant time.-The Moderator.

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.-The annual meeting of this Association will be held in Topeka, Kansas, July 13-16. The meeting will begin Thursday evening, July 13th, with addresses of welcome and responses by the President and others. The forenoons and the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will be occupied by the Association. The afternoons of each of these days will be occupied by the meetings of the several departments, of which there are five. Four or five department meetings will be held each afternoon. The general plan is to have one address and one topic for general discussion at each forenoon session, and for the evening sessions one address, reports and special discussions. Among the topics for discussion are Physiology and Hygiene, with reference to Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics. The discussion will be opened by Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, president of Iowa W. C. T. U.; Prof. A. G. Boyden, of Massachusetts, will follow, showing by simple, practical experiments how the subject may be taught in any school according to the principles of scientific investigation; Some Serious Errors in Teaching—" Study and Recitation, Per Cent. System of Marking Pupils, Competitive Examinations; The Problem of Race Education in the United States with special relation to the Negro, Indian, Mexican, and Mongolian races. Hon. W. M. Beckner, of Kentucky, will deliver one of the evening addresses on "Education in the South;" Col. William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, will deliver another on "Education in Louisiana,"

and Hon. John J. Ingalls, United States Senator, Kansas, will deliver an evening address if Congress adjourns in season.

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The National Council of Education will begin its meetings on Friday forenoon, July 9th. Reports will be presented from the various committees, on "Pupils Classification, Examination, and Promotion; " Higher Institutions Required;" "TextBooks in Elementary Schools; " " Pedagogical Value of the School Workshop," and "Technical Education of Girls."

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Interesting programmes have been prepared for the various departments. Board can be obtained at from $1 to $2 per day. A large attendance is expected, and parties intending to go are urged to secure their rooms at an early day. Write to Mr. H. C. Larimer, Chairman of the Committee on Entertainment, Topeka, Kansas, giving the kind of accomodation you want, your full name and post-office address, and state probable date of your arrival in Topeka. To those applying by 20th of June a card of introduction will be returned, giving information as to boarding place, etc.

Railroad Rates.—Tickets may be purchased for going from July 1st to July 10th. The tickets will be good for returning till September 4th. Tickets for return trip must be stamped by the Secretary of the Association at Topeka. The membership fee, $2, may be paid at Topeka.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad will grant teachers along its line excursion rates to Topeka at fare one way. Exceedingly favorable excursion rates from Topeka to the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast will be given.

The Committee for Virginia is composed of Hon. Jno. L. Buchanan and Wm. F. Fox, Richmond, who will give any information in their power to those wishing to attend the meeting. Bulletins of the Association may be obtained by applying to Hon. N. A. Calkins, 124 east 80th street, New York.

WE had the pleasure of a visit last week from L. H. Marvel, Esq., Superintendent of Schools of Lewiston, Maine. He will be remembered by a number of our teachers. He lectured before the teachers of this city, and also did some Normal Institute work in Staunton. He visits the city specially in the interest of the Ameri. can Institute of Instruction, whose next Annual meeting will be held at Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert Island, beginning July 6th. He expects an attendance of not less than 3,000 persons, and is anxious to have a large party go from Virginia. Specially favorable rates will be secured. Hon. Jno. L. Buchanan will probably take part in the meeting. Mt. Desert is noted for its beautiful scenery. A trip thither would be a most enjoyable affair.

THE official connection of Hon. R. R. Farr with the JOURNAL closed with the last issue. For four years we have been brought into frequent contact with him. Our intercourse began as entire strangers; we have learned to look upon him as a valued friend. Endowed with fine judgment, untiring energy, excellent administrative ability and sound practical wisdom, he conducted the affairs of his depart ment in a manner worthy of high praise. His last report, published just before the expiration of his term of office, is both voluminous and valuable. By persistent and painstaking effort he collected a large amount of material bearing on the condition of the schools. He draws some important conclusions from the data obtained and makes some valuable suggestions that should receive the careful consideration of our educators and law-makers. He has stimulated the school officers under his control and increased the efficiency of the system. His efforts have been constantly directed

to the improvement of the schools and the teachers. The interests of the schools have not declined in his hands. He leaves to his successor a well-arranged and constantly improving system of schools.

With this number of the JOURNAL, Hon. John L. Buchanan assumes editorial control of the Official Department. He comes to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction with a fine reputation for learning, and for capacity to administer successfully large public trusts. Since coming into the office his fine culture and courteous bearing have made him friends on all sides. We welcome him to a share in our editorial toils.

He will be aided by Professor L. R. Holland, first clerk and Secretary of the Board of Education, whose talents, experience, systematic habits, and great facility in influencing and controlling men, make him a valuable acquisition to the office, and by Mr. J. A. McGilvray, second clerk, who brings to the discharge of his duties an intelligent appreciation of his work and a somewhat extended experience.

Book Notices.

OUTLINES OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY. A Text-Book for High Schools, Seminaries, and Colleges. By P. V. N. Myers, A. M., President of Belmont College, Ohio, Author of "Remains of Lost Empires" and "Outlines of Ancient History." Boston: Published by Ginn & Co. 1886. Mailing Price, $1.65.

This very interesting compendium of Mediæval and Modern History has been written upon Ueberweg's idea of history—that it is "the unfolding of the essence of spirit." The author has, therefore, given prominence to the essential elements, rather than the accidental features, of the life of the race-to those phenomena and institutions which express the permanent tendencies of the developing spirit of humanity. Events are arranged with reference to cause and effect, thus presenting a more philosophical arrangement and enabling the pupil more readily to remember the current of history. In choosing from the great abundance of material the author has selected such facts as serve to illustrate in the most striking manner historic laws, principles, or tendencies. He presents, in a style at once clear and attractive, a simple outline of the story of civilization since the meeting in the fifth century of Latin and Teuton upon the soil of the Roman Empire in the West.

A School Edition of WORDS AND THEIR USES, PAST AND PRESENT. A Study of the English Language. By Richard Grant White. Ninth Edition, Revised and Corrected. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1885. Price, $1.00. The value of this little volume is too well known to need comment. It has been before the public for more than a decade and has occasioned no little criticism and discussion. The following table of the principal contents of this book will suggest its great value to teachers and schools, for whom this edition was especially prepared:

Newspaper English-Big Words for small Thoughts-British English and “American" English-Style-Misused Words-Words that are not Words-Formation of Pronouns-Some-Either and Neither-Shall and Will-Grammar, English and Latin-The Grammarless Tongue-How the Exception Proves the Rule. For sale by West, Johnston & Co., 911 Main Street.

THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. For the use of Classes in Zoology and Private Students. By G. H. French, A. M., Professor of Natural History and Curator in the Southern Illinois Normal University. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1886. Price, $2.00.

This volume has been prepared to meet the need for a manual to be placed in the hands of students in zoology to enable them to identify the specimens put before them for examination. The work embraces a brief description of the several stages of butterflies, methods of capture and preservation, an analytical key, and a more complete description of all the species that have been found in that section of the United States lying to the eastward of the western border of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The following headings indicate the general treatment: Classification, Different Stages of Development, Habits of Butterflies, Collecting Butterflies, Names of Butterflies, Analytical Key for the Determination of the Butterflies of the Eastern United States, The Different Families of Butterflies, Glossary, and Index.

For sale by West, Johnston & Co., 911 Main street.

MODERN CLASSICS, School Library of thirty-three volumes, averaging 310 pages, cloth-bound, 40 cents a volume, postpaid; the set $11.22 net. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, Massachusetts.

A glance at the Table of Contents of each volume of this series shows us that we have here the most famous masterpieces of the most famous writers of modern times. We know of no collection that presents in so attractive and yet so cheap a form a satisfactory view of the whole range of English and American literature. This collection of poems, essays, stories, etc., forms an admirable school library for children in the intermediate and higher grades. Single volumes can be used advantageously as Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Readers, also by Literature classes. These books have an advantage over books ordinarily found in the school-room in that, having the same appearance and containing the same matter as the books that are or should be owned by older people, they will be carefully preserved by children as the nucleus of a future library. They are, however, strongly enough bound for school use. We heartily recommend the books to all who desire to read or to teach the best literature. We advise our readers to send to the publishers for a free pamphlet containing the Table of Contents of each volume, and to send 40 cents for a sample volume. The publishers offer to refund the money paid for any sample volume that may be returned within a reasonable time. [

THE HISTORY OF PEDAGOGY. By Gabriel Compayre, Deputy Doctor of Letters, and Professor in the Normal School of Fontenay-aux-Roses. Translated, with an Introduction, Notes, and Index, by William H. Payne, A. M., Professor of the Science and the Art of Teaching in the University of Michigan; author of Chapters on School Supervision," and "Outlines of Educational Doctrine," Boston: D. C. Heath & Co. 1886. Price, $1.75.

No satisfactory work on the history of education has appeared in English. While continental nations have given the subject profound study, and have prepared and published valuable treatises, English speaking peoples have had to depend on foreign works or scrappy and inadequate discussions in their own tongue. The volume before us is the translation of the work of a distinguished Frenchman who was admirably fitted by taste, education, and experience to undertake a thorough discussion extending over the whole field. To the mind of his translator, himself a man of high position and large experience, it seems almost the ideal of the treatise needed by the

teaching profession of this country, The importance of this subject has hardly been rightly appreciated by the teachers of America. While they have done very much in improving methods of teaching, they have failed fully to avail themselves of the experience of the past ages and learn the lessons of practical wisdom which could thence be obtained. But the promise of a brighter day dawns with the appearance of the present volume and with the preparation by other authors of treatises, some of which are already completed.

We have received from Messrs. Randolph & English, 1304 Main street, a Patent School Compass, manufactured by F. W. Devoe & Co., New York, a simple, cheap, and convenient device for drawing circles. It is easily protected from breakage, and can be safely carried in the pocket. Price, 25 cents.

TOKOLOGY. A book for every woman. By Alice B. Stockham, M. D. Illustrated. Chicago: Sanitary Publishing Company. 1886. Price, $2.

The author-a woman, with the sympathies of a woman-discusses plainly, yet in a scientific spirit, many of the problems of peculiar interest to women, and gives many helpful suggestions.

Specially noticeable among the music announcements of the month are the following by Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. In ballad music, Benjamin W. Loveland gives a charming musical setting to Owen Meredith's song, "The Mermaiden" (30 cents); "Tell her, ye Stars," (30 cents,) is the song received with such marked favor as sung by its composer, Brandon Thomas, at the concerts of the Vokes family. Theo. Moelling has a polka song, "A Pretty Little Star," (35 cents,) which possesses every element of attractiveness, and Frank Dumont a song and chorus, Home-Made Chicken Pie," (30 cents,) full of rollicking humor. In instrumental music there is announced