8. It is a mistake to treat pupils as though they were anxious to violate the rules of the school. If you would make a villain of a man, reat him as though you thought him one. The law does not assume that any man is a criminal. But you must distinguish between blind confidence and a frank trust in those who have not proved unworthy.

9. It is a mistake to punish by pulling ears, striking upon the head, etc., or to inflict corporal punishment in any form, except in extreme In maintaining order, always appeal to the highest available motive. "Do right for right's sake" should be the rule of action; but secure order by some means.-Intelligence.

cases.

Don'ts for Teachers.

A little manual, called "Don't" is having an extensive sale now. Why not prepare a "Don't" for teachers.

Something like this:

Don't everlastingly scold.

Don't look sour and cross.

Don't fret over trifles.

Don't threaten.

Don't lose your good manners.

Don't be careless in your personal appearance.

Don't carry your school-room cares outside of school.

Don't let the pupils give you any work but the very best they are capable of. Ex.

OUR teachers are interpreters, revealers, inspirations-showing each pupil how to take possession of themselves; how to use all their faculties in the acquisition of knowledge and in the use of knowledge.-American Journal of Education.

The Other Face of Night.

BY EDITH THOMAS.

I sorrowed, slept, and this my dream:
I looked, and saw large Hesper gleam
Right in the east, above the bar
Of morning mist-a morning star.

Full lustred, tremulous he stood,

Throbbing on silent stream and wood.
"Behold!" I cried. "That watcher bright,
Who trims the lamp of jealous night,
Hath on a stolen errand gone

To do the service of the Dawn."

Then spake a voice, serene in air-
"Thou art new-come, nor yet aware
How the calm heavens of the dead
Above thee and around are spread,
So marvelest thou that Hesper clear
Doth in the van of Dawn appear.
But from thy brow chase vexing thought,
And be thou apt and soothly taught;
The star of eve to sorrowing men
Is morning star in spirits' ken.
Thou seest the other face of Night,
And planets flushed with Orient light."

I dreamed, and woke, and did rejoice,
So dwelt with me the blessed voice.

-Teacher and Student.

Book Notices.

HINTS TOWARD A SELECT AND DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EDUCATION. Arranged by Topics, and Indexed by Authors. By G. Stanley Hall and John M. Mansfield. Boston: D. C. Heath & Co. 1886. Mailing price, $1.75.

The above is the modest title of a book prepared by Dr. G. Stanley Hall, which will be very valuable to the teacher in directing him to the best books on all branches of pedagogical literature. The author has gathered his materials from all reliable sources that were available, and has so arranged his matter (by subjects), that the teacher can refer at once to the department in which he is specially interested. Though incomplete, it is a book of over 300 pages, containing the titles of some 2,000 works on pedagogical subjects. The author has frequently added valuable critical notes. We publish elsewhere an extract from the preface of this volume which we commend to the attention of our readers.

STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY; or, Studies in General His tory, from 1000 B. C. to 476 A. D, By Mary D. Sheldon, recently Professor of History in Wellesley College. Boston: D. C. Heath & Co. 1886. Mailing price, $1.10.

The historical methods of this author were recently noticed with approval in the JOURNAL. They seem well calculated to arouse interest, stimulate thought, and cultivate the judgment. Pupils are thrown in good degree upon their own resources. They must examine, canvas, and decide for themselves. Sufficient directions are given to guide them into the proper methods, but they must do the work for themselves.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SERIES. Edited by W. T. Harris. Under this title, Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. propose to publish a library for teachers and school-managers, and text-books for normal classes. The series will embrace (4) History of Education, giving both original systems as expounded by their founders, and critical histories discussing the merits and defects of the systems of the past; (B) Educational Criticism; (C) Systematic Treatises on the Theory of Education, written both from the historical and critical standpoints; and (D) The Art of Education, including works on instruction and discipline, and the practical details of the school-room, and works on the organization and supervision of schools. The series as outlined is comprehensive, and if we may judge of the value of the whole from the volumes which have already appeared, it will be very valuable. The first volume is

THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. By Johann Karl Frederich Rosenkranz, Doctor of Theology and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Koenigsberg. Translated from the German by Anna C. Brackett. Second Edition. Revised, and accompanied with Commentary and Analysis. Price, $1.50. Of it the editor says: "It is believed that the book, as it now appears, will meet a want that is felt for a thorough-going Philosophy of Education. There are many useful and valuable works on The Theory and Practice of Teaching,' but no work that entirely satisfies the description of a genuine Philosophy of Education. To earn this title, such a work must not only be systematic, but it must bring all its details to the test of the highest principle of philosophy. This principle is the acknowledged principle of Christian civilization, and, as such, Rosenkranz makes it the foundation of his theory of Education, and demonstrates its validity by an appeal to psychology on the one hand, and to the history of civilization on the other." The translation was originally made for the use of philosophical students, who admire precise technical terms; but it has been thought best in this revision to adopt it to the needs of readers not skilled in philosophy. Hence the style has been so modified, that it may be safely claimed that no obscurity remains except such as is due to the philosophic depth and generality of the treatment. Its value is further enhanced by an elaborate commentary by the editor, and a full analysis of both text and commentary. It is admirably adapted to meet the wants of such readers as desire to get at the true basis on which all genuine education must rest. The second volume of the Series is

A HISTORY OF EDUCATION. By F. V. N. Painter, A. M., Professor of Modern Languages and Literature in Roanoke College. Price, $1.50.

We can give our readers, in a brief notice, no clearer idea perhaps of the scope of this work than by the following quotation from the preface of the Editor, Dr. W. T. Harris:" The following work, by Professor Painter, takes up the subject from the standpoint of the history of civilization. The educational ideals that have prevailed have been derived from the principles that have controlled nations and religions. Each State has evolved a system of education in conformity with the fundamental idea of its civilization. It may or may not have had a system of schools, but it has possessed instrumentalities for education in the family, civil society, and religious ceremonial, besides its own direct discipline through the laws and their administra tion, and through its public service, civil and military. In religion, whether Christian or "heathen," ," there is implied a definite fundamental view of the world, which is referred to in all concrete relations, and by this there is given a sort of systematic

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unity to the details of life. The first object of parental government is to train the child into habits of conformity to the current religious view. The government seeks to enforce an observance of regulations that establish social relations, founded on the view of the world furnished in religion. We learn, therefore, to look for the explanation of the system of education in the national ideal as revealed in its religion, art, social customs, and form of government. A new phase of civilization demands a new system of education. It is in this study of the civilization, as a whole, that we learn to comprehend the organization of the schools of a country." In developing his subject, Professor Painter his discussed it under the following general heads, 1. The Oriental Nations; 2. The Ancient Classical Nations; 3. Christian Education before the Reformation; 4. Education from the Reformation to the Present Time. In covering so broad a field, the discussions have been in many cases necessarily brief, yet Professor Painter has grasped the seed-thoughts so firmly, and has presented them so clearly and tersely, as to give the reader a very satisfactory conception of the whole subject. Professor Painter has entered a comparatively new field, so far at least as American works are concerned, and has presented the most thorough treatment by an American author. We are glad to see that it is included in the list of works prescribed for use by the Reading Association, given in the Official Department of this number. Our teachers cannot fail to derive great benefit from its study. We commend it most heartily to our readers.

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

PROFESSOR L. R. HOLLAND.-It is with sincere regret that we see that Professor Holland has been compelled, on account of failing health, to resign his position as Clerk of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and Secretary of the Board of Education. By his experience, systematic habits, and fine culture, he is well suited to fill this very important office-an office demanding for its proper exercise good clerical ability, nice literary taste, courteous manners, and good judgment. He is much too valuable a man to lose from the educational work of the State, and we hope that it will not be long before he will be fitted to some position consistent with his health, in which the school-system shall receive the benefit of his long experience and fine abilities. We tender our best wishes for his speedy recovery.

He will be succeeded in office by Mr. J. A. McGilvray, who has been connected with the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction for some time, and who will, by his courtesy and careful attention to business, push forward the work of the office very efficiently.

Notes.

-THE American Journal of Education, St. Louis, is making a sturdy effort to have school-terms in Missouri extended to nine months, and the minimum salaries of teachers raised to $50 per month.

-THE Forty second Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Teachers' Association

will be held Friday and Saturday, November 26th and 27th, at the Girls' High School, west Newton street, Boston. President, Ray Greene Huling, New Bedford; Secretary, J. W. MacDonald, Stoneham; Treasurer, Alfred Bunker, Boston. Presidents of Sections.-High, William H. Lambert, Fall River; Grammar, B. B. Russell, Brockton; Primary, Larkin Dunton, LL.D., Boston.

SPEAKERS AND SUBJECTS.-General Sessions.-Edwin F. Kimball-Alcohol and its Effects on the Human Body; Rev. J. T. Duryea, D. D.-Moral Education in the Public Schools; President Alice E. Freeman, Ph. D.-The Responsibilities of Educated Women; Lewis H. Dutton-The Industrial Education of Girls; Thomas M. Balliet-The Nature and Development of Sense Perception; President Elmer H. Capen, D. D.-Education for Citizenship.

High School Section.-Samuel Thurber-Some Features of Secondary Teaching in Europe; J. O. Sanborn-The Sciences under Difficulties; Hannah D. MowryMethods of Conducting Recitations; M. Grant Daniell-Progress in Quantitative Pronunciation of Latin.

Grammar School Section.-H. E. Holt-Music as a Means in Mental Training; Isabella S. Horne-Practical Hints on Teaching Reading; Albert P. Marble, Ph. D.-The Presumption of Brains.

Primary School Section.-" Promise them a very profitable primary meeting. I will justify you. L. DUNTON."

Publishers' Notes.

The Writers' Publishing Company, 21 University Place, New York, announce for early publication a Handbook of School Snperintendents for 1886-'7. It will contain a complete list with post-office address of State Superintendents; County Superintendents for the Eastern, Western and Southern States, Town Superintendents, Supervisors, &c., in New England; City Superintendents in every State; and a nearly complete list of Territorial Superintendents.

Messrs. Ginn & Co., Boston, announce for publication, about October 15th, Courses and Methods, A Handbook for Teachers of Primary, Grammar and Ungraded Schools. Part I gives a brief plan of studies, which may be pursued in Elementary Schools; Part II treats of Methods of Teaching, and Part III contains Plans of Organization.

The Magazines.

The November CENTURY begins the publication of "The Life of Lincoln," by his private secretaries, John G. Nicolay and Colonel John Hay Two prefaces, one editorial, and the other by the writers, give ample account of the work, and call attention to the exceptional opportunities which these gentlemen have had to prepare what is certain to be the fullest and most authoritative work on the subject. A timely paper for election day is contributed by Theodore Roosevelt on "Machine Politics in New York City." An illustrated paper on another far-reaching question is "The Need of Trade Schools," by Colonel R. T. Auchmuty, founder of the New York Trade Schools, who discusses his subject with reference to what is being done in this line of progress in different parts of the world. On the side of art and archæology there is an illustrated paper by Dr Charles Waldstein, on "The Temple of the Ephesian Artemis, and the Ancient Silver Patera from Bernay." The fourth illustrated