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SONGS OF THE CHILD-WORLD. Words by Alice C. D. Riley. Music by Jessie L. Gaynor. A book for use in kindergarten and primary work. The standard of thought in the songs is furnished by Froebel's "Mother Play Book" and Miss Lloyd, who has given to the books its "kindergarten thought," has sought to bring to the children who will sing these songs ideal experiences and a love of “harmonious liv. ing." The contents are grouped in "Songs of the Family Relation," "Songs of the Trade World," "Christmas Songs," "Songs of the State Relationship," "Songs of the Universal Elements," such as Water, Air, Light, and an abundant collection of "Season Songs." There is enough in a single book to rejoice the soul and fill the needs of every teacher who is seeking for the best thought in attractive melodies.

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THE METHOD OF THE RECITATION. By Chas.
A. McMurry, Ph.D. and Frank M. McMurry,
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A book by the McMurry brothers would command instant attention wherever they were known. McMurry's "General Method" has been widely read and its merits generously acknowledged. This second work upon meth. ods follows the first in natural sequence, treating in detail the recitation method as based on fundamental principle. No teacher can say of this book," can't understand it," for it is plain, clear, and entirely on the plane of the average teachers of the public schools. It has the school-room flavor, is sympathetic in tone, and shows familiarity with the school-room in every line, The teachers who can be made to understand that this book has been written for them and worthy of careful study will read it, own it and make use of it as an everyday guide and companion.

NATURE

This is a classification of works on education. It contains in all the titles 3200 books and pamphlets and there is a full index at the end of the book for the reader's guide. In the Editor's preface, Dr. Harris says, the book will be of especial value to librarians in the way of assisting them to answer two questions; What books has this library on any special educa. tional theme? What books ought it to obtain to complete its collection in that theme? FIRST HAROLD'S DISCOVERIES. STUDY READERS. I. By J. W. Troger. This is the beginning of a series of nature study readers and contains simple statements concerning nature such as children of six or seven would naturally make. Trees, plants, insects, birds, fishes, mammals, minerals, will be treated in the coming volume in this natural way, not exhaustively, but to interest the child in his surroundings and to create in him a desire to investigate for himself in after years. The paragraphs are single sentences and in the vocabulary of the child. It is well illustrated and must become a valued help to teachers who seek to combine many things in one book.

UNCLE SAM'S SECRETS. (Appleton's Home Reading Books. Edited by Dr. Harris.) By Oscar Phelps Austin.

The dedication of this book "To the Youth of the Nation," gives a foreshadowing of its contents. It treats of national affairs and seeks to stimulate a love and reverence for its institutions. It is conversational in style and abounds in interesting facts concerning our nation. Its interest as a story will insure a first reading and it will afterwards find its

place in the family library as a book of refer.
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FROEBEL'S EDUCATIONAL LAWS. The Inter-
national Series. By James L. Hughes.

The author deprecates the popular idea that Froebel's only educational work, and that the methods of the kindergarten, are not adapted to the school-room. The principles upon which the kindergarten is based should guide the teacher in the work of teaching and training the child throughout its school course. The aim of this book is to give a simple exposition of the most important principles of Froebel's educational philosophy and to make suggestions regarding the applications of these principles to the work of the school-room in teaching and training. The well-known reputation of Inspector Hughes for clear-sightedness in all that pertains to the education of children on either continent will secure for this book a confidence in its merit and a welcome by all educational people.

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SONG BIRDS AND WATER FOWL. By H. E.
Parkhurst.

If ever a book talked, this book does. It is
animate in thought, description, expression
and illustration. The writer sees everything
in nature and sees it alive and full of meaning.
It is this overflowing current of happy exhila-
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book different from many other books that
treat of the same subjects. The contents are:
A Bouquet of Song Birds, Water Fowl, A
Bird's-eye View, Mistress Cuckoo, Sea Swal,
lows, Birds' Nests, At the Water's Edge, Lake
George, A Colony of Herons, and Earliest
Signs of Spring. The author has tied himself
to no particular treatment, but talks about
whatever he chooses in just the vein he likes;
the result is a collection of individual sayings
about Nature's marvels well worth the reading
and owning. The illustrations are vivid with
action and realness, besides being of excellent
quality.

EATON & CO., CHICAGO, ILL.
FIRST READER.
By F. Lilian Taylor.

HOME AND SCHOOL SERIES.

It is rare that a single book under the title of
First Reader combines so much of use to
primary teachers in all kinds of school work
as is contained in this little book. It is not
only a reader, but it is a manual for teachers
of first grade children. It shows painstaking,
conscientious work in preparation and richness
of experience in teaching little children that
must lead every earnest primary teacher who
opens the book to desire time enough to study
its purpose and methods. It is not a book to
be grasped and exhausted at a single turning
of the leaves. Miss Taylor has worked for
teachers and for the children in every page,
without ostentation and without any claim as
a pedagogical expert. But the teaching of
teachers is there and the pedagogy is there,
The
and they are both of a high order.
preface and "Suggestions to Teachers" out-
line the pian of the book as no brief notice can.
And no teacher should undertake to use this
book in the everyday work of the school-room
without getting the author's thought and
studying the plan within the plan that is given
in the opening suggestions. When these are
thoroughly comprehended and their spirit ab.
sorbed, the teacher can rest assured that she
has, in this volume, an all-round equipment
for her work with first grade children.

The adaptation of the work to the passing
seasons cannot be too highly commended.
Daisies are not talked about in winter nor
Jack Frost in summer. Nature is recognized
in her special work of each season with
simple, scientific facts in the prose, and in the
beauty touches in the choice selection of
poems. The necessary hand work, as a help
to the brain, is not forgotten. Vertical writing
is taught, folding is introduced, and every.
thing that can suitably be done in school for
the development of the child finds its rightful
place and recognition. The illustrations are

ample and well adapted to the work. They are mainly in black and white, with a few pages of color.

E. P. DUTTON & CO., NEW YORK CITY. AMONG THE MEADOW PEOPLE. By Clara Dillingham Pierson. Illustrated by F. C. Gordon.

The author says that many of these stories were written for her own kindergarten chil. dren, and because of their interest in them they are collected and added to, and sent out for larger boys and girls. The characters of the book are the tiny creatures of field and garden, and the stories concerning them are told in a pleasing manner. Some of the titles of the chapters will give an idea of the famil. iar, entertaining "make-believe" style in which facts are disguised. "The Butterfly that Went Calling," "The Crickets' School," "The Earth-Worm Half-brothers," and "The Frog Who Thought Herself Sick" are a few of the subjects of these well-told stories.

SILVER, BURDETT & CO., BOSTON, MASS.
STEPPING STONES TO LITERATURE. II., III.
By Sarah Louise Arnold and Chas. B. Gilbert.

The first volume of this series gave the key. note to the second and third volumes. They have the same avowed aim, to create in the children a love for good literature. The selections are wisely chosen and the children will unconsciously absorb the name and style of the author. The skill of the thoughtful teacher is apparent in these later readers, in the introduction of drawing, nature study, language lessons and invisible spelling lessons. illustrations are an advance on the first reader in the black and white pictures, but the color in the second lacks the same clearness and brilliancy that made the first reader a disap. pointment in color illustration. Let us have black and white pictures always for the chilperfection in color can be

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