French Holiday Courses Third Session, Julyó- July 26 MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL Advanced and Elementary Courses-Phonetics, Elocution, Composition, Conversation, Lectures on Literature; French Political, Social and Educational Institutions; French History. French only used in Advanced Courses. French Boarding Department. Thoroughly French atmosphere. Tickets, entitling to attend all the Lecture Courses, Sightseeing, Excursions with Conversation Groups, Evening Entertainments, $10. Fortnightly tickets, $7. For report of last Session and Circulars, address Lewis County Summer School 16th Annual Session, July 16-Aug. 10 at PORT LEYDEN, N. Y. The last chance to earn a first grade certificate in a summer school. All subjects for State certificates taught. Send for booklet of information to Tuition $5 per term. H. G. GRUBEL, Boonville, N. Y. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE STATE UNIVERSITY Summer Session June 18 to August 17, 1906 Large Faculty. More than 100 Courses Special Courses in Household Science Physical Training and Manual Training Tuition for the session, $12 Prominent educators will deliver lectures Circulars and full information on application to THOMAS ARKLE CLARK, Director URBANA, ILLINOIS SUMMER CLASSES FOR THE STUDY OF ENGLISH Session of 1906, Cambridge, Mass."" Special courses in Idylls of the King, The Short Story, Elementary Metrics, Old and Middle English, etc. Courses for Magazine Writers and Manuscript Readers. For full announcement send to H. A. DAVIDSON, THE STUDY-GUIDE Series SPECIAL TRAINING FOR SUPERVISORS The Thomas Normal Training School, which was founded in 1888 by Mrs. Emma A. Thomas, is today the only School in the country devoted exclusively to training its pupils to teach and supervise the following special branches in the Public Schools: Music, Drawing, Physical Training, Domestic Science, Manual Training and Penmanship. The School is located on Woodward Avenue, one of the finest thoroughfares anywhere in the country, and the building has been most completely equipped for the work of the various departments. The Course is a school year in length and any one or two branches may be completed during that period. The School publishes a magazine, "Chronicle," as well as a catalogue, both of which may be had by corresponding with the Secretary. Thomas Normal Training School 550 WOODWARD AVENUE 7 (a) The rapid development of the West created a strong demand for better facilities of transportation with the East. Governor Dewitt Clinton of New York, devoted himself to the construction of the Erie canal and the success of the undertaking is due to his tireless efforts. This canal, extending from Buffalo to Albany, connects the Great Lakes with tide water. Soon after its construction, it aided in building up a great commerce between New York city and the states and territories of the Northwest and was for several years the principal means of communication between the east and the west. (b) More than a million dollars were spent by the national government in building a national highway from Cumberland, Md., to Wheeling, Ohio. It was a broad, smooth and solid highway built to meet the general demand for better means of communication between the different portions of the rapidly developing country. Owing to opposition to national grants for such purposes, this road depended on state aid for its further extension to the Mississippi. 8 O. W. Holmes; Francis S. Key; Julia Ward Howe. 9 (a) The South was an agricultural country and the tariff of 1828 and 1832 were extremely unpopular there, since they added considerably to the cost of manufactured goods received by them in exchange for raw products. In December, 1832, South Carolina through a state convention, convened to consider the matter, declared that the Federal tariff laws were null and void, forbade the collection of taxes and threatened to secede from the Union if resisted. President Jackson issued a proclamation that the Federal laws must be obeyed and he sent troops to Charleston that they might assist in enforcing the laws if necessary. (b) In 1859 the whole country was startled by an attempt of John Brown to incite the slaves to an insurrection. With a band of only about twenty men he seized the United States arsenal at Harpers' Ferry, on the Potomac, in Virginia, and attempted to liberate the slaves in that vicinity. He expected that the slaves would join him, and follow him as leader, but in this he was mistaken. He was soon overpowered and at the same time several of his men killed. He was tried by the Virginia courts, convicted and executed. The effect of this raid was to widen still more the breach between the North and the South. were 10 Senate and Assembly. They are chosen by the qualified voters of their respective senate and assembly districts. II To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States: to coin money; to declare war; to provide and maintain a navy, to lay and collect taxes, duties, imports and excises. (Other powers may be given.) 12 The Spanish-American war; the Galveston disaster. Galveston is situated on a low island between the Gulf of Mexico and Galveston Bay. In September, 1900, the waters of the Gulf driven by hurricane winds flooded the entire city, demolishing many buildings and drowning many thousand people. The city is now building great sea walls to prevent a similar disaster. BOOK NOTICES Silver, Burdett & Co., New York THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, (Stories of Colony and Nation Series). By Everett T. Tomlinson, Ph.D., author of "Three Colonial Days," "The Boys of Old Monmouth," "Ward Hill at Weston,' etc. Illustrated. 186 pp. Price, 54 cents. The bold Tory, Richard Jackson, the zealous young whig, Samuel Powell, the valiant Brom Martling, the lovable old "arch-rebel," Conyng ham, the courageous Mistress Oliver and the dauntless little Behethland Moore-all these heroes and heroines of Revolutionary days come thrilling to life again out of the almost forgotten long ago. As a supplementary reader for use in history classes and as a story book, "The War for Independence" is unrivalled. The remaining books in the Colony and Nation Series are "The War of 1812," by the same author, "Lads and Lassies of Other Days," by Lillian L. Price, and "The Building of the Nation," by Lucy E. L. Taylor. AMERICAN PIONEERS. By William A. Mowry and Blanche S. Mowry. 363 pp. Illustrated. Doctor Mowry in the subject matter and arrangement of his new book confirms the statement of a well-known educator that "this pioneer epoch is the delightful gateway through which the children of our common schools are to find entrance to the fields of American history," the stories of which are the "vantage-ground from which to advance into history, geography and natural science.' The book contains two parts, each subdivided as follows: I. Pioneers of Civilization The First Migration-Across the Atlantic. The Second Migration-Over the Alle- The Third Migration-Across the Rocky II. Pioneers of Reform Government Education Philanthropy That the book presents material unusual to class-room use is shown by the introduction, in the first part, of names such as William Blackstone, Pierre d'Iberville, David Crockett and John A. Sutter; and in the second part, by the scope of biography that ranges from John Harvard to Samuel Armstrong, and from John Eliot to John B. Gough. Maynard, Merrill & Co., New York A NEW GERMAN COURSE, COMBINING A GRAMMAR AND READER. By Edwin F. Bacon, Ph.B., instructor in modern languages, State Normal School, Oneonta, N. Y. 384 pp., 12mo. cloth. Price, $1.25. This entirely new book by Prof. Bacon is a complete first year book in German. Part I covers, in 217 pages, all the essentials of the grammar clearly explained in English, with exercises to illustrate every point, together with many practical sentences and conversations for translations into German. Part II contains about 100 pages of German PRIMARY METHODS This extended new course of study is more than meeting all expectations. To the teacher of primary classes, it will prove invaluable. We have aimed to furnish instruction in Methods equivalent to that offered in the best normal schools. The earlier lessons of the course treat of school management, organization and discipline. Following these are sixteen lessons, fully covering the subjects of number work, language, nature study, music and drawing, spelling, penmanship, reading and elementary concepts of geography. lessons are bound in two cloth volumes of over three hundred pages each. Six finely lithographed full-page engravings are included in the volumes to illustrate the lesson in drawing, and there are twenty five excellent full-page halftones, having for their subject various phases of child life The course could not well be more practical. The teacher has her practice class always before her, and she will be able to note daily some marked improvement in her methods, due to this course of study. PRIMARY These FISK HALL, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORMAL ELECTIVE COURSES Are offered in twenty-two common school and high school branches, any five of which may be selected for one tuition fee. They thoroughly prepare the teacher for examination for a better grade of certificate and enable her to teach a better school. NO OTHER CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL CAN OFFER: Advantages of affiliation with a great university; courses of such strength that they receive university entrance credits; instruction especially adapted to individual needs; anaual scholarships in Northwestern University for the best work in correspondence courses. Cut out the coupon, mark it properly and mail it to-day. INTERSTATE SCHOOL of CORRESPONDENCE Affiliated with Northwestern University 376-380 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. DRAW LINES THROUGH SUBJECTS IN WHICH YOU ARE INTERESTED Strong Reviews. A Course Includes Any Five Subjects Arithmetic Elementary Algebra Plane Geometry Rhetoric Drawing Zoology Physics Geography U.S. History Civil Government Economics Pedagogics Psychology COMMERCIAL DEPT. Physiology Physical Geography Business Shorthand Agriculture Botany Name Address Typewriting American Education-May WRITE ACADEMIC DEPT. Each Subject is a Course CORNELL UNIVERSITY Fifteenth Summer Session University work with full Library, Inclusive Tuition Fee, $25. For circular address the Registrar, conversations and readings in prose and verse, together with eight of the most popular songs with music and a series of 25 short English stories for translation into German, with copious references to the grammar and a complete vocabulary. D. C. Heath & Co., Boston ALGEBRA FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. By Prof. Webster Wells. Large 12mo., 462 pp. $1.20. This book is designed to meet the needs of high schools and academies of the highest grade. While it follows somewhat the plan of the author's Essentials of Algebra, many additional topics have been introduced and improvements made. The following features are of special interest: 1. The early development is based on arithmetical processes already familiar to the student. 2. Parenthesis expressions treated as monomials are of frequent occurrence in all fundamental operations 3. Factoring is strong enough to permit the omission of the Euclidean method of H. C. F. 4. Solution of equations by factoring methods is introduced early. 5. Graphical work appears simultaneously with the equation. 6. Physics problems and throughout the book. formulae Occur 7. The development of square root is attractive, simple, unusual. 8. An advanced chapter is offered on Factoring and Symmetry. 9. Opportunity is given late in the book to take up abstract theory and the proofs of the fundamental laws. 10. The algebra is cross-referenced and thoroughly indexed. Little, Brown & Co., Boston BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS MEN. Stories of the Childhood of Poets, Artists and Musicians, by Harriet Pearl Skinner. Illustrated by Sears Gallagher. 12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.25. Incidents in the childhood of eight celebrated men-poets, artists and musicians are here wrought into stories that are interesting for the story's sake. WILDERNESS BABIES. By Julia A. Schwartz. With 16 full-page illustrations by John Huybers and other artists. I 2mo. Decorated cloth, $1.50. The adventures and perils of sixteen common mammals are so vividly told that what would ordinarily be set forth as dull, prosaic fact is here woven into a tale pulsating with life and interest. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY V. This edition of Henry V, by Professor Hale of Union College, presents the dramatic aspects of the Battle of Agincourt, and Shakespeare's idea of a great English king. Special features of the editing are an exposition of the rhetorical quality of the Elizabethan drama in general and of this play in particular, a discussion of the part played by the chorus in the Elizabethan drama, and a careful analysis of the play for the sake of explaining in detail its dramatic structure. To the notes of Richard Grant White in the Riverside Shake speare, Professor Hale has made additions with a view to simplifying still more some of the problems of the text. Riverside Literature Series, No. 163. Price, paper, 15 cents; linen, 25 cents. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. A SHORT HISTORY OF AMERICA'S LITERATURE. There has just been added to A Short History of England's Literature," by Eva March Tappan, a second part reviewing the history of American literature. This addition meets the demands of many schools who wish to study the two subjects in relation to each other and desire one volume that will cover the whole ground. The supplement continues the general plan of "England's Literature" in regard to divisions into periods, emphasis upon important writers, and summaries at the ends of chapters. The same easy narrative style is sustained, and the text is enlivened by quotations which, especially in the Colonial and Revolutionary periods, are amusing as well as illustrative. England's Literature will continue to be published by itself; so the book may be ordered either with or without the supplement. Macmillan Co., New York COURSE OF STUDY IN THE EIGHT GRADES. By Charles A. McMurry, Ph.D., State Normal School, DeKalb, Ill, In two volumes. Cloth, I 2mo. The result of an effort to organize the very rich materials of our modern course of elementary studies into a coherent plan. The chief grounds for the selection and arrangement of these materials are given, and the detailed courses of study in all the branches are worked out. HOW WE ARE SHELTERED. By James Franklin Chamberlain, of the Department of Geography, State Normal School, Los Angeles, Califorina. 40 cents. An intelligent study of the building materials and the homes of men of various nations and of every degree of civilization. By CITY GOVERNMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Charles Dwight Willard, Secretary of the Municipal Government League, Los Angeles, Cal. Cloth, 12mo. Mr. Willard's book describes in simple, direct language the practical working of the municipality, and discusses in an impartial spirit the various problems connected with civil betterment. It is suited either for the class room or for supplementary reading. 50 cents. THE MODERN ENGLISH COURSE. By Henry P. Emerson, Superintendent of Education, Buffalo, N. Y., and Ida C. Bender, Supervisor of Primary Grades, Buffalo, N. Y., in two books. Volume I. Each volume, cloth, 12mo. 35 cents. The books of this course aim to give the young (1) ability to express their own thoughts and to understand the thoughts of others; (2) a clear insight into the structure of the English sentence; (3) effectiveness in the use of the language; (4) an appreciation of its higher uses in literature. In the first book, emphasis is placed on matters of human interest; in the second, the illustrative sentences, wherever feasible, have been taken from standard literature. For the New Syllabus REMSEN'S CHEMISTRY, BRIEFER COURSE By IRA REMSEN, President of Johns Hopkins University. xix +435 pp. 12 mo $1.12. The seventh edition of this standard book has been entirely reset from new type. The experiments have been improved in form and substance, the discussion has been simplified at several points and the results of recent developments have been embodied, so far as they fall within the scope of the book. More space has been given to the discussion of chemistry in manufactures. It covers the text-book requirements of the syllabus. HUNTER & VALENTINE'S LABORATORY MANUAL OF BIOLOGY By GEORGE W. HUNTER, JR., and MORRIS C. VALENTINE, of the DeWitt Clinton High This manual fits the experimental work of the syllabus. It saves time and labor for both teacher and pupil. The "note and question " method has been employed and the amount of microscopic work is rather small, special emphasis being laid on ecology and physiology. PEABODY'S LABORATORY EXERCISES IN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY By JAMES E. PEABODY, Instructor in the Morris High School, New York. x+79 pp. 12 mo. Interleaved. 60 cents. Forty-five simple and unobjectionable experiments on the human skeleton and muscles, foods and digestion, absorption and circulation, respiration, excretion, the senses, bacteria, etc., provided with questions, the answers to which the pupil is required to enter on the blank pages interleaved. It covers the experiments of the syllabus. NEWCOMER & SEWARD'S RHETORIC IN PRACTICE By A. G. NEWCOMER, Professor in Leland Stanford, Jr., University, and SAMUel S. This is a recent book which not only covers all the requirements of the syllabus in rhetoric and composition, but is at the same time so arranged that the teacher can plan his work to suit his own ideas. Principles are clearly and emphatically stated. Narration, description, exposition and argumentation are treated in separate chapters. The paragraph, the sentence (including a series of syntax), words, punctuation and letter writing are fully treated. The exercises cover both oral and written work. They require the pupil to talk and write upon subjects which directly concern him, which involve his own experience or observation or opinions, and about which he may fairly be expected to think clearly and to desire to be understood. HENRY HOLT & & COMPANY 29 WEST 23rd STREET Οὐ πολλὰ 9 αλλά πολύ NEW YORK |