Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-18
e is an accomplished educator Of high re

ing is an accomplished educator Of high re-
pute in England, and his treatise bears all the
evidences Of skilled and practical work. J. ne
history Of Educational Theories" me- be
of practical uss to teachers in two wHys-it
may show what is the historical gr ound for
retaining existing practices in er. location, or
for substituting others; and it rAay by telling
US what great teachers have attempted, and
what great thinkers have Conceived as posi-.
BILE in this department, s.simuiate us TO com-
plete their work, or to carry out their prin.
ciples under easier conditions. The dead
hand OF spiritual ancestry lays no more sacred
duty on posterity nan that OF realizing under
happier circumstances ideas which the stress
of the age or che shortness of life has de-
prived of their accomplishment. The writer
assures us tn At he has attempted to give an
account, at once popular and accurate, of the
main lines of thought which have been fol-
lowed on educational subjects. so far as they
are important at the present day. he says
that he is conscious of many omissions and
many shortcomings in the performance of the
task. He adds that his chief qualification
has been that he was for fifteen years work
ing schoolmaster. The list of authors that he
has consulted shows that he has been liberal
and compreheI sive in his examination and
thorough ia his iabers.
From Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston, we have
of new sheet music arranged for the piano. as
follows: Birds cf Feather" a song $50
eents), by Roeckel; "Our Farewell (35
cents), by Lady Hill. fire English song
He Was q Careless Man 80 csnts). one OF
Barnabee's cOmicalitiss and Arthur and
Martha "i35 cents), bv Loyd-rew songs.
-'Too All But Waltz and Dream of the
Lily Waltz, piano pieces, that have for titles
the very peculiar portrait of Oscar Wilde.
with his s'poems of legs;" the "Dauntless
March 40 cents), by ". f. Sudds and an
easy piece for violin and piano, called " Best
Shot March (35 cents) From the same
firm we have number of Ditson's " Musical
Record" a very complete musical weekly
journal.
From DR.. A. N. Bell, New York, we have
"The Sanitarian" for March. This stand
ard journal presents, in addition to its regu-
lar departments, these interesting papers
National and International Sanitary JurIs'
prudence" by L. J. Turner, NJ. D., U. S. N;
8. Abatement of Smoke Nuisance in Cincin-
nati;' Impure Water and its Dangers, y
by DR.. Moses T. Runnels; SANITARY Pro-
lection at Newport, Il. L,"by DR.. Horatio
R. Storer; House Inspection" by Pro-
fessor Fleming Jenkiu, +. r. S.; "How
Complete is the Protection of Vaccination,
and What are the Dangers of Communicate
ing other Diseases with the Facclna by "A.
N. Bell. NJ. D.
The Pacific School Journal" Albert
Lyser, San Francisco is at hand for March:
It's NEST valuable papers are Professional
Trai ing" by Professor Charles IA. Allen ;
What Worms Know, and Where they
Live;" "English Composition" by Mrs.
Kate B. Fisher; "A Hoodlun" Chapter
III.-The World Around HIM; Mechani-
cal Pedagogy" by Professor j. NJ. Quinn /;
s. Fractions fer Beginners" by II. j. Byrne !;
"The c. l.. S. c., by Mrs. NJ. Ii. Field.
"Euuice Lathrop, Spinster," is the title of
the latest of the Knickerbocker series of
novels that come from the press of G. P.
Putnam's Sons, New York. and that are for
sale by a. l.. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco.
1t is by Annette Lucille Noble, the author Of
Uncle Jacks Executors" 1t is society
novel, ard one of more than ordinary III
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