The Republican journal., 1897-02-04

ton. 1929
In this series of historical studies Dr. By
ington traces the history Of the Puritan
party from it's beginnings in the mother
country to it's sturdy development in the
New World. In simple and direct language
he sets forth the record of the Puritans in
England, the fundamental differences be-
tween Puritans and Pilgrims, and the for
tunes of the New England settlements,
and he presents a vivid and most interest
ing picture of the social, domestic, and
religious life of the Puritan colonies. Es-
pecially interesting are the chapters on
''The Early Ministers of New England"
and "The Family and Social Life of the
Puritans." The strict regulations by
which social and religious virtue was, as
it were, hedged in from worldly contami-
nation, the laws as to church attendance,
the prohibition Of smoking within two
miles of meeting house, the style of
music, the week day lectures, the un-
written laws as to dress, decorum, and
amusement-all these furnish graphic
portrayal of every day New England life
two centuries ago.
METHODS OF MIND TRAINING. By
Miss c. Aiken. 1927
In Methods of Mind Training Gather
inc Aiken, teacher of thirty years
experience, expounds and illustrates for
the benefit of other teachers a sys-
tenn of her own devising for fixing
the attention, strengthening the mem
DRY, and developing the mental powers of
young children. The mechanical means
are chiefly the use of figures on a revolv
ing blackboard, and teachers of primary
schools will be repaid by studying her
method and experimenting with it in
their own classes.
WAYMARKs FOR TEACHERS. BY
Miss Arnold is one of the newly
risen stars in the educational world,
and a successful writer Teachers hate
to be bored by books and school
journal articles that are worse than they
themselves could write. Miss Arnold in
Waymarks will never bore them. She
treats vigorously of nature study, Ian
guage lessons, reading, spelling, geogra-
ply, numbers, seat work and other
school subjects. One might expect such
old, dry subjects to be handled in a hack
neyed way; but she has created them
anew. We read her chapter on spelling,
and its charm inspires us at once. The
impulse to try her plans becomes irresis-
tibie.
MARGARET OGILvY. By her son
j. M. Barrie. S3S. &c
To say that Mr.. Barrels mother
was one of the women who make a
religion of serving others, and whose
mere existence is a joyous benediction, is
not by any means to put the matter fairly
Her life was uneventful, as the world
looks at such things, but the story, as hel
son unfolds it, runs through dramatic
alienation OF humor and pathos with the
D1,,nr ~ II. u
come home to every heart 1t was
standing joke in the Barrie household
that Margaret Ogilvy, under some nam
or other, was sure to be found in ever
one of the young novelists stories, and il
this book the author confesses proudl
that the assertion was true, and that al
he knows or will ever know of woman b.
learned from her. Margaret Oglvy'' i
a book that should make one give thank
to the author for having written it. Fam
lily affection should be made more dee]
and tender and enduring wherever it car
ries its eloquent and persuasive message
MARIN LISA. by X. d. Wiggin. .24G. 3
Whatever else it may do OF leave undone
a book by Kate Douglas Wiggin is sure t
add something to the gayety of those VIII
read it. In addition to its humor, Their
is a quality in this writer's work who's
influence on the readers mind is compal
able to the physical effect produced by a
open fire and a cosey tea table In othe
words, Mrs. Wiggin creates for us til
atmosphere of comfort, the sensation O
good cheer. This desirable effect
brought about by Charm Lisa no les
than by her other books, in spite of tn
fact that she has here tried the DARN
experiment about the development Of
lodi. I,i No, ,,f,
an innovation in heroines would hav
seemed very questionable before the event
but in reality no one can read Of Mari
Lisa's pitiful little history, and Of tn
battle fought by Mistress Mary and he
ki.dergg itners In the child behalf, with
- out being absorbed in the recital an
softened by it.
THE GRAY MAN. BY S. r. Crockett
11G. IA
This story of Scottish border life, i
sparkling with animation from begin
ming to end. The situations are full O
dramatic fire, and there is not du
page in the book. The subject matter i
this his latest story is concerned with tn
feud between the rival clans Of Bargain
and Cassilis, and in spite of ourselves W
are drawn into the fray. The Gray Ma
rides through the book sombre and solemn
, a mysterious inquire wrapped IN evil omen
OF course, he is the wicked genius through
out the story, and it is comforting t
know, receives his just deserts in the end
1.-THE Gray Man. is a book to conjur
with, to drive away the blues with, ant
). to set the pulse leapng high and free
The illustrations are fine, and are dramati
cally conceived.
AMERICAN HIGHWAYS. A popular
account of their conditions and
of the means by which they may
be bettered By N. S. Shaler. 80. 7!
The historian of this country for the
century which is now drawing to it,
close is likely to note the fact that the
people of the United States bore, in 6
singularly patient manner, with the
evils arising from poor carriage roads
!. until near the end of the tenth decade,
and that they then were suddenly aroused
to a sense of the sore tax the i'll condition
of these necessary features of civilization
had long inflicted upon them. Let us
hope that he may be able to say that il
approaching this great economic problem
they did so in a manner which showed
that they were well informed as to the
conditions under which they could dea
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