The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-04-02

Windsor Hall School, Waban, Mass. Cloth. 12mo,
271 pages. illustrated. Price SO cents. American
Book Company. New York, Cincinnati, and Chi
oago. The course Of botanical study here out
lined Is intended to give the students general
view of the SUBJECT and at the same time to lay a
foundation upon which more adYanceo studies
may be built. The central object Is the study of
he life histories of plants; their modes of reprof
duction, manner of life, etc.
A study OF English words. BY j, Nj. Anderson.
Cloth. 12mo, 118 pages. Price 10 cents. Amer
lean Book Company. New York, Cincinnati and
Chicago. The purpose of this book is to furnish
II form suitable for school private studyas
ummary Of the most important facts relating tn
the English language with special reference to
the growth and change of English words. It is
based on standard authorities and embodies the
most recent and authoritative results in the stud,
OF pb')ology The plan Of the book is simple and
the study is made interesting and attractive. a,
we'll as instructive.
Stories from the Arabian Nights selected -ad
edited by M. Clarke. Linen, l2mo. 27l pages:
Illustrated. Price, 60 cents. American Book
Company. New York, Cine lnnati and Chicago
What has long been needed-a selection of the
most interesting and instructive of these stories
carefully made and edited by q competent authori
ty,-is furnished in this book. The best of the
stories from the Arabian Nights are here retold
with such skill as to preserve all their original
charm and attractveness, while adapting them in
form and expression for school use or for home
reading The book itself is well printed, attract
lively bound. and illustrated.
The story of Japan, By R. Van Bergen, M. A.
Cloth. 12mo, 294 pages, American Book Company
New York, Cincinnati and Chicago, Our books
on geography and history touch but lightly the
Japanese Empire, though it is now reckoned
among the foremost nations Of the earth. This
book has been written to give children a correct
idea Of the Japanese Empire and Of the impulses
which led to It's wonderful progress in the past
quarter OF century. 1t describes in the enter
tanning form of stories, the principal events in
Japanese history Of the past, the steps which led
to the reforms and progress of the present. The
peculiar features and conditions of the present
government, etc.
Applied Physiology for Advanced Grades.
Includdg the Effects of Alchol and Narcotics
BY Fsank OvertOn. A. NJ, M. D.. Late House
Surgeon to the City Hospital New York Cloth.
~ mo, 43spages With Illustrations and Dia-
grams. Price, 80 cents. American Book Com
panp. New York. Cincinnati and Chicago. This
book represents new and radical departure from
the old time method pursued IN teaching phisiol-
Ogy. It begins with the study Of the cell Of the
body the units in which life exists aud acts. and
with this IS the basis of treatment, shows their
relation to all the clemens of the human body
and all theprocess OF human action. This is
this is the keynot Of the treatment throughout
the book
The Lincoln literary collection designed for
schoolroom and family circle, by j. P, Nc
Caskey, editor Of the Pennsylvania School
Journal, cloth. limo. 576 pages, price s1.O0
American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati,
and Chicago. This volume has been named in
honor OF Abraham Lincoln, who was noted for
his habit Of committing to memory poems that
he enjoyed, and CHOICE passages of prose which
he was wont to quote in his speeches and writ
ings. His Spirit felt an affinity for all that was
choice and noble in literature and In human
nature. May Of the selections presented in this
>ok are those which were his favorites, among
others that poem which he so often quoted. and.
OF which he knew so profoundly the meaning
Oh why should the spirit OF mortal be proud"
Baldw'n's School Readers or School Reading by
Grades BY James Baldwin, Phi. D, Editor Of
"Harpers Readers" author Of ''Old Greeks Stor-
ies,'' ''Old Stories of the East,'' The Book
Lover etc. American Book Company, New
York, Cincinnati, and Chfcago' The series is
constructed on a new plan and possesses many or.
lginal and valuable features that will at once
command the hearty approval of the best teachers
and its rapid introduction into the best schools.
One OF these is the division Of the series into
eig''t books-one for each year or CRATE below
the high school. This division is peculiarly wen
adapted to city or village graded schools For the