The Advocate and news., 1898-11-09
Some Recent Books.

Some Recent Books.
LABOR Co-PARTNERsHIP. BY Henry
Demarest Lloyd. New York: Harper &
Brothers; Topeka: The Advocate and
News. 81.
Although along different and more
constructive lines than wealth against
Commonwealth" Mr.. Lloyd's new book is
every bit as interesting and valuable
The record of a visit in the field Of CO.
operation In Great Britain, it bears a
hopeful message to those who are anx-
iOus to see cooperative effort succeed
in this country. Mr.. Lloyd found more
than one hundred and fifty establish
ments planned, set up, operated and
managed by workingmen's brains, money
and morals" using the latest machinery,
and having an aggregate capital Of over
$5,000000, annual sales Of $40, 100000, and
annual profits of half million. All
this is done comparatively under the
notices, I'VE must make men as well as
money" and eve must help our broth
ers." Even in farming under great diff
culties the co-operatOrs have been sue
oessful Mr.. Lloyd says that the Eng
lish cO-operators are very hopeful for
America, and quotes George Jacob
HolyOake as saying that "The churches
may make cooperation in the United
States" Whether one has faith in the
success Of cooperation or not he will
find Labor Copartnership" well worth
reading and studying.
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TIAN STEWARDSHIP. BY Rev. Charles
M. Sheldon. Chicago: The Advance Pub
fishing Co.; Topeka: The Advocate and
News. Cloth Is cents; paper, % cents.
The author Of "In His Steps" has writ
ten several other books dealing with
practical Christianity, and perhaps the
best of these is "His Brothers Keeper"
1t is founded upon the great strike which
occurred among the iron miners Of
northern Michigan in 1895. Five thou
sand men go out for better wages and
circumstances bring the ownership Of
the largest of the mines into the hands
ora young man barely out Of college, and
his Christian belief and knowledge Of
the situation impel him to side with the
miners. The operators refuse to yield
and the strike lasts all winter The
story Is fully as interesting as "In His
Steps" and teaches as noble lesson.
A SHORT COURSE IN NATURAL MUSIC.
BY Frederick H. Ripley and Thomas Tap
per Book One. For Elementary Grades.
30 cents Book Two. For Advanced
Grades. Nearly ready. Chicago: Ameri-
can Book Company.
The remarkable success of the Natural
Music Course has encouraged the prepa
ration, by it's authors, Of Short Course,
consisting of two books, designed for
graded or ungraded schools in which
more complete course Is deemed unneces
sary or impracticable. In both books
familiar songs are made the basis Of ele-
mentary music instruction. These songs
are such as should be known and en-
ioyed by every pupil in the land as in
addition to the technical instruction
which they illustrate, they tend to estab-
lish a love and appreciation of music in
all who sing them. To know and to
enjoy these standard songs is to have
the beginning of a musical education.
The books are illustrated by numerous
portraits of authors and composers.
THE RATIONAL SPELLING BOOK. BY
Dr. J. NJ. Rice editor of the Forum. Part
l. Is cents. Part H. 20 cents Chicago:
American Book Company.
One of the difficult problems in edu-
cation is How to Teach Spelling" After
all the experiments with so-called i'm
proved methods in teaching spelling
practical teachers have come to the con-
clusion that spelling is not faculty or
an art but habit to be acquired by
practice, and that the best, and indeed
the only way, for the child to learn to
spell correctly is to spell. This spelling
book is the resultant of an extended in
vestigation to discover what words of