The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

distinguish 1t. from ordinary arithmetics, and
which will undoubtedly recommend 1t to those
teachers and school officers who are looking for q
textbook which teaches arithmetic as 1t is ap-.
piled In business and used in the every dav affairs
of life.
The story Of Japan, By r. Van Bergen, M. A.
Cloth. 12mo, s94 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 q correct
idea Of the japanese Empire, and OF the impulses
which led to It's wonderful progress in the past
quarter OF century. It 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.
An excellent numoer of Current Literature is
the January issue. Following the frontispiece, a
fine reproduction from the latesc photograph Of
Edmund Clarence Stedman (who is the "Ameri-
can Poet of To-day considered by F. M. Hop
ktns III this months installment Of HE interesting
series of artjces), come five pages OF crisp clever
editorial comment, and then the usun] succession
OF regular ''departments"-"Animal Life ZAP
Piled Science" Contemporary Celebrities"
Gossip of Authors" ''Religious Thought"
liable Talk sketch Book, ""Current Literary
Thought and Opinion" medical and Surgical, y
Musical Artistic and Dramatic" "Pen Pictures
of TRACE" and the like, and the various verse
departments.
practical course with the Spanish languag
by H. NJ. Monsanto A. NJ. and Louis Languellier
L. L. d. 1913 pages, Price 81 Is. American Book
Co, New York, Cincinnati and Chicago. In pre-
pairing this work it has been the aim Of the auth
ors, while excluding nothing OF practical value
which has already been placed before the public,
to combine with the best features of the most ap
proved methods tho results Of their own experie
ence, While endea:orng to render this work a
sought at the same time to adapt it to the pup
poses of private instruction, and in so doing have
availed themselves to great extent of the admir-
able plan presented in Woodbury's Practical
Course with the German Language, According,
ly the lessons are arranged in the following order
1. The subject of the lesson,
2. Examples. accompanied by their nearest
English equivalents. and made to illustrate the
involved in the Lessons.
g. Spanish exercises. The sentences in Span
sh require only the application Of the instructions
contained in the Lesson, or in the preceding ones
for their translation into English.
5'English exercises The analogous sentences in
English are presented in immediate connection
with the preceding ones in Spanish. The prn-
ciples applied in the Spanish Exercises are thus
made most convenient and effective auxiliary in
the still more advanced and difficult work of
translating English into Spanish.
g. Grammatical and idicmatic principals. This
division may be employed by means Of the refer
ence either in connection with the preceding
Instructions or. when not thus required
may be applied both as a test of the
pupils previous deductions, and at the same time
as an appropriate und impressive review.