The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05

little experience, who must nave dealt with them
as tho individual cnses demanded. His suR-
gestons, well-intentloned though theyarc. can
very easily do harm. Mcthodcal physical tests
OF classes Of young children to discover the
defects Of some among them nre Objectionable
in mnny ways. rs he admits. and can hardly
be made without the chIldren's knowing about
1t. which he thinks Is feasible. a little pa
thence on the part OF teacher OF sense will
secure whatever It is necessary to know about
the child while with machine teachers and
other incapables such tests would become mere
modes OF torture. Conscientious women tcach-
ers. too may DO alarmed n"e1lcssly about sim
pie occurrences and led to interfere in matters
which belong properly to the parents or to tho
physician. Even though parents may bc neg
cctful in these matters. they resent outside in
reference and whatever good the teacher may
hope to accomplish must be done through them
by the use oftact or by personal tnf1uence.things
that books cannot teach. However interesting
the information to be Obtained by Mr.. Rowes
sets of questions abou, the food sleep. cloth
ing and diseases Of children. and however
proper Il may be to obtain it occasionally. tho
inquiries would be regarded as impcrtlnent by
many parents and not without reason as
rule Teachers like other people. must accept
life MS it comes. An example will serve to show
the misuse o! half knowledge. characteristic of
these pedagogical works. Mr. Rowe on page
80 says
Most terrifying are the percentages showing the
death rat in the first Ave years Of the childs life.
In Chicago statistics for lsUt show that ono child
ont of every twenty Of years aud younger died
during this period.
He goes on to show that the death rate is
much smaller in the later years Of life The
statement he uses to emphasize the impor-
lance Of the teachers considering disease as
t,.rl,
teachers may be scared by the statement. 1t
is not terrifying and has nothing to do with
the subject. Children under fivo years of age do
not como within the teachers province at all.
II Mr.. Rowe ha? cared to examine the or
binary life insurance tables OF expectation OF
life he would have found that one human
being IN every four that are born dies by the
end OF the fifth year. 1t is merely part OF
nature waste and no more terrifying or to DO
remcdiod than the fact that we must all die.
An extensive photography Is appended to the
text.
THE Man Who Dared" by John F. Ritter
lG. w. Dillingham; Company. is "a historical
romance Of the time Of Robespierre." The au-
tho- assures us in n preface. that he never
would have venturcd to write il IL he had
known that the great Sardou had chosen tho
same theme for his wonderful tragedy
'Eobcspierrc.' which Henry Irving Is now
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