The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-06
Mind md Hnnd


Mind and Hand; Manual Training the
Chief Factor in Education. BY
Charles ,H.lIIamm, being the third edi-
ton of Manual Trainingsthe Solution
of Social and Industrial Problems
illustrated. American Book company
New Y ork,- Cincinnati and Chicago y
manual training is now recognized as
perhaps the most irapoftantyzfactor in
education, as it gives a true dignity to
labor and calls attention to the apIaeeIl
or hand1Work In human progress. AS
civilization goes on it Will&undofIbtedlv2
have "a higher land stir rlfssher place in
the hearts of the people. Mr.. ChaEes
ii, Hamm was~one of1the first al1ds-fe1e7e
most advocates of introducing manual
training Sfrr~ our PUBLIC ,schoolsssoandf. to-
MIN has been due in a great measure the
|. remarkable rem success of this system
throughout the country III this book
he has given detailed. description Of
the various s1abora tory sclass. processes
from the first lesson to the last in the
course OF three years; J. an exhaustive ar
gument in support Of the proposition
<that tool practice lis highly. promotiye of
intellectual growth and. TO still greater
degree in the upbuifdfng of the charssrtt-
ter; sketch of the Historical period
showing that the decay of civilization
and the destruction of social organism
nave resulted directly from defects in
metnods Of steducation; an + brief
sketch of the history Of manual train
Ing as an educational force Undoubt-
edly the book will lead to a clearer and
more comprehensive idea of the merits
q manual training alst to its still WIDER
Nature 5 miracles. '';s:: ,s,1::'.
50 Natures Miracles; Energy and vibraa a.
ton; Energy Sound, Hea& Light. Elk
: Plosfxes. ~. BY E4lislTa. Gray, sI5h 81;
IL i HI flc LIZ Sasj1
Prof Elisha Gray issues, through
Fords, Howard & Hu1bert;,' New York,
the second volume of his delightful sci
ence primers The firsts dealt with.
earth, air and water; the second takes
UP energy, sound, heat, light and explo-
slyes These are what the author calls
the primal elements-not onlyz4of life,
but of material existence itself With
out heat and light we cannot conceive
The physical universe; and sound be-
comes modification of these, without
which estimated creation would soon de-
stroy itself and even while it lived would
Tail ITO develop, lacking the means of
communication. ~ These all inVofyegrno-a
ton, and that requires force and CON
tlnulng .energy-er. e force at work. Thus
the author begins his explanations with
energy, and linking one thought to an
other, shows how the energy of the
universe is a constant uaHtityZnever
more, never less, ehoweYer variable in ap-
plcation, and makes clear the mysteries
of the natural forces, their interplay and
mutual exchanges, and their relations to
the greater mysteries of life.
On~the whole, this volume, while quite
as popular" in fits easy conventional
style, it's PERSONAL "Reminiscences curious
experiments, touches of humor,s etc. as
the first, is even more Directly useful
as an adjunct to the study of physics.
Prof. Gray has performed very posi-
tive service in both of these volumes,
and all readers of them will look with
especial interest for the third volume, as
the realm in which he has won his great
fame-electricity and magnetism.