The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

of the East. There are chapters on such
unusual subjects as How the Ancient
Egyptians Wrote" 1.-THE Cuneiform Writ
ing, )" and THE Language and Literature
| of the Chinese" are written in such a
way as to be readily comprehensive by
| children.
Primary History of the United
st=tes.
| McMaster's Primary History Of the United
States. By John Bach MacMaster,
professor Of American history in the
University of Pennsylvania Cloth, limo
illustrated, 254 pages. Price 60 cents.
American Book company. New York
Cincinnati and Chicago.
The high reputation Of Prof NIcAIas-
ter as a historian, and the phenomenal
success of his School History of the
United States, are sufficient guarantees of
the excellence of the present book. It
contains work for one school year. and
gives good general knowledge of so
much of our history as every American
should learn; while for those who are to
pursue the study further, it will Law a
thorough foundation for subsequent work
1t Is short and leaves unnoticed such
questions as are beyond the understand
ing OF children in a simple and interest
ing style it affords a vigorous narrative
of events, and an accurate portraya. of
the daily life and customs of the differ
ent periods touching on all matters OF
real Importance for the elementary study
of the founding and building Of our conn
try.
The illustrations which are numerous
and attractive are historically authentic.
and show well-known scenes and Incl
dents and the progress of civilization.
Ihe maps are remarkably clear and we'll
executed, and give the location of every
important place mentioned in the text.
"And the Wilderness BIossosned. -
And the Wilderness RIossomed." BY
Almon Dexter. Philadelphia H w
Fisher & Co. st. Paul, St Paul Book
anu stationery company.
For those who are enamored of an out
of-door life, this volume VIII have some
though not very many-attractions. II
describes the experiences of a resident
of the city who moved his larcs ana
penates to an island in one of the Maine
lakes, built himself a habitafion In the
semi-wilderness, and converted the
primeval forest into a beauty spot, with
out removing the magnificent trees which
mad stood on his acres for perhaps hun
dreus of years. Incidentally there is
given considerable information both
botanical and geological, and the charac-
tiers Of that region are drawn with a
kindly, If not always a skilIful hand.
from literary standpoint the book
lacks merit, and though it will serve to
while away an idle hour, it is not of
extraordinary interest.
Rare Gifts to State Library.
James Russell Parsons, of Albany N.
Y, as secretary of the board of regents.
Campbell and David A Campbell, as ex-
ecutors Of the will of Ellen Campbell.
Oh that city. some valuable autographs,
books and manuscripts. One of the gifts
is mtsSal on vellum or 1889 The auto
graphs include those OF Oliver Cromwell
OF Louis XIV. and OF Louis XVI Then
there is manuscript OF Louis XIV,
1923; an autograph Of STAFFORD and a
writing by Sir Walter Scott.
Miss Campbell bequeathed to the state
library the Duncan Campbell collection
of $3.50 books, composed Of ancient and
modern volumes.
The books of the Duncan Campbell COL
lection have not yet been unpacked at
the state library and classified, but they
are known to include many volumes Of
great value. Among them are:
First edition of Froissart's "Chroni-
| cles'' in French Q575)
Ortelius' Great Atlas of the World, -
published In Antwerp (575).
Latin Bible, with the manuscript notes
of MelancthOn Q532).
John Caivins books manuscript notes
liz his own handwriting Qb6D.
HigdenS "Polyeronicon" (English),
printed by Treveris Q52O.
Books Of Psalms, Peter Schaefer, one
OF the inventors of printing Q4ISJ.
Second folio edition OF Shakespeare
Q63).
Stathams "Anridgement of the Laws Of
England (about $3.50.
First edition OF Chaucer's Works C532).
Epistle Of st. Paul, old oak board Q03U).
New German Method
German Method for Beginners in High
Schools and Colleges" by Franz j.
Lange. Published by Allyn & Bacon,
| Boston and Chicago.
The above is one of the few textbooks
that made a decided success from the
day it appeared in the market The first
edition, a comparatively large one, ap-
peared less than three months ago, but
the book met with such favorable re-
ceptton that 1t has already become nee
essary to undertake a second edition,
which will be completed in a week or
two. The author, Mr. F. ]. LANCE, is
well known in this city, where he has
been for some time past engaged in news
paper work and teaching, being en-
ployed for some time as editorial writer
on the G b g. For the coming wear
he has been engaged to teach in the
Mechanic Arts high school
The success Of the book Is no doubt
due to the novel and practical method
on which it is based. Instead of the dull
mechanical sentences for grammatical
drill, as found in the old line textbooks,
the student, from the very start reads
interesting stories in German, SO easy
and simple that the beginner can prac-
tically read them at sight These stories
are then made the basis for converse
ton on simple everyday topics and the
vocabulary thus acquired is afterwards
used for thorough grammatical drfn
1t is, in short, combination of the So
called natural and scientific methods
That such a combination would be- the
Ideal method for teaching languages has
long been recognized by leading school
men, but Mr.. Lange's book seems to ba
the first practical solution of the prob
lem. Mr.. Lange has nearly completed the
manuscript for several other text-boolzs
along the same line, which he exnec+s
to have published before the close oF
the coming school year.
A DEER STORY,
MI. W. H. Boardman, the author Of
Lovers Of the Woods" published nv
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