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BOOK NOTICES.

DUN NUI ICES.
'Pyles Stories of Humble Friends"
the author. Cloth, 12mo. 1877 pages.
Price, so cents. American Book Com
pany, New York. Miss Pyle is the sis
ter of the well-known author and art
list, Howard Pyle, and she has much of
the latter's ability in writing and illus
trating. The stories in this book, which
is intended for the third reader grade
are about animals and birds familiar
to children. They are simple in their
style, attractive in their subject-mat-
ter, and well suited to arouse the pu-
pills interest and to cultivate a feeling
of sympathy for our humble friends"
'Milne's Advanced Algebra" by
William J. Milne. Phi. D., LII. D.,
president of New York State Normal
College. Half leather, Svo, COS pages.
Price, $1.50. American Book Company
New York. This book has the same
scholarly yet simple treatment, and the
same clearness of presentation, that
have made the other volumes of Mines
Mathematical Series so successful. 1t
represents the most modern presenta-
ton of the science. and embodies the
latest and best pedagogical ideas. 1t
contains enough matter to cover either
the entrance requirements of any sci
entffic and technical school or the op-
tional examination in advanced alge-
bra now offered by many colleges and
universities to candidates for matricu-
lation.
10 T0l
position" by William H. Maxwell. NJ.
A, Phi. D., LII. D., city superintendent
of schools, New York city, and Emma
L. Johnston, A. B., principal of public
school No. 140, Brooklyn. Cloth, limo,
ga pages. Price, so cents American
Book Company, New York. The topics
for composition suggested in this book
are those which will appeal to children
their occupations and games, the
world as seen through childish eyes.
The pupil is shown how to present
these subjects clearly and Interestingly
by his analysis and imitation of mod
els chosen with care from the leading
authors.
"Pitman's Stories of Old France" by
Leila Webster Pitman, author of AN
other Girls Experience" Cloth, limo,
312 pages. illustrated. Price, 60
cents. American Book Com
pany, New York. Well suited
to serve as an introduction to French
history, this book presents charming
stories of the most salient characters
and events of Old France, written with
the utmost fidelity to truth and at the
same time clothed with romantic in
terest. The work gives frequent
glimpses of all classes of people. and
shows French life in its every form.
The author has made skillful use of
illustrations chosen from the master
pieces of French art, and of photo
graphic views of many of the scenes
of the stories. A map of the old prov
inces renders easy references to geo.
graphic points.
Letters OF an American Countess to
Her Friend" By the Countess herself.
]. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 81
Rose street, New York. Cloth, so
cents. There has recently been much
newspaper talk about schemes by
which American heiresses have been
induced to marry titled Europeans, for
commissions said to be paid to certain
schemers. This book gives the ex-
periences of a wealthy American girl
who had been captured by famous
count" with the aid of a syndicate
These letters give in detail her heart
yearnings for love and for her Ameri-
can home and friends. when, alas, it
was too late.
"Janita's Dover" by Olivia Lowell
Wilson. The Abbey Press, publishers,
ia Fifth avenue, New York. Cloth,
IL mo-, $1.25. The scene of Janita's
Dover, is laid in Flatbush, Long ISL
and. and the story centers in and
about the old Axtell residence, built
long before the Revolutionary War.
The house was owned at one time by
Mrs. Mowatt, an actress. who called it
Melrose Hail. and it still stands as
ISOLATED in the minds of the towns
folk and others, who know something
of its history with weird and roman
tic legend. Janita's Dover, a hidden
treasure, is revealed to the hero
spiritualistic revelation and
proves to be an irresistible temptation
to him, making him false to his usual
high sense of honor. The complica-
lions arising from his efforts to pos
sess the treasure serve to make many
a thrilling incident and dramatic sit
winch are SO interestingly de-
picted and intelligently worked out
that the readers interest never flags
for a moment, and when he closes the
book he regrets that there is not more
of it. The characters in the story are
all such men and women as many of
us have met or known, lovable, adj
mirable, pltiable. as their lot in the
world happens to be cast, and SO por-
trayed that the reader feels that the
author must have had intimate per-
sonal acquaintance with at least some
of them.
1.-THE. Elements of Plane and Spheri-
cal Trigonometry," by Thomas u. Tay-
1or professor Of Applied Mathematics
in the University of Texas, Austin,
Tex, and Charles Puryear, professor
of mathematics IN the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas; svo.
Cloth, 100 pages Il sixty-seven pages
of tables. with diagrams; list price,
81. rs; mailing price, 1915. CHM & Co.,