The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-05

Ginn & co.-The "SorIds' ESork" and
 ''cOanGFy Life," for septembsr.
 Five books which make up the most recent noteworthy publication of Ginn
 & Co. Boston. are the Jones Readers.
 These books are the work of President L. H. Jones of the Michigan State Nor mai college, formerly superintendent of
 the city schools of Indianapolis and later of Cleveland. The reputation and
 high standing of the author will. incline all interested to examine these books with more than usual interest. But af- ter all, series of readers cannot stand
 upon the merits of the author alone. In this instance the publishers with their
 long experience in the production of
 school and college text books feel that
 in every respect the Jones Readers are
 superior to any other publications Of
 this character ever issued. There is certainly much to maintain this as- sumption. There is space here to indi-
 cate only few of the striking charac-
 teristics Of these books. These are: The attractiveness of the books in bind ing, illustrations, type, and paper which are unusual and striking. The books contain more actual reading matter than is presented in any other series. For example. one series of books, the price os which is more than that for which the Jones Readers are being marketed has 9 total of 1.327 pages, while the Jones series has 1,56s pages. This read ing material. moreover. is new, inter- esting and standard. A high moral tone prevails throughout the series, and is strong feature of the books. Thoroughly basal in the authors mind has been the moral and ethical ideal. Heroism, pat riotisn, manliness. kindness to animals every laudable aspiration and endeav- or-find here a stimulus. In their care full development of the vocabulary and in their systematicpl the Jones Read CTS are also particularly adapted for a basal series. They embody 8 line of thought and purpose which can be ex- tended by supplementary reading in any direction that the special need of the class may require. The illustrations, several hundred of which are printed from the best wood engravings that can be procured, are from originals by well known artists. The superiority of the illustrations over those in the average set of readers is strikingly plain. For sale by leading booksellers and by the publishers. 's~.T '
 In the Worlds Work for September there is strikingly illustrated and we'll written description of Mexico by Eugene P. Lyle, jr. The subject Of the paper is ''The American Influence in Mexico" A fine treatment of Italian affairs will be found in Thirty Years Of Italian Progress,'' by the author of "The Dawn of Italian Independence" and the much talked of Zion movement in which the Jews are so deeply inter- ested just now is treated by, the facile. pen of Israel Zangwill. Professor Franklin T. Baker of Columbia univer- sity writes on '"rte Model Preparatory School,'' the article being well illustrat- ed as are also Henry Harrison Lewis "Feats of Modern Railroad Engineer ing.'' and Lieutenant Commander Gleave's Making Big Guns" There are various other articles contributed by men who are deeply interested in or authorities on the subjects of which they treat. among them being Edward Lowry, Franklin Matthews and Charles Francis Murphy, "Tammany's New ruler." John Albert Macy, who writes on Preaching the Deaf" a clergyman who tells of his own everyday work and Slason Thompson whose subject is Railroad Accidents in America and Europe"
 Country Life in America for Septem- tember is one of the most attractive is- sues of that beautiful magazine that has yet been published. The rhoro- graphs, which profusely illustrate near ly ever article, are especially fine. The cover design, two clusters of grapes, in richness of tone and harmony of color, is an unusually happy conception. Driving for NoYices" tells briefly and simply exactly how a beginner should his horses. In "A Discussion of the Fence Problem question of great importance to all land owners Is treated from all points of view. Thom- as Dixon. jr.. the well known novelist, writes with glowing color of 'The Shore Birds of Old Virginia" Pheasant Col l lecting as a Pastin1e" describes the fin- est collection In America of these beau tieul birds. The reader is told just when and how to plant bulbs in the fall in "Hardy Bulbs for Fall Planting" Another article of great practical value 1 is "The Peach and Some Suggestions