The San Francisco call., 1904-07-10
School Books
for General Use

"HE American Book Company has
recently added TO the bibHothecA
Il of pedagogy by several notable
publications.
Worthy Of especial notice are the
further additions to Rolfe's revised
edition Of Shakespeare In Twelfth
Night" Midsummer Nights Dream"
Hamlet" THE Tempest" "Othello'
and Macbeth" These volumes OF the
new edition have been entirely revised
and reset and appear with every pos
sibIe mechanical Improvement The
books are smaller and more con-
venient In shape and plentifully sup
piled with attractive illustrations.
The changes made In revision have
been mainly due to the change that
has taken place IN educational
methods in the last thirty-five years
and reflect the results OF the editors
studies and the experience gained by
the use OF the first edition in schools
and clubs. The greater part OF ths
notes on textual variations have been
omitted. as the text Of Shakespeare In
now virtually settled. In place OF
many of the critical notes DIR. Rolfe
has substituted notes of his own, and
has also added more OF the same kind
in the appendix. A concise account Of
Shakespeare's meter has also been in
serted. Minor changes have been
made throughout. the notes having
been abridged or expanded, as seemed
best. and new ones are added in many
instances. While the present edition
is substantially new. yet 1t may be used
together with the old edition In the
ole
ience.
The old standby, Fishers Outlines
OF Universal History" is In a new and
furbished form. This standard work
comprises within a moderate compass
a narrative OF the most important
events IN the worlds history, with
their causes and consequences. The
specially significant and interesting
details have been singled out for
treatment, as have the development OF
science and literature. Tables OF
photography direct the inquirer to ad-
ditional writer's on the various topics.
Numerous clear maps and genealogical
tables furnish ample aid This Is
book equally suitable for the student
and for the general reader. convenient
in form, and presenting the results OF
thorough research and investigation by
an acknowledged authority. It Is ad-
mirably adapted either for continuous
study or as a reference manual for
consultation and should have q wide
use.
The latest addition to the Modern
Mathematical Series, prepared under
the general editorship OF Processes
Wait Of Cornell University 10 ]. H
Tanners Elementary Algebra" Ths
transition from arithmetic to algebra
has been made as easy and natural a.
possible, and the author has aimed to
arouse and sustain the students fn-
terest In the work. and to teach him t.
think clearly and reason correctly
Wherever an essentially new step u
taken-such, for instance, as the use
of letters to represent numbers-its nat
uralness and advantages are presented
with it, and II Is thereafter freely em-
ployed until II becomes q useful tool In
the students hands New topics are
always brought In where they ara
some cases to defer the final proofs con-
siderably. This arrangement has tia
further advantage, however, OF making
it possible, IL the teacher prefers. q
omit the more difficult proofs altogether
in the first reading without breaking
the continuity Of the subject The
book rs designed to meet the mose ez-
acting entrance examination require
ments Of any college or university In
this country, and especially the revised
requirements OF the College Entranca
Board.