The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-12
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS o1
 THE SEASON

fers of the American RevoI,
 Ginn < Co.'S New "second Music I er'-ForthcOming Books, Etc. I A valuable addition to ConneS
 historical and particularly to it's
 otie records is Chapter Sketches,
 necticut Daughter of the Amer HeVoiution," a sketch of the beginnis of the Connecticut chapters of tbis
 ciety, and containing the biosraphis
 or the real daughters. It is a book
 oe desired not only by all members oI the chapters of the Connecticut societvS put all interested in old Connecticut and It's glorious work in the Revo,,,. tionary days. The book consists chaef,v or a series of simple sketches modestlv
 put ably presented, and instead of h. lngNa dry book as many of inc worr = ol tnls Kind are, 1t is highly interest, liis ana possesses charm that appeals lo me aeVotees of fiction. A great deal oi hitherto unpublished history may be found in this work.
 The volume, beautifully bound. is nro- fusely embellished with many fine cpts
 presenting the portraits of the rral
 daughters, and has a likeness of Mra
 sarah T. Kinney, state regent. con nectlcut daughters of the American
 Revolution. It presents a nun1bew oe pictures of fine ancient Connecficf,t
 homes, both in this city and other parts of the state. The book is from the
 pen of Mary Philotheta Root, A. B.
 member of the Katherine Gawyord chan
 ter, Bristol. The introduction is bv
 Rose P. Cleveland, a sister of ex- Pres ident Cleveland. &
 Mrs. George B. Newcomb. one of the contributors to the leading articles of
 the book, has charge of the sale of 1t. The New Second Music Reader. is
 sued by Ginn & O., Boston, 122 sssred
 list prlce, SC cents; mailing price. 35
 cents; continues the work begun in the
 New First Music Reader,' and pre-
 sents material for one years music
 course. It may be used to the best ad-
 vantage in the fourth or fifth grades. in accordance with the requirements of the curriculum.
 As i'll the New First Music Reader.
 the book is the result of careful study
 of the childs intellectual and emotion al nature, of child melody and postrx. and of practical school environment. ItI contains many new songs and new l,e Z.
 ems, every one of which .c ..,cs I| the approval of the ablest critics as well as of teachers. Leading American composers and poets are especially we'll i, Represented.
 !, In every detail the song material and exercises have been arranged with the ], view of making the book eminently coii- venient for practical use For this req
 son those things which have been con
 sidered difficulties by teacher and pupil
 are made easy by careful preparation. x The consensus of opinion of critics who
 have examined the book is that it is
 eminently superior, both in the quality
 and qauntity of it's melodies and poems,
 and that it is admirably adapted tor use
 in elementary work. For sale by all
 booksellers.
 X Messrs. Lorgmans, Green & Go. will , publish "A Handbook to Agra and the Taj," by E. B. Havell, principal of the ,s government school of art, Calcutta. :. The volume will be illustrated with , fourteen full-page plates from phote- < graphs of the Tai, and other notable ], specimens of Indian architecture The long-promised 'Text Book Of x Medical Practice" edited by William
 Bain, M. D., will be published by { Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co. in Jam , uary
 Apart from the practical character of : the book the special features are that the anatomy and physiology of each orr l gan or system precede the description of it's diseases and that the various sections are contributed by general ply- ] sicians and specialists, among whom { may be mentioned: Arthur Robinson. Sidney H. c. Martin. Percy Kidd, w. P. Herringham and c. Powell White. 'aThe Last Letters of Aubrey Beartls- Hey" who before his death was receiv- ed into the Roman Catholic church, ] will be published early in January by Messrs. Longnlans, Green & Co. Fa- ther Gray, who provides an introduc- ton, recalls that in this Beardsley was ! following his master, Vatican. MT. T. Raymont Hill, professor in the University college of South Wales, has |. just added to the Pedagogical series of
 Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co. vol ume on the Principles of Education."
 Longmans Green & Co. also publish
 the report of the director of education Of the Transvaal and Orange River Icolony, covering the period of Novern- lber, 1900, to February, 1904.
 A feature of Outing for March will be " the story of Leonidas Hubbard. jrss. Labrador expedition of 1903, which end
 ed, as will be recalled, in his tragic death by starvation. His notebooks
 and diaries, almost to his last hour,
 make the principal part of the narra- tive, which will be fully illustrated by
 photographs by MT. Hubbard, all of Ithe material having been brought home the following summer by his surviving
 comrades.