The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-16

sit at the desk and hold the pen and
paper. A series of drill movement ex-
ercises. thirty-thr in number, with
directions for their use, accompanies
each book
Frank Overton. A. NJ, NJ. D.. assisted
by Mary E. Hill. American Book COM
pany. New York, Cincinnati and Chi
cago.
This book furnishes years work
for pupils from to II years old. The
subjects for study are those most IA
miliar to children, such as the fly, the
tadpole, frost, the pine tree, golden rod,
the birds nest, etc. The lessons are
arranged in the order of the seasons,
and throw light on the unfamiliar sides
of these familiar things. They are cor
related with work in drawing and COM
position writing, and teach the pupil
not only to observe closely, but to real
1ze the meaning of what he has observ-
ed, and 20 describe it both pictorially
and verbally. The book is profusely
illustrated, largely from photographs
taken by the author. The plan is sim
pie and the method supplies interesting
work for young pupils, and affords q
good basis for further and more ad-
vanced study.
An American AbeIard and HeIoise-By
Mary Ives Todd The Grafton Press
For sale by St Paul Book and Station
cry company.
The Heloise of this story thinks the
country is in very bad way, and hav-
ing some wonderful ideas and great
thoughts on the subject, which may
save the people from everlasting ruin,
she outlines a plan of reform. The
writer is evidently "agin the govern
ment" first, last and all the time and
doesn't care who knows it. IN the
first place she doesn't like any of the
religions; thinks them all wrong and
has some ideas of her own which are
much better, and one receives the i'm
preston that when this book is we'll
circulated and digested 4 revolution
Will set in which may result in MAX
ing things over in an improved man
ner. She regards the position OF women
as false and unjust; and marriage as
tyranny which should be abolished.
The story mainly concerns the Rev.
Abel Allen, who seemed to be a good
Methodist parson, minding his flock
and doing the best he could, and he
might have gone on to the end in his
excellent way had he not met Heloise,
the heroine mentioned above, who had
views of her own. Now. if she had let
Abelard-as she called him-alone,
there is no doubt that he would have
always been a peaceable citizen and
God fearing minister. But Heloise,
when she found he admired her, was
not content until she had imbued him
with some of her revolutionary ideas
and finally she succeeded in shaking
his faith in his creed and his ministry.
After this the least she could do would
be to marry him, but not Heloisel She
regarded marriage as one of the great
est mistakes-next to religion-and she
kept poor Abelard dangling for many
years. Her idea was that they were
TO separate and work for the uplifting
or the race, only cheering each other
by occasional meetings to compare
notes. 1t seemed to Abelard that II
they worked together they could do
more uplifting, and life would be a lit
tie easier during the process, but
Heloise was a lady with a mind of her
own, and she had her way We take
leave of them still apart, still pledged
TO pull down all existing institutions,
including religion, government and
matrlmony, such a large order that the
book leaves the reader somewhat be-
wiidered. He cannot help thinking how
much better it would have been for
Abelard II he had never met Heloise.
but had gone on in his simple way do
ing the good that came to his hand.
1t is unfortunate that when a woman
is discontented with the world, She
feels impelled to write a book about it.