The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-21
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON.

"The PhiIippines,"By Fred W.AtkinsOn-
 .'The Flight of GeOrgiana. by R. N.
 Stephens-."Fhe RejuvenatiOn of Aunt
 Mary" by Annie Warner-"sunrise
 Acres" by Benjamin Braee-''GOV-
 ernment Regulation of Hallway
 Rates,"b Professor RugO R. Meyer
 "American Heroes and Heroines," by
 Pauline Darlington BouVe-''The
 Making of Man," by Dr. OrisOn
 Swctt Marden.
 A trustworthy and valuable book regarding our far off eastern possl ssions is the, new work, The Philippine Islands, ,' by Fred w. Atkinson, published by Ginn and Co., Boston. IL ts general ill its scope. readable as well as instructive, and the information is first hand, as MT. Atkinson was first general superinten- dent of education in our eastern colonies. MT. Atkinson writes impartiaIly, is evidently keen obs2rV- CT and what he says has the merit Of reliability. The book is a brief, popular statement of tn, Philippine Islands as they would impress an observing American. It is intended to give a definite idea of just what our new possessions in the Orient comprehend, to correct inpr- -ssiOns that have been caussd by erroneous accounts, and to reconcile views that have come from two conflicting source s-the military and the civil. A sufficiently detail>d consideration Of the history of the islands is given, not as an end in itself, but to furnish a setting for this present day view of the land it's inhabitants, it's character and it's possibilities. Ill snort, the aim is to give conc.se!y the essentials information about the archipelago. The plan of the book simple and 1 log.cal. A consideration of the general geography of tn: islands and a brief resume of their history form the 1 introduction to present conditions. | Among the topics dlscu! sed are: Commercial geography, climate, public health. people, superstition. religion, native and foreign government, education. and finally, the possibilities and the outlook for the future. The purpose has be n to bIllnce the principal questions that are properly i included in work of this sort. to state impressions, resulting from 1 thorough consideration, and to 1 formulate the rIsults of a wide ! experisnce in a way that shall be most
 profitable to the general reader.
 Concerning our little brown
 brothers themselves Mr. Atkinson says: .x.,s..
 l In his youth the Filipino boy is often attractive and interesting, with his slight figure and. rich brown skin, suggestive of bronze statue, his 1 bright eyes, long black syelashes and
 eyebrows, and his expression of cheerful carelessneSs. The girls are l not as attractive; they need constant encourag2 2ment in the schoolroom and are keenly sensitive to q look or i word. The writer's belief is that up ! to 8 certain point Filipino children are qIicker Intellectually than American youths; but this vlew is not shared by all the American teachers. One gave the following interesting opinion: To 1 my mind the Filipino child fdoes not excel the American child markedly in i anything. His apparent extraordinary l aptitude I attribute to. his absolute 1 ignorance of the subjects we teach. This is illustrated in the case of aman l of normal intelligence who has never ! learned to read. His memory will retain three times as much of an article he hears read as that of his literary neighbor. whose mind is crammed by constant reading
 1 From the full and comprehensive review of the work by the Boston Advertiser the following extracts are i taken: Taking up ramifications of the educational system. the author notes that evening schools have been
 opened at practically every place
 where an American teacher is stationed, and their attendance, now in the vicinity of twenty-five thousand indicates interest taken by the older
 people. particularly local officials and
 other ambitious adults, who find l English helpful in their work.
 Besides primary, secondary anG
 special schools, other. work. such as
 music, drawing, sewing and, among
 the Moros, weaving to a certain
 extent, has been done. With weaving
 and sewing the practical side i. prominent, for the products are sold