The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-28
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
THE SEASON

terials for Practical German CONVEX
sation.-Ginn & COmpany's EsIedial
Writing System"
"A book which is delighting thousands
is William J. Longs "A Little Brother
to the Bear" and other animal stories.
issued by CHM & Co., Boston. This is
the fifth volume in the highly popular
Wood Folk Series.'' .....-
4 That Mr.. Long is not only a gifted
writer of animal stories buta patient,
accurate, and even a pioneer student of
animal life as well has been made very
clear by the outcome of the recent vol
luminous discussion of his books and his
work. DIR. A. q. Winship, in the New
England Journal OF Education, has
spoken to the point:
1T now appears that a multitude of
humble folk have seen the same won
derful things that William ]. Long has
seen. - a
THE world will always have men who
are seeing things in real life that the
man who swings In a hammock or who
studies Gagged animals has never SEEM
1t will, Of course, be gratifying to the
thousands of admirers of Mr.. Long to
continue upon a sound basis their belief
in the accuracy of his stories. But after
all, the unique merit Of the work Of
this nature student lies in his fascinat-
ing style Of writing, which invariably
interests young and old.
"a Little Brother to the Bear is
marked by that singular vividness and
simplicity which are characteristic Of
DIR. Longs works. The atmosphere of
the big woods pervades the book, so
that the reader feels as if he were in the
forest, watching, listening. and seeing
for himself, instead of following anoth-
er,s description.
The chapter headings in themselves
are suggestive, as, for example, "Pe-
kompf.s Cunning" "Kingfsher's Kinder
garter." When Upweekis Goes Hunt
| ing "Whitooweek the Hermit"
.'K'dunk the Fat One" ..Mooween's
Dem" "A Woodcock Genius" and
Hunting Without Cum The last is
especially interesting, since it gives in
a few pages the whole spirit and meth
cd of the authors investigations. The
book deserves the success it is meeting
with.
AS in the previous volumes, the IL
Illustrations have been made by Mr..
Charles Copeland, an artist who enters
heartily and intelligently into the spirit
of the author, and whose book has add
ed appreciably to the attractiveness Of
the volumes in the Wood Folk Series
Price fifty cents; for sale by all lead
ing booksellers.
| Many students wish to be able to
speak German as well as to read it, but
college curricula and textbook makers
have rarely recognized this need and
have offered few courses and helps call
culated to satisfy it.
Lawrence Fosters Materials for
| Practical German Conversation" (just
published by CHM & Co., Boston, is a
| text book which puts the work in a
composition course on a systematic and
! rational basis, and surrounds the stu
| dent with an atmosphere of common,
everyday German. No such book has
ever been published before In America.
Mr.. Fossler is professor of Germanic
languages and literature in the Uniyer-
sity of Nebraska.
| This course In German conversation
consists OF series OF twenty exercises
with corresponding and alternating vo-
| cabulary studies. Although the book is
| written for students who have a fair
reading knowledge OF German, the Eng
lish rendering of the "Spreohhubungen''
is supplied In parallel columns SO that
the pupil may concentrate his entire
energy upon familiarizing himself with
typical, colloquial phrases as expressing
thought units. The text of the exer-
else, though ostensibly review of the
main points of grammar, Is made UP of
| natural and interesting discussions of
| different subjects. Questions intended
to challenge and stimulate the student s
inventiveness and self-reliance are also
| furnished.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. following
each conversation lesson is largely tax
en- from the exercise itself. 1t includes
| the more common terms, phrases, and
expressions; arranges. connects, and il
Illustrates them sufficiently to serve as
| types; and thus furnishes suitable ma
terial for developing and carrying on a
| typical German conversation. Provi-
| sion is likewise made for the formal
translation and other written exercises.
The book appears in cloth covers; 255
pages; list price sixty cents; mailing
price sixty-five cents.
| The continually increasing popularity
of the Medal Writing System has
drawn general attention to this form of
penmanship which combines the speed
of the slanting style with the legibility
OF the vertical.
The name Medal as applied to a
system of writing was first used by
CHM & Co., and CHM & Co.'s Medal
Writing Books" have been widely
adopted For the benefit of those teach
ers who wish some definite information
on the subject the publishers have re-
Gently prepared "A Manual of Medal
Writing (price ten cents), which pre-
| sents in concise form the fundamental
principles of the new system.
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