Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-09


and approved it the publication was de-
layed in order to add a sketch of the
| bishop. together with a strikingly lifelike
portrait Thus in a way the volume Is
commemorative of the late head of the
diocese of Washington, the more so as
the ceremony of September 70 was the
elimination Of a long preparatory work
undertaken by him to provide his denom-
ination with suitable cathedral. The
text of the volume consists chiefly in re-
i! productions Of the addresses and services
at the cathedral site with interesting mat
ter descriptive of the preparatory work.
MIND IN THE MAKING, a Study in
James Swift. professor of psy-
chology and pedagogy in the WASH
ington University. ST. Louis. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons WASH
ington: Brentano's.
The most significant tendency, says
Prof. Swift, in educational literature to-
day is the substitution OF the individual
for the course of study as the basis of
constructive pedagogy. The rapid growth
of American cities has centered attention
| upon the machinery of school systems,
while the great increase In college attend
ance and the influence of the methods
of German universities have too complete
ly submerged the individual. Educators
have lately been taking an inventory and
have discovered racial and Individual as
sets which had to great extent been
overlooked Some of these formative in
fuences are positive forces which should
be directed into lines advantageous to the
individual and to society; others. which
are negative and tend to mental arrest.
should. so far as possible. be curbed and
repressed. An environment which is good
in one instance may be inert in another.
To foster growth 1t must meet individual
needs. and these can be learned only by
studying the native tendencies and pecu-
liar dispositions of pupil and student This
book is a plea for the personal element in
education, and for the extension of the
experimental method.
The author has gathered into this vol
ume numerous chapters which have ap-
peared in pedagogical journals and other
periodicals.
THE SIXTH SPEED. by E. J. Rath.
With Frontispiece by c. Weber
Ditzler. New York: Moffat. Yard &
Co.
This Is an ingenious story with plenty
of action in it. The hero. an ex-chauffeur,
has grasped the principle that speed Is
power. In pursuance of his ambition to
be one of the millionaire class. rather
than one of the servers. he discovers a
wonderful motive power, constructs a
boat in which the new power is installed
and sets about calling the attention OF
the world to the value of his discovery.
AS a result of his activity he becomes a
sort Of modern pirate of the high seas,
pursued by the government whom he
wishes to purchase his secret of him. 1t
is by the agency of a charming maiden
that he Is finally convinced Of the error OF
his ways, and the grave danger in which
the government stands through threat
ened war with Japan leads him to dis
cover himself patriot instead of pi-
rate. Unfortunately the exact nature OF
the Sixth Speed" Is not disclosed.
THE SHE'LL BOOK, Popular Guide to
knowledge of the Families Of Liv-
ing Mollusks, and an Aid to the
Identification of Shells. Native and
Foreign. By Julia Ellen Rogers, au-
thor of The. Tree Book" Eight
Plates in Color and Ninety six in
Black and White. Mostly from pho
tographs by A. r. Dugmore. New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
This is the first popular book on
shells After description of the spe-
cies, the growth, food, habits and homes
of living mollusks are Interestingly
treated; industries. such as pearl fish,
cries, snail farming, the cultivation of
oysters and other shellfish tire de-
scribed: and instructions are given for
making and maintaining aquaria with
out running water. 1t is a dependable
guide, with few technical terms, and
makes the best sort Of nature reading.
IN KOREA WITH MARQUIS ITO. BY
George Trumbull Ladd, LID. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Wash
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Prof. Ladd, after lecturing in Japan
at the invitation of the government.
was invited by Marquis Ito to accom-
pany him to Korea to lecture to the
Koreans. He spent a number Of months
In Korea with Marquis Ito and gives an
account not only of his personal ex-
periences. but of present conditions in
that country, of which he gained an
intimate and first-hand knowledge. His
estimate of the Marquis Ito. his account
of missions and missionaries, of the
resources and finance, education and
public Justice. foreigners and foreign
relations, Is of the greatest and most
vivid interest, while his Impressions
and observations of travel in many
parts of Korea make graphic AID sug-
gestive as well as agreeable reading.