The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-16

complete and varied wardrobe for her dolls. The author, Mary H. Morgan, Is an experienced teacher of sewing and knows many of the difficulties that be- set little needlewomen. Her aim has been to overcome these difficulties by explaining every process fully and clearly that even her youngest reader or even staid old book reviewer can understand. Frequent reference to pro- fusion of pictures. diagrams and pat terms goes still further toward the sim plif1cation of the text. It is something of a complete manual as to plain sew ing. Not the least pleasing feature of the book Is that part dealing with fancy dresses, such as the Little Red Riding Hood costume, the Japanese outfit and the Pierrot costume, all of which tho author says are easy to make.
 Many mother and many a child will no doubt draw pleasure and profit from this little book and then, too, when things get awfully disturbing at home Gas they do in the best regulated families) How to Dress Doll'' might act as a counter irritant. It is worth a trial, at any rate. "The Social Duty of Our Daughters" by
 Mrs. Adolphe Hoffman. (Vir Publish
 ing Co.,, Philadelphia.)
 Mrs. Hoffman, a Christian mother in Geneva, who is prominent in European reform work, addresses most helpful and suggestive message in a pleasing little volume to mothers and their grown up daughters on the dignity and privil- ege of wifehood and motherhood.
 The book is "A Mothers Talk With Mothers and Their Grown Daughters" It is published by the same firm (vir Publishing Co) who have sent forth those really splendid books, What a Young Man Ought to Know; What a Young Woman Ought to Know" and 50 on
 .The Social Duty of Our Daughters Is clean, interesting and uplifting.
 Agriculture for Beginners" by Burkett,
 Stevens and Hill. (Ginn & Co.,, Bos-
 ton.)
 This book for beginners in agriculture has been written by Charles William Burkett director of Agricultural Exper- iment Station, Kansas State Agricultural college: Frank Lincoln Stevens, profess sor of biology, and Daniel Harvey Hill. professor of English (both) In the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Me- chanic Arts.
 The authors of this book believe that the theory and practice of agriculture can be taught at one and the same time. They see no difference between teach ing the child the fundamental princi- ples of farming and teaching the same child the fundamental truths of arith- metic, geography or grammar. They hold that a youth should be trained for the farm just as he Is trained for any other occupation. The authors insist that if they are right in these views, the training must begin in the public schools for these two reasons, to-wit:
 i. It Is universally admitted that apti- tudes are developed. tastes acquired, life habits formed during the years that a child is in the public school. Hence. during these important years every child intended for the farm should be taught to know and love nature, should be led to form habits of observation and should be required to begin study of those great laws upon which agriculture is based
 2. Most boys and girls reared on a farm get no educational training except that given in public schools. If then. the truths that unlock the doors of .na-