The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

ing fairy tales: the vocabulary Of good
fairy tales h al familiar and useful a.
that which he employs. He includes
properly number of poems. There are
quest ions on tho extracts. sensible notes
and a vocabulary.
In the same way Mr. Paul Valentine
BACON in his I'm Vateriand" ALLYN and
Bacon. Bostonl sndeavors ca secure Ger
man atmosphere by combining descrtp-
tlons Of Germany and German life and
institutions with tho elements q the
language His narratives are IN the
form Of dialogues. but he also includes
poems and songs. There are notes. many
Of which contain condensed Information
regarding German AFFAIRS. and a vocabu-
larry There are also pictures.
A carefully prepared book for adj
vanced students - -Exerciees in German
Syntax and Composition, by Marian y.
Whitney Pm. D.. and Lillian l.. Stroebe.
Pm. D.. of Vassar College Henry Holt
and Company The authors lay proper
stress on grammar which N necessary for
studsnts " no have mastered the elements;
they provide English extracts for trans
man teachers. and they give themes for
corApn~itions. There ara two vocabula-
ri-s German English and English German.
and other aids \ very complete and ex-
Cellent little book.
rustic idyl by Jules Claretie. Pie
rifle has been added tn the texts for
French by Hugh A. Smith and Casimir
ZdanoWicZ Of the University 81 Wisconsin
Henry Holt and Company. II 10 pretty
story and ~ - ~ 10 regretted that the
editors found u necessary 10 ahridEe ~.
There are notes and vocabulary.
Novelty - desirable above all in the
nneaRre h-t 81 Spanish text. hat MIR Her
bert Alden kenyon of the University n
Michigan might easily have found a
lers traRi~ story than Ia MarIposa
Blanca ~ Jos@ Selgas taTrNsco
College CLASSES are not given 10 sentiment
especially when u must he spelled ont
with 'hs aid - vocabulary That "a
provided and also notes.
Dor 'hs study 81 English ~ have A
college, curse m Writing FROM Models.
nv Frances Camp',~!! 8eTsel~y Henry
Holt and Company, There ~ variety
IN the selections and httl" regard for
conventional literature II NAV he t:at
writing NAV DO learned from models
More orthodox - The arrangement 81 a
Theme BOOK IN English Compp-ition.
Nv Alfred NJ HtchcocS Henry Holt and
Company which provides subi''riS Io ~
written about or tn be di-rus-ad
To ~. nookz prepared for the study 81
English Mr. J Milton Dnra adds Wal
den Nv Henry David Thoreau tCharic~
II -
sparing 81 notes. hut some ~ tho-a b"
provides seem -uperfiuous student
who can appreciate Thoreau hardly needs
To he told who Hercules and Minerva wer"
Macaulay'a Essays on Lord Give and
Warren Hastings Charles D. Merrill
Company. which Cornelia B~are edits.
are made TO do service II Ns are not mis-
taken for college examinations. TIL"
notes ar" good
How far practical applications and geo
met rio designs IN art assist the learning
~ The theor@t zeal part of plane geometry
teachers must decide. They seem to he
the chief characteristic ~ the Plane
Geometry written by n D.. Slaught.
Ph u and v J. Lennes. Pm. y. Allyn
ard Racon. Boston,. The authors have
also simplified their first chapters by
the exclusion of many theories found in
current books PROCESS the wisdom 81
which exports must Judge.
In An Outline 81 Logic Henry Hol;
and Company Prof. Boyd Henry Bode
has written lively and entertaining
hook which may or may not he orthodox
but which reads like sense. He passes
over much ~ the Old elementary logic.
We miss. for instance. our old friend
Ra-hs-s. C=!5TsHi. Durii. kc.. and he
turns his hack on familiar examples. He
provides EXERCISES for the rules he lays
down
Instruction for Juvenile horticulturists
will he found In Myrts Margaret HigRins's
LATHE Gardens for Boys and Girls
CHoughton Miflin Company Though
accompanied with some Unnecessary asn-
tiuent. the directions seem simple and
practical.