The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-26

Tor Miss Laushlin's story. which may
| find a reader lonesome but Will GER
! tainly not leave him so.
| "Hygicne for Mother and Child.-
1 By Francis II. MacCarthy. NJ D
| Harper & Bros. of New York. sl,25
net.
A manual for mothers and nurses
! and practical directions for the care
| and feeling of children.
| The author says in his Introduction
| regarding 1t that: The present book
| rs the ou,srowth Of experience IN
| treating children and giving counsel
| to their mothers in the out-patient de-
| partment of a modern city hospital III
I, Massachusetts,.
J. I'm the preparation of a book OF this
/ kind the investigator must constantly
| recognize his indebtedness to writer's
i of wide knowledge and ripe experience
! to whom the writer wishes to make
/ grateful Acknowledgement.
Since the book is primarily for
| mothers, technical terms have been
| vigorously excluded, and every e1or'
| has been made to deal with each sub
;ect as clearly and concisely as simple
language will make 1t.
..The Care and Training of Childreh'
BY LIE Grand Kerr. NJ. D. Funk q
i Wagnalls Publishing Company. oil Ne"
York. rs cents net.
! DR.. Kerr, in this small but helpi Vi
| volume. has condensed, or even o1s-
titled, the best of many years eApe.
/ rience and observation, not ohly On
his part as physician, but on the more
intimate part taken by the many pa.
ents who, under his appreciative eye
have made this subject a fond study
in the upbringing of their own chlt-
4 dren. In other words the doctor mas
} not sought to elaborate system Oh
training and imprint thereon his own
! theories. but has rather reflected IN q
series of delightful monographs the
matured experience OF the many.
lThere is scarcely feature OF chllo
training. hygienic, physlcai. menta''
4 moral. that is not considered, ana WHeH
one has read the various chapters .nere
seems to be nothing more that could be
said 70 cover every phase of the prob
lem. One feature that is ever fore
most In his mind is the Innate differ
ence of children, even of those born OF
1.-The same parents, and the need. there
fore. of tact, sympathy and resource
fulness in dealing with each child
..Iittle Talks to Little People"
BY Rev James NJ Farrar, p, =
! Funk & Wagnalls, OF New York, pub
fishers. sl,20 net
II is in answer to many requests
genuine requests-from little people,
who have enjoyed his previous book
, "a Junior Congregations" that this bool
appears. Fifty-two stories were II
the first book-one for each Sunday o
the Christian year-and f1fty-two NOR
} are to be found here. DR.. Farrar, !
will be recalled. has been eminentl!
successful for some twenty-five year
or more In keeping the young people
.the little folks we should say-in
terested in the Sunday services of hi
church and has prefaced the regula
, Morning sermon with sermonette-
or, more correctly, short story-de
, signed to Impress on his younger hear
ers some lessons appropriate to eac
Sunday of the year. To talk entertain
lngly to children Is an art In whic
DR.. Farrar particularly eScels. Fo
! parents to read to their children, n
more captivating or instructive storie
: or talks. very brief and to the poin
could be desired
, "Common Words Commonly AIisspelled
BY Bruce Payne. M, A., Phi, d.. Uni
+ lversity of Virginia. B. II. Johnscs
Richmond, Va. 2s cents,
AS the name would Indicate, this is a
I uncommon speller--uncommon becaus
the book presents, not the theories nc
the prejudlces Of the editor. or OF an