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III ADDITION to Its notes that are full
OF newly discovered information. /, ha a
aoDreHietions. photography and an in
deH or first lines. Mr. Whitty's ma
NOR OF Poe embodies the result or
thlrty years OF research. beginning n
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GUIieotions OF f. a. Poe" placed in Mr..
Whitty's hands for publication hy
Judge Hughes. gives Poes anal ~,
Vision of The Raven. published az
me only correct copy OF the poem In
the examiner, and now making ita
hrst appearance since that time Otber
reEisions and changes made by Poe an
presented here. rank Mr. Whitty's boo,,
az at On or the most important confirm
uons yet mado rega rdinr disnntod
points in the poets career and nj.
work. aHu ms
"EducationaI Problems,
y. stanley Hall. Phi. D., II, n
Two vols D. Appleton 6 Co. or Nov
ork' publishers. $3.50 per volume
me introduction to the nrst VOL
ume of his work DR.. Hail savs. .o,,r
destiny is at stake. Amerios ,oo ~.
.o-day new educational dispnnsat,on
our system is not fulfilling the ~
pose Tor which our fathers estah,ishoa
IT. nor Is 1t molding mon as Il did In
oder days when it was simpler md
cheaper. ana
Our system has never yet had the
benefit of much of any true crItiot..,
which was. at the same ,ira' go u,,.''
petent and impartial This II nro-
iounulE needs. and never so n,cb 81
as now. for never since It's bepinninc
mas the public school been so made.
Guate 70 our needs. since. much as
,he a aas.er mas grown and improved,
~ ueinanos which have TO be made
upon education have increased far
more rapidly.
me average American citizen in
empryo leaves school at the sIrtb
erade. having had instruction ONLY nv
poorly trained and underpa;d womnn
ne mas had practically no training
toward self-support, knows little or
no,hlhs OF personal hygiene, or Of
civfcs Our young people are turned
! out into life, most ignorant and az
| posed. School methods. texts and
| Topics are traditional and teaching lie
! slack and easy-goinE. - -
ne high school. and often the col,
| ieEe. is mechanical. complacent. ana
| neoiocrity in both is protected and
hep, IN countenance BY their rcspec-
taplllty The true university is onlv
half developed. and the administrative
ana financial methods of our old en-
lowed institutions. ii not rotten. q 3
! the head OF one OF our Oldest univer-
! SUES has lately called them are In
CRYING need OF radical revision. Our
whole system is in crying need of
,tnoToughgoing Inspection and over
hauiins BY experts. such as CONNER
cial. manufacturing and other CON
/ Germs, are now everywhere EMPLOYING.
TO point out how wastaSe can he
avoided and greater efficiency secured
we need nothing less than a great
| educational revival all along the line.
ana ! believe 1t has already begun, and
that creator transformation than
we have ever had impends."
The chapters OF the rfirst volume are
| concerned with the pedagogy of The
I kindergarten and of music the edu-
cational value OF dancing and panto-
| mime, the religious training of chill
! dren and their moral and Industrial
| education.
! There is most interesting charter
on children's lies. and many special
| cases are cited In 1t by DR. Hail. who
| concludes his observations as follows
An active life. richly furnished
! field of knowledge, full of-things that
| stimulate thought. SO that children are
! provided and Will not have to rabri-
| cate experiences in order to get
| psychic room to live in-these viii act
as wholesome food does In reducing the
propensity to have recourse TO strong
drink
Life about and in the child should
teem with interests and not he void
OF excitement. 4 juiceless curriculum
n prosaic diet of dead facts and deader
rules are direct provocatives of sep
eral of the different modes Of lying.
Finally. as the worst lies are to con
ceal faults. bad habits, perhaps vices.
so that they may grow rankly in secret
everything that tends to prevent OF
eradicate such moral defects so there
Is nothing which needs conrealment,
helps" Another important cha ptcr In
cludes many instructive facts on tho
pedagogy OF sex. Tho chapter on In
dustrial education teens with impor-
tfacts like this. which says: 1--WE
must look into the girls heart to fully
understand why, although she crowds
every door OF occupation as never be-
fore. sho so generally refuses to serve
n long apprenticeship needful to enter
the skilled crafts. BY tho end Of the
grammar grades about ninety nine out
of every hundred girls leave or have
left school. Woman has always work
ed. and always viii, but the capital
problem Is how we can give training
needful for the better paid Industries
without detriment to the prospects of
marriage. which, In fact. comes TO
some 93 per cent OF women In this
country"
The second volume OF the work has
chapters devoted 10 special child vel
fare agencies. pedagogy Of modern,
languages. history, the press. reading
and drawing. The most important
chapter of this book. or certainly one
Of the most Important, is that on civic
education. which closes with these
words: "Civics In the large sense
must be tho new religion OF the secular
schools. Tho old religion gave but the
motive that created and for centuries
dominated education through all its
grades. We need not say. and do not
believe, that this old motivation has
spent Its force, but to day 1t has little
or no influence upon public education.
and Its absence has left the system
more or less motiveless and soulless.
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