The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-29
FINE SCHOOL BOOKS.

From the American Book Company
Chicago, we have Williams 8 Choice
Literature in seven volumes, compiled
and arranged by Sherman Williams
Chief OF the School Libraries Division
of the New York State Educational De
partment. The new series provides =
complete course of supplementary read
ing for the first eight school years
Book Seven being a fine large volume
and intended for both the seventh and
eighth years. The selections begin with
the simple stories in prose and poetry
that children are supposed to be espec
ially interested in and which furnish
the groundwork of their subsequent
reading and proceed gradually 70 the
highest grades. The selections in al
are very finely adapted to the, progress
sive reading of the school children. and m
in Book Seven we have especially the
crown and summit in excellent condenS
ations from the greatest writers. The
series is one emphatically to be com
mended as Just right for school road
ing. Nothing quite so good as these
books has appeared for like purpose
in long time.
From the same we have Clark s Cen
eral Science, a book developed by the
author for use IN her classes, and suit
ed both for the general reader and the
pupil IN lne DlRp scnool. II uooiS "te1
physics, chemistry, and hygiene, and
the controlling idea has been to make
the presentation as informal and un'
technical as possible, to arouse the IN
terest of the student and to. provide
information which will brighten his
horizon and be of real practical value,
Each topic describes some interesting
phenomenon commonly met In everyday
life, and afterwards discusses in q pop
ular style the scientific principles on
which 1t is based. The book is well
prepared. and Is especially adapted for
school use.
From the came we have Baldwin 3
Fifty Famous People" a book Of short
stories and incidents relating to people
famous in history, It is companion
book to a similar production of the au~
thor of "Fifty Fameus Stories. ~ The
selections made are iudicious, and can.
not fail TO be interesting and helpful
to the pupils.
First Latin Reader, which is intended
to follow the study of Latin immediate.
ly after the primer by the snme author,
previously published. This book is in
tended for beginners in the upper gram
mar grades. The intention is TO encour.
age the reader to translate at sight.
The stories in the book are drawn largo
ly from American history. ana IL se9uis
odd TO find them in Latin dress But
tbsy lose nothing in interest hut rather
gain on that account. There. are la0
lessons in the reader, presenting mat
tiers Of American history, short anec'
dotes, two narratives from Caesar sim,
plified and selections from the original
text Of Caesar, Nepos, suetonius, Sal
lust, and Cicero. Each lesson has ade-
ouate notes, and in addition to the gen
eral vocabulary at the end Of the. vol
ume there is a word list which shows
the important new words introduced
into each successive exercise. II is all
very thoroughly and we'll prepared, and
will be An important aid to the beginner
in Latin.
From the same we have Smiths Pu-
pil's Notebook and Study Outline IN
English History. The book comprises
blank forms arranged under suitable
heads, and there are outline maps ac'