The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-16

The editor prefixes q short notice OF
Balzac. The exigencies OF time at the
teachers disposal may excuse the
abrldgnent Of pretty short novel.
I'd. &. Heath and Company
Information is combined with the
study of language in Elm Characterbild
Won Deutschland" by Prof. NJ. Blake
more Evans, Phi. D., Of Ohio State Uni
versity, and Elizabeth Merhaut I'd. c.
Heath and Company, a compia ton from
many sources, combining description,
statistics and accounts Of many German
institutions. Historical prose OF an in
teresting character is supplied by II.
Bernhard Roggc's Der Crosse Preus-
sen-koenig." to wit. Frederick the Great.
which Prof. w. A. adams. Phi. D., OF
Dartmouth, edits ID. g. Heath and
Company. 4 fragment Of Gustav
Frenssen's "Joern Uhl' has been edited
by Warren Washburn Florer of the
University of Michigan ID. c. Heath
and Company. Whether it is desirable
| TO mutilate 80 long a novel. when Ger
man literature affords countless good
short stories, may be questionable. Here
students may become acquainted with
the style OF an author who has made a
strong impression on Germany in recent
/ years.
There seems TO be a superabundance
OF grammar In Paul Valentine Bacon's
Elements of German (Allyn and
Bacon. Boston), with a combination OF
the conversational with the older meth
DDS OF teaching the language. The DIM
culties also seem To be presented early.
The summary Of infections at the end
is good. Teachers must decide on the
merits Of the authors system. The two
grammars on IIossfeld's method pub
lished by II!rschfcd Brothers. London
Ueter Reilly. Philadelphia, like good
many English language books, seem TO
be half a century behind the times, and
to pay little attention To the require
mcnts of students who cannot have a
native teacher. The Spanish Gram
mar" by Tomas Enrique Gurrin. has
been revised by Fernando lie .Arteaga
and bears a strong resemblance to our
old friend Ollendorf. The Russian
Grammar" Is by DR.. S. Rappoport; Il
is more up to date, but leaves unsolved
the difficulties that face the unaided
/ beginner.
In English We have Jan and Bette"
10y May Emery Hall Charles r. Merrill
Company, New York;, a simple account
of the ways Of Dutch children, written
for the little ones, with unusually good
illustrations. Selected Short Stories
by Claude NJ. Fuess. Pm. u. CCharles
T.. Merrill Company, keeps up the de-
fusion that the short story is a literary
form by itself. The classical selections
are excellent. the modern ones show a
less discriminating taste and there
seems to be no reason for going to the
French for examples of English short
stories. In Mother Nature and Her
Fairies" &C. w, Bardeen, Syracusel
Prof. Hugh Findlay has written a pretty
story for small children. involving in
formation about common flowers, has
interspersed many graceful verses about
the flowers and has drawn amusing
pictures. II Is as pretty an allurement
to knowledge as can he asked for. 4
new revised edition OF the excellent
Introduction 20 the Study of English
Literature" by Prof. Vida d. Scudder
of Wellesley, is issued by the World
Book Company, Yonkers. The use o.
thin paper makes II possible 20 present
the book in n handy volume of mod
crate size. Though somewhat condensed
the manual OF composition by A. r.
Brubacher. Phi. D.. and Dorothy T.
Snyder. English. Oral and Written
for High Schools tCharles f.. Merrill
Company. seems to be practical and
sensible and likely to be helpful to the
student.