Evening star., 1918-02-17

innate comprehension. The exception
al child implies here-not by any
means the merely defective child-but
rather that child who stands above, or
below. or aside from, the great ma
jority who class as normal and average
children. Therefore, this inclusive in
vestigation deals with the essentially
problematic part of the teachers ma
terial-with the forward. the back
ward, the distinctly different child.
The work is concrete-another clear
advantage to the teacher. Hundreds of
cases of exceptional children are re-
ported here at first hand. Their varia-
tions from the common run are clearly
defined, in character and manifestation
in source, too, as far as this Is pos
sihle-and each case is pointed, in
suggestive outline, upon a course of
treatment. 1t is compact study-a
ganized and co-ordinated as to mako
1t pictorial in its effect of straight ap-
peal It is. in the main, Independent
of technical speech--a clear count in
it's favor. And it Is. above all. an
eminently practical consideration Of the
subject A notably sincere and dis
tinguished contribution to the profess
sional literature Of teaching.
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN JOURNAL
ISM. By James Melvin Lee. Boston:
Houghton Miff1in Company.
1704-1s17. The earlier date stands
for the first American newspaper-The
Boston News-Letter. The second one
covers a Journalism SO prolific and
powerful that is able to claim for itself.
without fear Of challenge, place in
general education not surpassed, and
probably not eQualed. by. the regularly
organized forces of education Between
these two dates stretches the Amazing
career of the American Newspaper. 1t
is full and comprehensive story. In
it are set out with interesting and In
forming detail the various Influences
political military, social, economic
that. through the succeeding periods of
the countxyS growth, expanded tho
to international dimensions. A wealth
OF incidents bearing upon this phenom-
email development have place here, and
an army of man gifted with imagfna-
ton and vision crowd its pages. giving
to the story the warmth Of good BIZ
ography, in place OF the more remote
appeal Of impersonal history. It is
new theme that proves to be abundant
ly worth the care Of historian or BIZ
ographer. Its author. director of the
department Of Journalism at New York
University, has in Its production added
a fine enthusiasm and a personal par
taking to the more usual equipment OF
profound study and the power to or
HEARTS UNDAUNT1fDs A Romance o4
-Four Frontier.. By Eleanor Atlxin-
SON. author of ~Greyfriars Bobby.
etc illustrated New York: Har-
per & Bros.
The author Of 'Greyfriars Bobby
one of the best dog stories that was
ever written-goes back for the heroine
of this romance to colonial days. So
lecting for this role tho little daughter
| of a British soldier who had been kid
| naped by an Indian chief. In the early
part Of the story an idyllic picture pre-
sents the child in happy and forgetful
exile among her captors. In sharp
contrast to this quiet movement is set,
| later. the spirited and exciting action
| of discovery and rescue. Love- whose
vicissitudes are blended with the larg-
er anxieties Of colonial turmoil. works
TO the happy consummation that all
sauafyinE love stories demand Tho
strong feature Of the romance. how.
| ever. is the recreation Of Westaen
Pennsylvania and New York. in scene
and atmosphere, IN those early days
when the bevtlderod Indian became the
pawn Of England on the one hand and
OF France on the other. Hero the story
lays fairef claim to tho designation
! Historical than the majority Of noveas
making this claim arc able to sustain.
THE SANDS OF TATEs A FAA11nsy.
BY Sir Thomas Barclay. Boston:
Houghton Mimin Company.
The Sands Of Fate" is . drama-a
historical phantasy." tho author names
it. Why -phantasy.!-one wonders,
since its material is literal fact coupled
with the. writer's actual yacquaantancs
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