Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-09
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.
''Houghton's First Lessons in English

''Houghton's First Lessons in English
For beginners in evening schools. BY
Frederick Houghton, Sc. NJ, Principal
Public School No. z, Buffalo, NJ. Y.
New York City: American Book Co.
Price, 40 cents, net.
This book has been prepared 70 teach
adult foreigners TO speak, read and Yri.c
English. IL also teaches them sorDdDkiny
about spelling, letter writing, geography,
history, civics, accounting, making ont
bills, checks, &c. and furnishes them with
some useful general information about
this country, and about American usages
and customs
The lessons aim TO give a maximum
amount Of practice in speaking Enrlish,
and The vocabulary is restricted to those
words which men use most commonly
The pupil is taught To speak and under
stand English without the use Of any
Other language He is required to think
in English and to this end is furnished
with object and action iessons.
''Houghton's Second Book in English"
For Foreigners IN Evening Schools.
Price, 81 cents.
For foreigners who can read and write
very simple English, tbis book continues
to be used following the authors FIRST
lessons in English"
II ia built upon the same palm an the
First Lessons" but Is an advance IA
vocabulary. in information, and par
ticuarly in the definite lessons IN Ian
guage and grammar.
IL will not only help foreigners TO use
the English language, but st Will also
teach them some Of the American man
ners. customs and laws IL will ard them
to make a better living and TO become
good citizens
Explicit instructions are provided which
will simplify the work, especially Tor
teachers with little experience IN this
kind Of teaching.
The words in the phonis lists contain
practically all the sounds in the English
language,
The reading lessons begin with homo
life. Later they give information about
various civic organizations
Pupils are encouraged 10 rcad newS-
papers and 10 look for and answer the
Help Wanted" advertisements ] hey
arc also instructed as 70 the use of tire
tables, the value of insurance, and the
general principles of farming and manu-
Received Of the publishers.
Stories froquois Tell Their Children"
By Mabel Powers. Ill,Ist -ated New
York City: American Book %. Price,
"a cents
DO you know:
Why the Eagle defends Arneriacans7
How the Robin burned his breast
Why Crows are so poor
What the Ash and Maple learned
How CornpluTpe came 70 wed the Bear
Maiden ?
Why the Woodpecker has red head
Why Dogs chsse Foxes
How the Bear lost his tail
Why the Hermit Thrush is 50 shv
Why Goidfnches look like the sun
Why eChipmunk has his black stripes
How Jack Rabbit got his split lip
These things, and more, are charTningly
to d in a new book. Stories the IroquoIs
TIE Their Children" by Mabel Powers,
eh has been adopted into the Snipe
clan of the Seneca Nation and gwen the
name Yeh sen noh webs fone who tells
the stories) In order that she might
become the STORY teller" Of all the M
tions Of the Iroquois, Miss Powers has
since travelled through the lands Of the
Mohawks, the Caaugas and the Scnecas
collecting the stories. For the most part
they were recounted to her by aged In
dian men and women and here have been
made INTO a story book in order that they
may not be lost and forgotten.
Received OF the publishers.