New Britain herald., 1921-02-11
ECHOES OF ROBERT LOUIS STE

ENSO%, by J. C. Bay.
 The la Dor of love of one who has | collected unusual bits Of information and reminiscence together with some unpublished letters, and interspersed them with thoughtful critical com ments of his own. The whole is done with scholarly elegance."-A. l.. A. Booklist.
 HISTORY OF EVERYDAY THINGS IN ENGLAND. by Marjorie and c. H. B. Quenn ell.
 "A happy collaboration in which the life, customs, and occupations of everyday people, .1066-1499, are pie tured with the greatest care as to faithful setting and costuming. Suc- cessful in comparing and linking to- gether the various developments and progress of successive centuries. Valuable illustrations by the authors, notably those indicating the evolu- tion of architecture, and the costume plates."-A. l.. 4. Booklist.
 LETTERS OF WILLIAM JAMES,
 edited by Henry James.
 The whole man. with his wide in terests in philosophy, medicine, painting and writing, as we'll as the pleasant friendliness of home and col llege life. admirably disclosed in his letters, even in his pencil sketches, and in the biography by his son. A. L. A. Booklist.
 RELIGION AND THE NEW PSY-
 GEOLOGY, by W. s. Swisher.
 "A new use is here made of psy- choanalysis by applying it to the phases of religious life and teaching. The book is written with logical sim piicity, with striking illustrations from among Biblical characters Re- ligicus teachers not converted to the new psychology may object, though others will find very interesting the explanations of curious manifestations of religious fervor and repression.''- A. l.. A. Booklist. ROMANCE OF THE MICROSCOPE, + by C. A. Ealand.
 
 Education. ADMINISTRATION OF VILLAGE
 AND CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS,
 by R. L. Ffnney and A. L. Scha-
 fer. This book shows the technique of school administration and examines practical applications of the newer
  use.''-Pubhsher's Note.
 CHILD LIFE AND THE CURRI-
 CULUM, by J. L. Merriam.
 At the University elementary school of Missouri the purpose of the curriculum is: ITO help boys and girls do better in all those wholesome activities in which they normally en- gage This plan drops out much of al~ other activities for their value to child life. Not a course that can be adopt ed by any school, but a virile, we'll presented point of view which has something of value for every elemen- tary teacher."-A. L. A. Booklist.
  COURSE OF STUDY, BALTIMORE
 COUNTY, MARYLAND. PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS, GRADES 1 TO 8, by
 A. s. Cook. L. T. Tall and I. Day.
 idson. EFFECTIVE ENGLISH EXPIRES SION: A HIGH SCHOOL TEXT
 ON ORAL AND WRITTEN CON- 1
 POSITION, by E. H. Webster. NATION AND THE SCHOOLS; A
 Study in the Application of the
 Principle of Federal Aid to Edu-
 cation in the United States, by
 J. A. H. Keith and W. c. Bagley. 1
  PSYCHOLOGY OF SUBNORMAL |
 CHILDREN, by L. S. HolIing- l
 worth. ''An excellent introduction to the l Identification of subnor mality in chill 1, dren and to the history of and pros l necta for their educa tion The book is perhaps most valuable because of 1 its chapter bibhographies on each l briefly treated subject."-A. L. A. l Booklist.
 Fiction. 1, PARENT CREIGHTON, by Don Cam |
 eron Shafer. The author has the magic touch. l It is a very instructive and agreeable l