scope of juvenile reform work and then its history is traced from its early state in 1850, its relations to the State, present scope, distribution, teaching force, the educational work of reform school, its general aspects, classification, ideals and practices of vocational training, the merit system, military discipline, punishment, religion direction, reform school parole system, relations to probation, different ways of estimating the result, possible lines of future development, training of teachers for reform school work, the failure of the public schools to learn the lessons from this field.

The New Earth. A recital of the triumphs of modern agriculture in America, by W. S. HARWOOD. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907. pp. 378.

This book is one of unusual interest to every one interested in crops, soils and products. Perhaps the salient heads of chapters may indicate sufficiently its scope. They are: the brain of the earth, the soil inoculation, plant development, the enemies of plant life, the weeds of the earth, Luther Burbank, the progress of horticulture, progress of modern forestry, dairying and animal husbandry, reclaiming the earth, the foundation of the new earth, selling the surplus, experimental stations, agricultural education, national aid, importance of the farm.

Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring," by FREDERICK ENGELS. Translated and edited by Austin Lewis. Charles H. Kerr & Co., Chicago, 1907. pp. 266.

When in 1875 Duehring, then a privat docent in the University of Berlin, announced that he had become a convert to socialism, he was not content to take the movement as he found it, but worked out a theory of his own and finally became the originator of a new social philosophy based upon natural philosophy, morals and law and worked out with a good deal of semi-Hegelian dialectics. This book is an attempt to orient the student in scientific socialism not bound up in any particular scheme to accept the name of the author, Engels himself, who has been for many years prominent in the German

movement.

The New Basis of Civilization, by SIMON N. PATTEN. The Kennedy Lectures, 1905, in the School of Philanthropy conducted by the charity organization society of the City of New York. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907. pp. 220. (American Social Progress Series.)

This work is designed to contribute something to explain to students how the problems of American social life have arisen in large cities, and to expose to them the newer thought based upon science. The various chapters here are upon the basis of resources, the basis of heredity, the basis of family life, the basis of social classes, the basis in social consciousness, the basis in amusement, in character, in social control, the new civilization, the programme of social work. The Theoretical System of Karl Marx in the Light of Recent Criticism, by Louis B. BOUDIN. Charles H. Kerr & Company, Chicago, 1907. pp. 286.

It was very well to have Karl Marx epitomized concisely, in lucid language, and his relation to his later critics and to the old and new materialistic conception of history and class struggle set forth. This the author has attempted to do, and puts his own view in the position of a keystone to the arch and pronounces the whole "a monument of the greatest thinker of the nineteenth century and the beacon light to struggling humanity."

The Shame of the Colleges, by WALLACE IRWIN. The Outing Publishing Company, New York, 1907. pp. 159.

This showy little booklet is a spritely representation, or rather caricature, of present college life at Harvard, Vassar, Princeton, Chicago, Yale and West Point. The author has evidently studied up the history and knows something of the student life in all these places, and holds it up to ruthless satire.

The Boy Problem, by WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH. Sixth edition, rewritten. The Pilgrim Press, Boston, 1907. pp. 21.

This valuable and interesting book has met with gratifying success. It first studies development and especially the social development of the boy, mentions some exceptions to and limitations of generalities about boys, the ways in which they spontaneously organize socially, a new study of gangs, and child societies, social organizations formed for boys by adults, a critique of boys' clubs and church work for boys and suggestions how to help them, and the boy problem in the church and in the home.

An Elementary Treatise on Theoretical Mechanics, by J. H. JEANS. Ginn & Company, Boston, 1907. pp. 364.

This book offers a one year's course for beginners, and deals with the laws of motion, statics, dynamics, of a particle and of rigid bodies. The aim is to elucidate physical principles rather than mathematical theory. The principles are illustrated by practical applications and the mathematics is happily reduced to a minimum. Many typical and representative problems are inserted for solution by the students. Specimens of Modern English Literary Criticism. Chosen and edited with an introduction and notes by William T. Brewster. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907. pp. 379.

Fifteen specimens are chosen including Masson on DeQuincey, Sam Johnson on the Metaphysical Poets, Macaulay on Montgomery, Pater on Wordsworth, Robertson on Poe, Dryden's Preface, Harrison on Ruskin's prose, Lamb on Shakspere's tragedies, James on the art of fiction, Coleridge on poetic power, Shelley on the diffusion of poetry and all of these are furnished with notes, questions and references and the whole is given a good index. I suppose we may fairly assume that the author of such a text-book believes that it is well that students should sometimes read books on books before they read the latter.

The Epic of Paradise Lost. Twelve essays by MARIANNA Woodhull. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907. PP. 375.

Why Milton wrote an epic is the theme of the introduction. Then follow chapters on what is an epic, the Christian epic, the principles of Christian doctrine, other versions of man's fall, his fall in tragedy, Lucifer's fall, what Milton really achieved in Paradise Lost, the epic, sources of the lyric, etc.

Selections from Poe. Edited with biographical and critical introduction and notes by J. Montgomery Gambrill. Ginn & Company, Boston, 1907. pp. 200.

Poe has been discussed so much that high school pupils no doubt approach the study of his works with some prejudice. He is so subjective to and his writings so closely connected with his critical theories. Hence the long introduction, to show that the stock criticism of his poetry and that his vague instinct are void of ethical thought or content is false in a measure. His themes are chiefly death, ruin,

regret or failure. His verse has perhaps the most music in the language and is full of a haunting and almost magical melody. He certainly anticipated many theories of the nature and function of verse, especially that of the French instrumentalists. On the whole, we are inclined to think that the apology of Poe and the defence is sufficient and that at least the works here presented should have a place in the school.

Selections from Byron. The Prisoner of Chillon, Mazeppa and other poems. Edited with introduction and notes by Samuel Marion Tucker. Ginn & Company, Boston, 1907. pp. 101.

Nearly one-third of this volume is taken up with the introduction, showing his place among the poets of the world, criticising him as lyrist and satirist, relating him to other British poets, discussing his influence, lack of dramatic talent, his theme, diversity of opinion and giving pretty full account of his life.

The Optimist's Good Morning, compiled by Florence Hobart Perin. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1907. pp. 379.

This suggests that its origin may have been the desire in the family of a liberal clergyman to re-establish a new kind of daily family devotion. These are best adapted for breakfast. There are quotations for each day from the great masters of thought and then prayers from devout men of all religions. The latter are in a purely optimistic spirit. A page is given to each day of the year.

Larger Types of American Geography. Second series of type studies, by A. MCMURRY. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907.

pp. 271.

This is an attempt at a rather systematic study of the following topics: The Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the first Pacific Railroad, the Mississippi River, the iron and steel business, the cotton mills and cotton manufacture, and New York City. The work is fairly well illustrated and is a marked addition to the method of studying geography which it advo

cates.

Japanese Rule in Formosa, by YOSABURO TAKEKOSHI. With a preface by Baron Shimpei Goto. Translated by George Braithwaite. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 1907. pp. 342.

The writer first gives a brief survey of Japanese successes and how the administration of the island looks from the legislative standpoint. Then he glances to the Formosa of the past under the pirate Dutch, Koxinga, Chinese, etc. Then he describes the geography of the plants, animals, climate, inhabitants, treats of real estate and tenant's rights, finance, economics, police, the monopolies of opium, salt, camphor, minerals, law courts, future development and resources, the savages, tea, sugar, rice, harbors and shipping, foreign trade, sanitation, religion and philanthropy.

Pädagogisches Neuland, von ERNST KENTZ. Salle, Berlin, 1907. pp. 172.

This book hardly bears out its title of a newly found pedagogical land, for it consists of four lectures and papers on various occasions from 1894 to 1906. The writer discusses propositions to increase educational efficiency, the influences that inhibit activity in school children, morals and school piety, school physicians, formal grammatical versus real culture, mother tongue, etc.

Die soziale Hygiene, von ADOLF GOTTSTEIN. Vogel, Leipzig, 1907. pp. 72.

This is a convenient conspectus of the methods, problems and goal of social hygiene. The writer begins with its foundations and then considers the statistical method, then the medical, and later applied statistics. He then passes to anthropometry and epidemiology and the larger problems of social hygiene.

Über Colonialwesen, von C. H. R. GROTEWOLD. Moritz, Stuttgart, 1907. pp. 248.

This work is divided into two parts. The first is general and treats of the historic development, purpose and kinds of colonies and then takes up the early history of German colonial politics and administration, the significance of colonies for domestic and for national economy, their relations to the problems of defence. The second or special chapter is devoted to the various German colonies, not only Togo and Kamerun, but German Southwest and Eastern Africa, New Guinea, Marshall Island, Samoa, and Kitschou.

Psychologische Probleme, von THEODOR EICHBERG.

Schröder, Stuttgart, 1907. pp. 103.

Strecker &

This we believe a prentice hand that is trying its strength by grappling with the problems of freedom of the will, effect of hope and dismal states of mind, the laws of pedagogy, heredity and environment, public opinion and thought. It is naïvely labelled "An attempt at a practical psychology." It seems to us interesting.

Burt, Markham Primer, by M. E. BURT and C. MARKHAM. Ginn & Company, Boston, 1907. pp. 119.

The illustrations in this book are to be recommended for the character especially of animal pictures selected. The anthropomorphizing of the animal world is good pedagogy for childhood. The outlines, too, of most of the pictures are bold and strong, which is another good feature. Color is almost entirely lacking, and should be more in evidence for primary children. The plant pictures have perhaps too much fine detail for young children's eyes; and it would be much better to have these larger (full page) and in natural colors. The half tone copies of masterpieces are unnecessary in a child's book, not only from the character of the printing, but from the fact that æsthetic appreciation of such art has not awakened at so early an age. J. W. HARRIS.

As You Like It. (The New Hudson Shakspere.) Introduction and notes by Henry Norman Hudson. Edited and revised by Ebenezer Charlton Black, with the co-operation of Andrew Jackson George. School edition. Ginn & Company, 1906. pp. 152.

Kenilworth, by SIR WALTER SCOTT. and notes by J. H. Castleman. York, 1907. pp. 503.

Edited with an introduction Macmillan & Company, New

The Story of Robinson Crusoe in Latin. Adapted from Daniel Defoe's famous book by G. F. Goffeaux, and edited, amended and rearranged by P. A. Barnett. Longmans, Green & Company, New York, 1907. pp. 118.

The Choice of a Life-work, the Opportunities of the Ministry, by EARL MORSE WILBUR. The Murdock Press, San Francisco, 1906. pp.

17.

The Merchant of Venice. (The New Hudson Shakspere.) Introduction and notes by Henry Norman Hudson. Edited and revised by Ebenezer Charlton Black, with the co-operation of Andrew Jackson George. School edition. Ginn & Company, Boston, 1906. Pp. 143.

Bulletin No. 1, 1906. The Education Bill of 1906 for England and Wales as it passed the House of Commons, by ANNA TOLMAN SMITH. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1906. pp. 48. Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor, by R. D. BLACKMORE. Edited by W. P. Trent and W. T. Brewster. Ginn & Co., Boston, 1906. PP. 766.

chrétienne.

The Rape of the Lock and other poems, by ALEXANDER POPE. Edited
with notes and introduction by Thomas Marc Parrott. Ginn &
Company, Boston, 1906. pp. 157.
Polyeucte, Martra, tragédie
With introduction and
Company, Boston, 1907.
Scott's Ivanhoe, a romance.
Boston. pp. 536.

Par PIERRE CORNEILLE. notes by George N. Henning. Ginn & pp. 143.

Edited by W. D. Lewis. Ginn & Co.,

The Traditions of our Schools, by FRANCIS E. NIPHER. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Washington University Association. Vol. V, 1907. pp. 150-157.

Index by Authors, Titles, and Subjects to the Publications of the National Education Association for its first fifty years, 1857 to 1906. Compiled by Martha Furber Nelson. Published by the Association, Winona, Minn., 1907. pp. 211.

Fingerposts to Children's Reading, by WALTER TAYLOR FIELD. McClurg & Company, Chicago, 1907. pp. 276.

A Beginner's Book in Latin, by DAVID SAVILLE Muzzey. Longmans, Green and Company, London, 1907. pp. 230.

Elementary French, the essentials of French grammar and exercises, by FRED DAVIS ALDRICH and IRVING LYSANDER FOSTER. Ginn & Company, Boston, 1907. pp. 329.

Edited with questions, with permission of the pp. 194.

Das verlorene Paradies, von LUDWIG FULDA. notes and vocabulary by Paul H. Grumann author. Ginn & Company, Boston, 1906. Enrique Peréz Esrich's Fortuna and EL Placer de no hacer nada. With introduction, notes, vocabulary and exercises by Edward Gray. Ginn & Company, Boston, 1907. pp. 82.

Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York City, December 27, 28 and 29, 1906. From the Psychological Bulletin. The Review Publishing Company, Baltimore, Vol. 4, No. 7, pp. 201-221.

Publications of the New England Modern Language Association. Vol. I, No. 3, Report of the Fourth Annual Meeting held at the Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, May 11, 1907. Published for the association by Ginn & Co., Boston, Mass., 1907. pp. 88. Edited by Alice Longmans, Green

Coeducation, a series of essays by various authors. Wood with an introduction by Michael Sadler. & Co., New York, 1903. pp. 148.