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ESSENTIALS OF SOLID GEOMETRY. By David Eugene Smith. Ginn & Co.

This book has much of the appearance, treatment and tone of the Wentworth Geometries, of which it is a continuation. The basal theorems are conspicuous. Each of these usually has a page to itself and is illustrated by a framed diagram. Single pages of exercises in large type are numerous. As numerical applications should form nearly one-third of the work in solid geometry, this book should be commended for an excellent illustrated list of 115 practical problems in mensuration. Some formulas are stated in decimal instead of radical form. In the supplement are Euler's theorem, Cavalieri's theorem, the Prismoid formula, Simpson's rule, trigonometry of the right triangle, and a brief history of geometry. Another good feature, long looked for, is the arrangement of the trigonometric tables horizontally instead of vertically. This book has the modern point of view, and meets the requirements set by National Committee and by the College Board.-Robert R. Goff.

MATHEMATICAL WRINKLES. By S. I. Jones. Published by S. I. Jones, Nashville, Tenn.

This is the revised edition of 1923, and it is a most interesting and unique book. There is nothing else just like it. It has a vast number of problems of arithmetic, algebra and geometry, both serious and amusing. The 260 Mathematical Recreations make it a source book in that line. For example: 1. Can you plant 19 trees in 9 rows with 5 trees in a row? 2. A boy was sent to a spring with a 5 and a 3 quart measure, to procure exactly 4 quarts of water. How did he measure it? The solution of every problem is given in detail in a separate chapter. Under informational material might be listed: an excellent non-technical discussion of the fourth dimension; a very complete handbook of mensuration; short methods of tables; worth-while quotations on mathematics; historical notes; as a curiosity, pi is carried out to 707 places. For help in the classroom or for entertainment and stimulation, I recommend this book most highly to all who are interested in mathematics.— Robert R. Goff.

A SURVEY OF HEBREW EDUCATION. By John A. Maynard, Ph.D., D.D., P.D.D. Morehouse Publishing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. This is a little book published as one volume in the "Biblical and Oriental Series" of the above named publishers. Its presentation of the social background of Hebrew education, its means, methods and results, should interest teachers and leaders who are developing the American school system.

ELEMENTARY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. By Mary Rees Mulliner, M.D. 301 engravings in black and colors. Lee & Febiger.

This is another very valuable manual. The author's wide experience as Instructor in the Harvard University Summer School, the Sargent School for Physical Education, the Boston School for Physical Education, the Department of Hygiene in Wellesley College, and as Director of the American School for Physical Education, has fitted her to speak authoritatively and interestingly upon almost all phases of the subject. We cannot doubt that this volume will take its place as the leading text-book upon its subject in a large number of the principal schools and colleges. Its illustrative drawings and colored plates are a marvel of knowledge and skill. They are a real contribution to the scholastic and public knowledge of the subject.

DICTATION COURSE IN BUSINESS LITERATURE. By Charles G. Reigner, A.B., LL.B. The H. M. Rowe Company, Baltimore, Md. And by same Author and Publishers, ADVANCED DICTATION AND SECRETARIAL TRAINING.

The author of these books has specialized in the field of business education. His books are marked by evidences of thorough scholarship and a practical familiarity with businesses of various kinds. The pupil's imagination is stimulated to comprehend the different requirements made necessary in the offices of manufacturers of various classes of merchandise, the banks, railroads, etc. A thorough training is afforded, and the atmosphere of the schoolroom is that of real business. It must be a delight to be engaged in such realistic educational work as these books prescribe and require the student to master.

OUTLINES OF GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY. By Mary Agnes Hamilton. Oxford University Press. Admirably arranged, condensed and illustrated. Gives essential information in a brief but engaging manner. Excellent in reviewing.

PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. Volume II of a series of Studies in Public Finance, prepared under the direction of Professor Fletcher Harper Swift and published by the University of Minnesota in its series of Research Publications, is now ready for distribution. This second volume is devoted to "The East," and contains studies of public school finance in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. All research publications of the University of Minnesota are sold at actual cost. University regulations provide no funds for advertising. The price of the present volume is $2. Orders should be addressed to the Librarian of the University of Minnesota.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULA

By HARLAN CAMERON HINES

Professor of Education, University of Cincinnati

A practical, helpful discussion in which the author combines with his own opinion a comprehensive resumé of the views of previous writers on the subject.

The constantly recurring questions about what shall be taught in the junior high school, and how it shall be presented, and what shall go into the training of the teacher that will guarantee adequate preparation for teaching junior high school pupils are answered by bringing together, summarizing, and analyzing the various opinions that have appeared in recent publications.

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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LIFE
By EMMA V. THOMAS-TINDAL, Principal

and

JESSIE DUVAL MYERS, Instructor in English
Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High School, Philadelphia

This book, which is based upon the experience of the authors in their own school, is a spirited exposition of the principle that guidance is the most important function of the junior high school. The discussion is correlated with the aims set forth in the Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education, and it presents in concrete form the most illuminating picture of junior high school life of a high type that has yet appeared.

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EDUCATION

Devoted to the Science, Art, Philosophy and Literature

VOL. XLV.

of Education

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Somewhat About the Five Great Arts for the
Teacher of Literature

(REV.) JOSEPH HENRY BENNER, ST. PAUL'S RECTORY,
MINERSVILLE, PA.

◆u: RT is the expression of an idea, though art is not an idea, any more than the compass is direc

A tion, the clock is time, or than theology is re

ligion. Art is the expression of a mood, or act

of mind, through the medium of material which is molded, or constructed, or caught up in form.

And so we arrive this soon at the conclusion that art comprises three elements: idea, material and form. And now, what is idea in art? All the innumerable facts of life, both objective and subjective, are ideas for art. Whatever manifests phases of sensibility, that is, feeling; of will, that is, purpose, is an idea in art; whatever is instinct with intelligence, power, freedom, or love. The idea in art is the ponderable thing in the product, the thing which will bear attention from the discursive nature of man. It is the basis upon which the art product stands.

In the field of sculpture, the Venus de Milo has for its idea

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