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Conducted By R W Me Ad am
Successful Teaching.
I IB fifteen studies emtoraoed
in this vulume are the re
sult of selections made
from a large number of es
says submitted In an cd i-
cational contest last year,
and for which prizes were
offered to those wno sub
mitted the best essay upon
each subject. The sub
jects covered are: The
Value of Psychology !rt
Teaching; The Teaching of
Phonetics: Nature Studies;
The Various .Methods of Teaching Na
ture: How Best to Gain and Keep Con
trol of the Pupils; The Art of Story Tell
ing:, and Its Use in the School Room; The
Pla.cc of Biography In General Educa
tion; How to Teach Children to Think;
The Advantages of Memory 'Work; The
value of Word ‘Study and How to Direct
It; How to Develop the Conversational
Power of the. Pupils; The Educational In
fluence of Value of Manual Training;
HOtv Best to Acquaint iPupils with What
is Going On in the World; How Best to
Teach Concentration; How Best .to De
velop Character in Children; Personality
ns a Parlor in Teaching.
Each essay sets forth in clear language
the view of the author, ajtd how in theory
and practice a certain phase of educa
tional work, either of subject matter, or
the underlying principles'upon which *t *3
based, may be used by the teacher, or
practiced by the child to further his prog
ress.
One of the chief beaePte arising frotn
thoughtful teaching is the/ grasp it gives
the teacher over subject matter, and in
directing the energies of the pupils.
Thinking is hard work, and education is
not a .matter of chance, but a purposeful
effort toward a direct end. It consists
in whay one can do, or is enabled to do,
rattier than what one is, or what he
knows. Since education is a dynamic
force, it Implies skill to use what one pos
sesses—skill to use onets powers forcefully
on new questions and situations as they
arie. IThe underlying fact in educational
system today is to perfect the state by
‘Perfecting the individuals composing the
state through culture. Knowledge, wis
dom—into doing one’s lifte-work well. The
book is especially adapted to teachers,
reading circles and the teaching profes
sion gcaieralljj. Funk & Wagnalls, pub
lishers, New York.
Josiali Allen’s r Wife.
The newest Book from the pen of that
widely-known writer, ‘Marietta Holley
(‘Hosiah Allen’s Wife”), is entitled “Sa
mantha v. Josialj: The Story of a Bor
rowed Automobile and What. Came of It.”
Miss Holley’s books occupy a warm
pjare in thkvjiearts of'a very large circle
of’readeBS.'nrV only in America, but wher
ever the English language is lead and
•spoken. For years the “spats” of Sa
mantha and. *her "cantakerous” spouse
.Tosiah’ have provoked endless mirth. Tt
is not alone the quaint humor of Miss
Holley’s books that have given them such
a strong Jioldmn -the-affectfons of'the f uti-
loving ptfftliV', buf because of- the ’phllom-
phv that underlies the humor, and th’
shrewd comment ■on people and things In
whirili her characters>'indulge.
The' present book, dealing with such
suiijects-of'momentoussinterest as psvchic
demonstrations. automohUing. etc.. Is In
the best style ocf the vrrrfd-famous “Sn-
manthii?’ books. Funk*& v Wagnalls, pub
lishers. Ne-w^York.
Paradise.
“Paradise” fHoughton, Mifflin & Co.) Is
the best novel that Alice Brown has yet
written, and it ia a return to rural life—
her-most successful field. The characters
are taken bodily from tho country fire
sides. while the vuddness of portrayal
gives a .strength and;-power which mark
it as a -masterpiece.
The -plot-concerns few people: Malory
Dwight, in search of-a-nurse to tend his
dying faster. come s upon Barbara, the
heroine, a homeless girl taken in her
youth from •,the-(poor farm toy her guard
ian, a travelling conjuror, from whom she
has just escafejofl. Her-sweot disposition,
her beauty- amd strength win her.the love
of all about iter. A 'humorous touch Is
given by Old! Uncle 'Dimmie. who has
doggedly done the things most distaste
ful to him. including reading the Bible
through- forty -times, for.-the sake of his
rewan'd in the next world, and who de
liberately starves himself in order to
know the sooner whether alt his efforts
have availed. Unde. JotUam is another
amusing character. Barbara . la one of
the roost charming characters that Miss
Brown has ever drawn, a girl of inno
cent/ beautiful faith. Her sense of re
ligion iis strangely mingled with beg con
stant eecdleations of early. Ufa as a palm
ist and oonjuror, which leads to many
discussions concerning the -hereafter.
It Is-a.book with genuine human ap
peal,. and*,one to be long, remembered.
Guarding a Great City.
In writing "GuaTdlng a Great City.”
William McAdoo, late commissioner Of
police of Greater New York, has dis
charged. an eminent public service. No
one -can read the book without feeling
that the author's position Is an absolute-
honest and disinterested one that he
knows tho truth as : ferw men ^an. know It
and is not afraid to tell it. Mr. McAdoo
takes the ground that the police system
of New Tonic city. Is not corrupt per se,
and that tho personnel of the force will
compare favorably wltlh that of any simi
lar body of men in other world capitals.
What is really needed, he thinks, is a
better understanding between tho citizen
and his uniformed defender; upon the co
operation of the one depends the efficiency
of the other. The author describes in de
tail the inner workings of New York's
police system, discusses the various prob
lems growing out of the supelvlsion of
vice and crime in a great city, and sug
gests certain reforms In administration.
The fair-minded reader must assent to
the reasonableness of the practical sug
gestions advanced. The chapters devoted
to specific subjects, such as the east side,
the pool room evil and Chinatown, ure
particularly interesting and describe pic
turesque phases of city life that are en
tirely unknown to the average citizen. It
is the underside of New York as viewed
by an intelligent, impartial and, above all,
honest observer. The book is a valuable
addition to sociology and certain to at
tract tile attention of all interested in
lie vital problem of good government.—
Harper & Bros., publishers. New York.
George Herbert’s Work.
The most complete, and, critically
speaking, the final edition of George Her
bert’s work is tiiat of Professor George
H. Palmer, published by Houghton, Mif-
tlin & Co., in three handsome volumes. It
is the result of the labor of a lifetime,
a labor of love, and is perhaps the most
thoroughly edited edition of an English
ipoet in existence. It Is very fitting that
Herbert, in whose work the purest poetry
and the most devoted piety are mingled,
should have been treated with such fidel
ity and taste. No expense, lyis been
spared, either of money or mechanical
skill, to make it the most beautiful edi
tion also, in type, paper, and binding,
that has yet appeared. The poems are
printed on the riglit-hand page and the
notes face them on the left, a novel and
interesting method. In the volume of
prose, the notes are placed at the end.
These notes are as copious as they are
critically valuable. Professor Palmer
writes a preface worthy of his theme,
and gives, in a series of introductory es
says, a chronological survey of the poet’s
age. in which such matters ns are es
sential to a general understanding of his
work are discussed.
Publication Notes.
A centenary memorial in honor “f
Charles Lever, the Irish novoVrt. will be
In the form of a chancel to be erected at
Ardmurclier church, Moatc county, West
meath, of which Rev. John Lever, the au
thor’s brother, was the rector from 1844
till his death there in 1864. Charley
Lever paid long visits rhere. worsniped ia
the church and found materia! for some
of of his books in the vicinity.
Geortge Meredith, it is said. wMl write
no more novels. Though both legs were
factured in an accident some months ago,
he is, when his age is cons-de.-ed, making
what seems to be surprising progress.
Sir Gilbert Parker, the novelist, likes
to go from ‘one room to another, writing
a little in this and a IT-tie in that. He
also has a weakness for changing chairs
while composing.
James T. White & Co., of New York,
have in press "A Conspectus of Ameri
can Biography,” which will be published
in the early fall. The work l.t an ex
haustive analysis of the entire suoic-t of
American bio&raiphy and presents Ur tlie
first time in tabulated and easily accessi
ble form the narais and terms of office o"
the highest officials in evorv department
of American history and American socie
ty—the government, the law, tho church,
the arts ana the sciences.
A now novel by Frances Aymar
Mathews, author of “The Stahtase of Sur
prise,” “My Lady Peggy Goes to Town.”
and other popular stori-s. has just been
published by the Harpers. it is a ro
mance ctf modern New York life, and
chiefly concerns the love affairs of four
young people, the various complications
which arise being wovon into an ingen'-
ous and lively plot. Miss Mathews is
clever, and not too serious, and her tale
sparkes with crisp dialogue and unex
pected happenings. Thr tugboat the tale
a mystery Is kept In suspense, and its
disclosure heightens the Interest of the
concluding chapters. Miss Mathews* new
novel Is entitled “The Ur.defiled.”
Tlie Harpers will publish Mary E. Wil-
kins-Freeman's new novel, “By the
Light of the Soul," early in September.
Tt is a love-story founded on an original
and daring theme. The plot hinges on
a tragic, youthful, marriage, which is
never revealed, hut which leads to a
series of dramatic srtuattons which
Mrs. Freeman has handled with even
more than her customary sympathy and
psychological Insight. The heroine is
a sensitive and noble young girl, whose
personality is as lovable as it is
haunting and pathetic; and the spiritual
and emotional development of her na
ture forms a subtle and fascinating
study. The novel has more of the dra
matic. element than any of Mrs. Free
man’s previous works, and is believed
by competent critics to be her finest
achievement.
Will N. Harben, w-Tio has done so
much to make the people of north
Georgia known to the reading public,
lias recently returned to New York
from his summer spent in the south.
He is engaged in reading the proofs for
a new novel, to be published by tile
Hanpers this fall. Unlike “Abner Dan
iel,” “Pole Baiter” and Mr. Harben’s
other stories, the chief fugure in his
new book is a woman. He has, how
ever, retained his favorite north Geor
gia setting.
Perhaps no more interesting problem
has been presented to the world since
Columbus discovered America, that that
of the awakening of the east. The result
of the Japanese war, and thp position of
America with regard to the Pacific,
make this problem of especial interest
to us. Professor George william Knox,
who lived in the east for many years,
lias written a book on this subject en
titled “The Spirit of the Orient,” to be
(published In the early fall by Thomas
Y. Crowell & Co.
In these days of-quickened interest in
everything pertaining to Russia, even the
••classical” authors of that country are
coming in for their share of increased
attention. This is particularly true of
Turgenev, the most cosmopolitan of Rus-
Tie Locomotive Speciil
23 JEWELED ADJUSTED
sian authors, the demand for whose
novels and tales has recently been strong
enough to Justify a new Issue of The
Macmillan Company’s complete edition.
This Is the translation by Constanoe Gar
nett, first published a number of years
ago, which has since held lte place as
perhaps the boat rendering In English of
any Russian author.
One of th e most Interesting biographi
cal works of the year will undoubtedly be
Bram Stoker's ‘'Reminiscences of Henry
Irving,” which will be published by The
Macmillan Company thla fall.
In an Interview In Th e New York
Herald ex-Governor Odell recently de
clared that Mr. Winston Churchill “knows
nothing about politics,” and that the
character of Jethro Bass Is an Impossible
one. Now a New Hampshire citizen, Mr.
D. C. Remlck, of Littleton, retorts that
Mr. Odell may possibly be mistaken. In a
letter to The Herald Mr. Remlck says;
“To show how much Mr. Odell knows
about politics, Jethro Bass lived and
ruled and died In New Hampshire dur
ing the period depicted. His name was
Ruel Durkee, and he was the greatest
boss the state has ever known. He began
life as a poor tanner in Croydon, and
he had no more education than is given
him in ’Coniston.’ The faithfulness of
tiie portrait is recognized and admitted
to be true by men who knew him inti- •
mately, and ills methods were precisely*'
those of the book. In regard to the
Woodchuck session, that has been uni
versally regarded by- men who lived at
that time as true of that period. Mr.
Churchill lias served in two sessions of
the legislature in New Hampshire, and
knows a good deal more of political
trickery than Mr. Odell gives him credit
for. Jethro Bass rose to power exactly
in the manner which Mr. Churchill
states."
An extraordinary reception was given
to Congressman Theodore E. Burton, in
v.eveland, on his return from London.
It Iis even reported that the democrats
of that district will nominate no candi
date to oppose him in the coming elec
tion. In spite of the fact that Mr.
Burton was one of the busiest members
of the last congress, ha has found time
to write a life of his old friend, John
Sherman, which will be published by
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. some time in
October.
Alexander Brown, who died on Au
gust 25, was born at “Glenmore,” Nel
son county, Virginia, on September 5.
1843, and educated in Charlottesville,
Va., and at Lynchburg college. He
served in the confederate army through
the civil war, after which he was en
gaged in business in Virginia. He is
the author of “The First Republic in
America," "The Cabells and Their Kin,”
and “The Genesis of the United States,”
published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Word comes from San Francisco that
the bookshops have all opened again,
and are rivaling even the dry goods
stores in popularity, now that the libra
ries are burned and there are no thea
ters open. One of the first novels to
come from a San Francisco author
since the earthquake is “Montlivet," by
Mrs. Alice Prescott Smith, which
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. will publish on
September 22d.
The Baker & Taylor Co. announces
that it has just sent to press for the
eleventh time “My Mamie Rose,” Owen
Kildare’s autobiography.
Oifr favorite songs are becoming an
integral part of our national and homo
life. “Tlie Star Spangled Banner,”
“Dixie,” "America” and "Home, SWeet
Home" will probably be sung as long
as wc are a people; and every scrap of
information about them deserves to be
treasured. Mr. Gustav Kobbe, the
musical critic, has Tecognized this need
and met it fully in his forthcoming
book entitled “Famous American Songs,”
published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
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Mark Twain’s Autograph.
Mark Twain was onc e asked by a
ehanming girl to write something In her
autograph album. The humorist looked
through the book and found the usual
sentimental stuff such as “Be good,
sweet maid, and let who will be clever.”
Then he took a pen, wrote “Never tell a
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. The Initiative of Authors.
(From Everybody’s Magazine.)
Not long ago a writer of modern
“fame” called on a Journalistic acquaint
ance and proposed that he write some
bright, bitter, epigrammatic paragraphs
attacking the author's latest novel,
“Why in the world should you want me
to do that?" Inquired the astonished
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think some hot shot would do it good.”
It is no exaggeration to say that the
high road to literary fame is well-nigh
deserted. But the short cuts are so
crowded that the adventurers bump one
another at every step. Rumor has it that
one aspirant for immortality personally
visrlts every book stall in the large cities
and presents an autograph copy to the
chief salesman before his volume is mar
keted; another makes it his business to
procure testimonials from public charac
ters on every book he offers; and a few
years ago a fancy dress ball was given
in Washington by an author whose
guests were actually requested to Imper
sonate the characters portrayed in their
hostess’ latest tome!
Report does not say whether tlie masks
saved the wearers’ faces, hut the laugh
ter that this supreme efrort provoked
was happily undisguised.
Love Letters by Ibsen.
Ibsen had a heart, after all. Even at
the advanced age of 61 years it beat with
the hot ardor of youth, and all for a
shrinking maiden of 20 springs. This
.. unexpected phase of the great dramat
ist’s life is disclosed in a series of let
ters given to the world by Dr. George
Brandes. They were addressed to Miss
Emilie Bardach, of Vienna, and are
couched in the extravagant language of
a schoolboy inditing his effusions to his
first love.
When the letters first appeared they
weer received with Incredulity, in spite
of the fact that they were published by
the reliable old Verdens Gang and were
authenticated by Dr. Brandes. It seems
to the world that the man who could
remain away from the marriage of his
son to a daughter of an old friend was
incapable of the affection so fervent In
breathed In the letters as they appeared
in the paper*.
It is generally regretted that Dr.
Brandes, to w-hom they wo re intrusted
by Miss Bardach, ever gave them to the
public. While both the persons are
wholly above suspicion, the letters re
veal a weakness entirely at variance
with the stern and unyielding character
the old poet was supposed to possess.
Miss Bardach is now a mature woman
of 37 years, and lives in seclusion in
Vienna.
She met Henrik Ibsen at Gossenass
In the Tyrol, where she was traveling
with her mother In the fall of 188$. A
warm intimacy, or a warmer admira
tion. Immediately sprang up between the
two, and while they never met again,
the attachment called out a series of
most remarkable letters from Ibsen.
Miss Bardach’s letters have never been
published, but they are doubtless of tlie
same general tenor as those she re
ceived.e
Stories of Inherited Memories.
A writer In The Nineteenth Century
tells a strange story of “inherited mem
ories.” The ruins of an ancient Homan
fortress rise from the grounds of a Mr.
Phillips. A clergyman called upon the
owner one day and asked to see the
ruins. “He told me he had a distinct
recollection of living there and that he
held some office of a priestly nature in
■the days of the Roman occupation,”
said Mr. Phillips. “One fact struck me
as significant. He Insisted on examin
ing a ruined tower which had bodily
overturned. ‘There used to be a socket
in the top of It,’ he went on, ’in which
we used to plant a mast and archers
used to be hauled to the top in a bas
ket protected with leather, from which
they picked off the leaders among the
ancient Gorleztonlans.’ We found the
socket he had Indicated.”
Mr. Rockefeller now insists that he has
always advocated the simple life. The
man-wlthout-the-bank-account would be
glad to have his recipe for that same.
Magazine Melange.
The September World’s Work in
cludes a remarkable variety of interest
ing articles. A timely word is given
to prospective investors in “The Boom
of Real Estate.” ‘‘Improving School
Houses,” describes the work done in
North Carolina toy the women of the
state towards revolutionizing the condi
tions of school life. Charles T. White-
field tells in an illustrated article,
"England’s ‘Half-way House’ to Pana
ma,” of some of the fascinations of the
Bermudas. In “Exploring for new
American Crops,” Isaac F. Marcosson
describes the work of the “Plant Ex
plorers” of the department of agricul
ture, who search the world for better
crops. The end of Colonel Arden, high
financier, whose adventures have been
vividly described in .previous numbers,
is told in “The Apotheosis of Colonel
Arden.” Short stories of success answer
the question. “Can Men Now Rise
from the Ranks?” Henry Wysham
Lanier, in “The Sculpture of E. C. Pot
ter,” pays a tribute to a man whose
work has been obscured among the- com
positions of more famous sculptors.
French Strother tells the story of An
Engineer of World Wide Success.” A
former student of Tuskegee, W. H.
Iloltzclaw. describes his truggle to suc
ceed in “A Negro’s Life Story.” in
“Japan’s New Position,’ Mrs. Mary
Crawford Fraser explains the Japanese
consciousness of their new’ relations
with the rest of the world. John P,
Fox tells of a successful new type of
noiseless elevated railroad in “Rapid
Travel of the Future.” “Why Pre
ventable Railroad Accidents Happen,”
is clearly explained, as well.the latest
methods of prevention. in ’‘Tillman,
Smasher of Tradition,” Zack McGhee
presents a .most intimate nnd interesting
picture of the South Carolina senator.
Isaac R. Marossen describes the work
of David Luhin, the California mer
chant at whose instance the king of
Italy has founded the international in
stitute of agriculture.
An automobile duel—something abso
lutely new in fiction—is th e central epi
sode in Daniel Lesueur s novel, "Forces
of the Past,” which Is now the talk of
Europe, and which appears translated in
the October issue of Tales. The duel
takes place during a great international
automobile race—evidently modeled close
ly on the Gordon Bennett cup races—
which is described at length and with re
markably picturesque vividness. An en
tirely unexpected development occurs In
it, the head of the foremost French au
tomobile manufacturing house learning
just before the ra ce that his wife loves
Ills partner, who is to conduct one of the
two machines entered by their firm.
Though he gives no sign of it, he becomes
insanely jealous, and, taking the place
of the chauffeur of their second ma
chine, he starts madly out on the course
in pursuit of his rival. The description of
this novel incident is one of the most
thrilling passages in modem fiction, but
it is by no means the only merit of the
story, which treats of modern French
society with much insight, and Is chiefly
concerned with the love of a young ar
chitect of modest toirth for a daughter of
the old French nobility.
The standard of excellence set by the
last few lines of the Broadway Maga
zine Is not only reached, but even sur
passed in th e September issue. Its time
liness, its variety and Its uniform ex
cellence make it one of the most interest
ing publications of the month.
The Popular Science Monthly for Sep
tember opens with an article on the
value of science by M. H. Poincare,
president of the Paris Academy of
Sciences. This is the first of a series of
articles on this subject, the English
translation of which has been made toy
Professor George Bruce Haisted, of Ken
yon college. Dr. D. T. MacDougal, who
has recently been given charge of the
work in botany at the Carnegie institu
tion, writes on discontinuous variations
in pedigree cultures, a subject that has
become important for botany and agri
culture since de Vries has show'n how
new varieties occur. Among the illustra
tions is one of a new variety produced
by chemically treating the ovule. Dr. W.
H. Hobbs explains the work in seismolo
gy now being done abroad and our own
deficiencies in this direction. Dr. Simon
Flexner, director of the Rockefeller In
stitute for Medical Research, in an im
portant article entitled “Immunity and
Tuberculosis” gives the most recent and
authoritative information on this sub
ject. Mr. R. M. Brown explains, with
illustrations, the protection of the allu
vial basin of the Mississippi, Mr. Mau
rice Fishberg contributes a statistical
study of the charactertisties that dis
tinguish Jews, Dr. S. E. Slocum de
scribes the development of mechanics
and Mr. H. W. Furniss contributes an
illustrated article on tlie diamonds and
carbons of Brazil, a subject witli which
he Is familiar by his investigations on
the ground.
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write The Mforse School of Telegraphy
Oo., Cincinnati, Ohio. See advertisement
in another column.
CONSIDER THE CLOCK.
Did you ever take time to consider the
clock? You should have done so if you
have not, seeing the clock gives you the
time whenever you ask it. (No, this is
no joke. It is a plain statement of fact).
The clock is sosensitive that it con
stantly keeps its hands 'before its face.
This is due to the fact that ‘through no
fault of its own it itas been doing time
for many years in ihe most public man
ner. It may be that as the face of the
a'oek has no eyes, nor mouth, nor nose,
nor chin, nor cheeks, nor any of the usual
facial appurtenances, it keeps its hands
over it to hide these defects. But this
can scarcely be, we fancy, because its
hands have no fingers nor thumbs, nor
has it any arms, and any attempt to
conceal one defect would only expose an
other.
Most clocks have only two hands, but
many have .three, and it is somewhat re-
markabye, anatomically as well as numer
ically, that the third hand is the second
hand. It may also be remarked that the
minute hand is not the minute hand, for
rt is longer than the hour hand.
The clock has neither feet nor legs, but
it runs just the same. It may be fast or
slow, tout it does no,t walk. It always
runs, and it never runs up. It runs down
unless it is kept running round. Provi
dence wisely did not give feet to the
olock.
The clock has a key, tout no lock, and
for that reason even >the most ignorant
person never tries to open a clock with
.t he key.
Some clocks strike and some do not,
tout no clock ever strikes with its hands,
lust why a clock should be so peculiar
is no affairs of ours.
(Of course thl sis no ioke. The strik
ing of a clock may toe an affair of hours,
but it is not spelled the same way. We
are not trying to toe funny. This is a
dignified article. Please do not Interrupt
us again).
That passage In Scripture which says.
“By their works shall you know them,”
does not refer to clocks, tout it might well
have done so. because that is the way a
goo* clock is known.
The clock speaks a universal language,
and no matter Whether it is a German
dock, or French or Spanish or Italian, it
can tell you the time just as distinctly
as if it were plain yankee.
The clock differs from all other human
affairs In that while their operations end
when they are wound up, the clocks do
not begin until they are wound up.
There are no clocks in heaven, because
•there Is no time there. Neither is there
any night, ana an eight-day clock would
not know when to stop.