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Current Educational Literature.
' ¦ ' I II "II - I volumes of the ' Pitt Press Series' occupy a prominent position . The latest volume is
of * Elementary the Commodities Commercial and the Geog Countries raphy : a Sketch of * bhe
new World additions , ' by Hug are h promised Robert in Mill the , D ' Hi . Sc ppol , while ytus '
Book of Euri XXII pides . , , b witty y W notes . S . Hadley and introduction , M . A . ; Livy by , TVT M . S S . Dimsdale THmftdaif * TVT M . A . A . . and and Th Ihucydides ncvdides .
Book VII ., the , notes and ; introduction to , which of the are volumes by H in . K the . Tottenh ' Pitt Press am , M Series . ^ L Many 9 may
be especially recommended as suitable for candidates preparing for the Cambridge Local
Examinations , 1889 . Messrs . Cassell < fe Co . Limited . —Among
b the ^^ y m ^ Messrs ^ more *^^ ^^ ^^ ^*^ ^^ ^^ notable m . Cassell ^^^ Wr ****« ^ ^^» publications ^ & ^^^^ Co ^ m ^ ^^ . V , we V v - ^^ recentl have « vav ¦* v w ^ F y ^ special w iasued ^ r ^~ ^^ - ^^ ^ m w v ^
lish pleasure History in mentioning Cartoonsa the seri following es of larg : — e Eng and - beautifully coloured , picturesdesigned to
, illustrate and to impress leading upon events youthful in English mind History s not ^
dress only , the featu event res , and itself surroundings , but all the , as details well as of other matters relating to the history of the
period the Royal . Mr Windsor . Herbert Tapestry Bone , Works the desi , has gner pre to
leading pared these artists dra , w and ings has from produced original a desi series gns b of y
in Cartoons an intelligent , which will and aid striking the teaching manner of history . No
school should be without some of these historical landmarks , especially when we
consider the low rate at which they are issued . The Laws of Every-Day Lifewritten by the
same author , and with the sam , intention as he produced X . the ' Citizen Reader . '—With books
of this description the teaching of reading should not only W be p leasant' , but pro J . fitable to
children whose teachers are wise enough to adopt them instead of mere books of extracts . This booktoopossesses the strong
recommendation , so , noticeable in the ' Citizen Reader , ' of , being written in very simple
language , which can be well grasped by ordinary children , even in the Fourth Standard .
I W First e can Elements most hig of hly Experiment recommend ql th Geometry is work .
translated from the French of Paul Bert by , Mrs . H . O . Arnold Forster . As ihe author
truly says , this is not only a preparation for but more it also regular constitu a t ln d in more itsel advance f a defi d nit e tud and y ,
complete work suitable for the great bulk of the pup JL JL ils in - - ^ - our - - _— elemen — . tary ^ j schools . _ . The ^ -,
p of opulari the late ty Paul obtained Bert by in France scien was tific primers - unques
omen tionabl of y , the well reception deserved M ,, they and vsh should ould , receive be an
this here book . It is impossible ttenas it to speak in a s too tle hi that ghly can - y
no so t fail lent to ifull , interest y with , children excellent , , and and interspersed appropriate
engravings •*• . It should find a place A £ in -I the upper divisions of all good day schools and in
' . no nig te ht that classes it , has mech been anics most ' institutes highly , spoken & c . We of
by and several members well of -known school boards inspectors . . Hi , h teach er C lass rs , g
jj Headers . —Under this title has been issued
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' ' It * ' " ~ l ' ¦ ' ¦ :-a illustrated series qf works moat interesting containing and matter beautifull <> f y a :
more usually useful to be ati found < I profitable in or ^ cjmary character class than - ^ ooks is .
elementary ^ They f . KD ULA KsM are . lUa > l y . intended schools OUilUU ^ D and CiXavc for for J the . V 1 , middle Wll higher \* v ** v and bv classes » AX « upper mmjf *** off rm I
Lumber schools . Room Two of ' and ^ the / series Short , * Stories The World from ' s
Nafture various TArinna , ' branches KT treat » n . T » r » Ti in « a a of of simple natural nn . f . nrai gossi science ftfiittnee py manner . many TH & nv ' on ' ot C > f
the writers being eminent scientific men , , who are well able to speak with authority . Among
Mr them Mr . . W W may . . S S . . be JL Dallas > allas menttone . XDr > r . . Bu JBu d Dr chanan chan . Rob an White w ert mte Brawn . Mr J > lr . .
, , tabl Gr . M e . storehouses Seabrook , & c of . inte The rest se books and attraction are veri >
form for boys a series and girls in themselves . The other , ten under volumes the title reall of y
^ happy The World designation in Pictures , as the , ' a books comprehensi trul ^ g ve ive and us graphic studies in the geographymanners
and customs of most of those countries , of the world in which English boys and girls are most
ing interested library , . and The form titles a , cap too ital , are -and suggestive interest- *
and i * Glimpses Chats VM i pleasing Aoout of k . South Germany b * A Ramble America bb , ' Peeps B / Round are into among France China £ the / /
this series ^^^^ ^^ V . ^ series ^^^ . B ^^ ^^ V ^^ We ^ v V ^^^ to ^^^ ^^ heariil ^ teachers . ^^^^ ^^ ^^ v ^^ ^^ ^^ y ^ ^*^ ^^ recommend ^ ^^^ of ^* ^ ^ v ^^ ' ^ all ^ . ^ ^^^ ^^^^ - classes ^^ ^^ ^ the of books schools — ^^~^ M of I
for they are not only calculated to develop , their powers of observation and reflection ,
but readers also to aid obtain materiall ^ correct y in and assisting graphic the ideas young of
the lendid countries they hical read readers about . on They a trul are spgeograp y
common at inspector a . -sense s plan recommending , and we should <— ' and not teachers wonder i
adopting them for this purpose . Messrs . W . & R . Chambers . —There is
no for li any ttle series difficulty of elementary in choosing ' a Readers title nowadays . The
mf «/ I as desi goddT gnation as any ^ Expressive that is in Readers vogue . ' That is about the
for books granted are careful when l we y prepared remember may the nam be taken e and j
gra fame dua of tion the < fcc firm are . attended ^ Lessons , to illustra with t care ions . ,
Type , binding , , and , price also call for notice
on account or excellence and economy .
Messrs . Charles Griffin & Co . —The recently published scientific works from the
press 4 Steam of this and L firm the include Steam Professor Engine' forming Jamieson an ' s
au introduction thor * Electrical to the larger Rules work and , b Tables y the same 7 ( a ;
pockefc ineers -book b of J ) , . for Munro the use C . E o- . f electrician and A . Janiie s and - engy
son , C . E , ., F . R . S . E . ; , ' Mine , Surveying' ( a text-book of )* , for the use of students * at theI
Royal London School Institute of & Mines cby , Bennett City and H G . Broug uilds h f
F survey . G . S . ing , associa , ^ Royal te , School and , demonstrator of Mines ; ' of A Shoi mine 't
Ph Manual . D ., F of . R Inorganic . S ., F . C . S Chemistry ., and H . , ' Wilson by A . Dupre Hake ,
of Ph spec . D ., tra F . I ; . C . ' Quan ., F . C titative . S ., with Analysis a colour ' ( outlines table
of illustrations ) , for thie uae b of Professor students ' , with A . Humboldt numerous , y ¦ JJ
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1889, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011889/page/8/
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