LATEST PUBLICATIONS OF 

 D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. 



NEW YORK, APRIL, 1899. 



General Sherman. 



By General M. F. Force. A new volume in The Great Commanders Series. Edited by 

 General James Grant Wilson. With Portrait and Maps. i2mo. Cloth, fi.50. 



The author of this volume, a practiced writer and one of Sherman's division commanders, accompanied him 

 in the Atlanta campaign and in the march to the sea. It is no slight compliment to General Force to say that 

 his biography of Sherman maintains the high level of merit which characterizes the entire series, and indicates 

 the good judgment of General Sherman in selecting him, as he did, for his biographer. Several of the con- 

 cluding chapters of the volume were written by General J. D. Cox at the request of the author, owing to a tem- 

 porary loss of health and his desire not to delay its appearance. The book contains a finely engraved steel 

 portrait of the picture that General Sherman preferred, eight well-executed maps of his most important battle- 

 fields, and a carefully prepared index. This clear, comprehensive, and compact biography of the illustrious 

 soldier contains, among other features, the most accurate and complete account of the battle of Shiloh, in which 

 Sherman played such an important part, that has appeared in print. 



NEW AND REVISED EDITION. 



The Fairy-Land of Science. 



By Arabella B. Buckley, author of "A Short History of Natural Science," "Botanical 

 Tables for Young Students," etc. Illustrated. i2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



The publishers of " The Fairy-Land of Science," with the assistance of the talented authoress, have consider- 

 ably extended the original volume. Accounts of the latest scientific discoveries in the departments treated have 

 been added, and such portions have been amplified as have grown in importance and interest since the first 

 publication of the work more than twenty years ago. A careful revision has, as far as practicable, eliminated 

 all errors, and also all words which, on account of their almost exclusive use in England, are not likely to be 

 easily understood by children in the United States. American instead of English examples are given to illus- 

 trate statements of general scientific truths, and, in fact, the whole letteipress has been carefully and thoroughly 

 edited, in the endeavor to adapt it to the use and enjoyment of children. The work has also been largely re- 

 illustrated. It is now offered in belief that the clear and readable style, the untechnical language, and ingenious 

 fancy of its authoress, that first made "The Fairy-Land of Science" acceptable to its readers, will be no less 

 worthy of appreciation when extended to embrace recent developments of knowledge and adjusted to meet the 

 special requirements of the American public. 



Letters to a Mother. 



By Susan E. Blow, author of "Symbolic Education," "The Mottoes and Commentaries of 

 Friedrich Froebel's Mother-Play," "The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother-Play," 

 etc. The International Education Series. i2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



The object of the present book is to explain in language addressed to the general public the philosophy of 

 Froebel. Its author finds it necessary for this purpose to take up the most important doctrines one after the 

 other as they were developed in the Mutter und Kose Lieder, and show their equivalents in the different systems 

 of thought that prevail. In some cases these systems are in harmony with Froebel. and in other cases there 

 is profound disagreement. It is well for all students of the kindergarten to deepen their knowledge of his 

 prin.iples by seeing their ultimate consequences and understanding how they apply to practical questions in the 

 instruction of the young. The teacher ought to be able to understand things in their causes and reasons, and 

 not rely too much upon mere authority. The importance of this will be readily understood by those who have 

 seen in recent years the unprofitable experiments made by kindergartners who have only partially understood 

 Froebel, and who have been easily caught by some plausible doctrine brought forward as an improvement, but 

 which is really at variance with the true theory of the kindergarten as well as with that of all sound pedagogy. 

 The readers of the discussions in this book will readily concede that the exposition of the results of the theory 

 of the kindergarten, and also the defense of its practice as against systems that conflict with it, are presented 

 with a clearness and force new in the literature of the subject. In this respect, as well as in many ethers, this 

 book is most timely. 



The Story of Geographical Discovery. 



By Joseph Jacobs. A new volume in the Library of Useful Stories. With Maps and Illus- 

 trations. i6mo. Cloth, 40 cents. 

 This fascinating epitome of discovery will prove a book of universal interest. With rare tact and knowledge 

 the author pictures the salient phases of peographical discovery in ancient and modern times. The field which 

 he covers is a vast one, but his treatment retains the interest of the theme. His book is a remarkable and 

 accurate summary of the subject, which will be found of general value. 



A History of Japanese Literature. 



By W. G. Aston, C. M. G., D. Lit., late Japanese Secretary to H. M. Legation, Tokio. A 

 new volume in The Literatures of the World Series. 121110. Cloth, $ 1.50. 

 " In this volume justice has been done for the first time to the neglected, or rather never yet comprehend d, 

 subject of the prose and verse of Japan. . . . Sufficient, perhaps, has been said to prove how large is the sub- 

 ject, how vast the field, how full of novelty and artistic wealth are the products of the literature of Japan, 

 which will assuredly owe to Mr. Aston its first formal and adequate introduction to the good opinion and re- 

 spectful attention of the West." — New York Literature. 



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