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July, 1S87. Foolscap Svo, pp. 177. (Manchester and London : John Hey- 

 wood. 18S7.) Price is. 



This is a very cheap .little book, and furnishes a large amount of useful 

 information in a small space. It is well and clearly printed, all the important 

 words being in bold, black type. 



The Pupil Teacher'.s Second Year Book, Atlas, and 

 Geography. Post Svo. (Edinburgh and London : W. and A. K. Johnston.) 

 Price 2s. 6d. 



We are pleased to notice a new edition of this important scries of Geo- 

 graphical Year I'ooks. The one l)efore us contains eight maps, viz. — Europe, 

 South-West Eurojje, Central Europe, .Southern Europe, India and Ceylon, 

 British Empire, Parallels of Latitude, and Longitudes or Meridians. The 

 letterpress part of the work is very good, the various countries being described 

 under the following heads, viz. — Position and Form, Extent and Area, 

 Political Divisions, Population, etc. etc. 



How TO Teach Arithmetic. Illustrated in a Series of 

 Notes of Lessons. By T. J . Livesey. Sm. 4to, pp. viii. — 95. (London : 

 Moffatt and Paige.) Price as. 6d. 



The author, who is Master of Method and Lecturer on School Manage- 

 ment, and author of Moffatt's Scholarship Answers, gives some simple and 

 useful hints on How to Teach Arithmetic, each rule being taken in its proper 

 order and thoroughly explained. Scholars, who find arithmetic difficult, 

 would do well to study this book, and so become their own teachers. 



Moffatt's Penny Atlas. 



Moffatt's Selected Inspector's Arithmetic Questions. 

 (London : Moffatt and Paige.) Standards III., IV., V., and \T., Price id 

 each ; Standard VII., 2d. 



The little atlas consists of fifty-five maps and plans, but are, of course, 

 too small to be of much practical use. In the political map of England all 

 the counties, with their chief towns, are distinctly marked. 



The Selected Inspector's Arithmetic Questions are carefully expressed and 

 well arranged. 



Practical Lessons in Nursing. Outlines for the Manage- 

 ment of Diet. By Edward Tunis Bruen. Cr. Svo, pp. 13S. (Philadelphia; 

 J. B. Lippincott and Co. 1887.) Price $1. 



This forms one of a series of Practical Lessons on Nursing. The sub- 

 stance of the present volume was delivered in the form of lectures to the 

 nurses of the Training Schools of several hospitals in Philadelphia. The 

 scientific aspect of the subject has been subordinated to the presentation of 

 some practical suggestions to guide in the selection of suitable foods for differ- 

 ent conditions of health and at different periods of life. 



The New Crisis. By Geo. W. Bell. Cr. Svo, pp. 351. 



(Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A. : Moses Hull and Co. 1S87.) 



Mr. Bell reviews the political situation of America in a masterly manner. 

 His book consists of eighteen chapters, not of dry statistics, but of arguments, 

 in which he unquestionably believes that he is in the right. 



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