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etc., and papers by William T. Harris, United 

 States Commissioner of Education, B. A. Hins- 

 dale, T. J. Gray, and Charles F. Smith. " Meth- 

 ods of teaching Patriotism in the Public 

 Schools " were explained by George T. Balch, 

 and Mrs. Louisa P. Hopkins wrote on " Observa- 

 tion Lessons in the Primary Schools." C. Browne 

 Goode traced " The Origin of the National Scien- 

 tific and Educational Institutions of the United 

 States," J. C. Henderson set forth " Thomas Jef- 

 ferson's Views on Public Education," and " Lu- 

 ther on Education" was by F. V. N. Painter. 

 "The University of King's College, Windsor, 

 Nova Scotia, 1790-1890" was the title of a vol- 

 ume by H. Y. Hind, and the Educational Bureau 

 at Washington published " The History of Edu- 

 cation in Alabama," by Willis G. Clark ; " The 

 History of Federal and State Aid to Higher 

 Education," by Frank W. Blackmar ; and " The 

 Teaching and History of Mathematics in the 

 United States," by Florian Cajori, in addition to 

 " Proceedings " of the department of superin- 

 tendence of the National Educational Associa- 

 tion at its meeting at Washington, D. C., March 

 6-8, 1889 ; and an " Illustrated Fraternal Direct- 

 ory" included educational institutions on the 

 Pacific coast. " Educational Monographs " were : 

 " Manual Training in the Public Schools," by 

 Charles R. Richards and Henry P. O'Neil ; 

 " Manual Training in France," by A. Salicis ; 

 " The Co-Education of Mind and Hand," by 

 Charles H. Ham ; " Manual Training in the Pub- 

 lic Schools of Philadelphia," by J. MacAlister ; 

 and " Hand-Craft," by J. Crichton Browne, M. D. 

 " Exercises in Wood Working, with a Short Trea- 

 tise on Wood" were written for manual training 

 in schools by Ivan Sickels, M. D., and two useful 

 little manuals were " Knife Work in the School- 

 Room," by G. B. Kilbon, and "Color in the 

 School Room." " The Swedish System of Edu- 

 cational Gymnastics " was described by Baron 

 Nils Posse, and G. L. Melio compiled and ar- 

 ranged " A Manual of Swedish Drill for Teach- 

 ers and Students." " How to remember His- 

 tory" was told by Virginia C. Shaffer, and 

 Charles G. Leland (Hans Britman) sent out " The 

 Mastery of Memorizing," while " Reading for 

 the Young" was compiled by J. F. Sargent. 

 " The History of the Iliad," by E. Brooks, and 

 "The Nine Worlds" (of Norse mythology), by 

 Mary E. Litchfield, deserve mention among 

 books for children, and " A Stem Dictionary of 

 the English Language for Use in Elementary 

 Schools," by J. Kennedy, and W. R. Harper's 

 " Hebrew Vocabularies " close this list. 



Sports and Pastimes. " Shooting on Up- 

 land, Marsh, and Stream " was a series of arti- 

 cles by leading practical authorities, edited by 

 William Bruce Leffingwell (Horace), illustrated 

 by thirteen full-page plates, and three out of 

 five parts were issued of " Sport : Shooting and 

 Fishing," edited by A. C. Gould. From G. 0. 

 Shields (Coquina) came " The Big Game of North 

 America " and " Camping and Camp Outfits," 

 and " With Fly-Rod and Camera," by Edward 

 A. Samuels, described and illustrated salmon 

 fishing in Canada. C. Hallock wrote " The 

 Salmon Fisher," and " The Book of the Game 

 Laws of the United States aiid Canada" was 

 published. " Yachting under American Statute," 

 by Howard Patterson, belongs to another de- 



partment of sport, and " Yacht Portraits of the 

 Leading American Yachts " were made by N 

 L. Stebbins. "Who Won?" was " The Official 

 Pocket Yacht Record and Register for 1890," 

 compiled by James C. Summers. " A Natural 

 Method of Physical Training " was set forth by 

 Edwin Checkley, and J. P. Thornton wrote on 



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Training for Health, Strength, Speed, ami 

 -igility." "The Constitution and By-Laws of 

 the Amateur Athletic Union of the United 



States " were published, and " Athletic Sports 

 in England, America, and Australia " formed a 

 large volume. " Lawn Tennis in our Own Coun- 

 try " was a small volume by H. W. Slocum, Jr., 

 which appeared at the correct season, and Harry 

 Palmer told "Stories of the Base-Ball Field." 

 "The American Cric*ket Annual for 1890 " was 

 compiled by J. Flannery, and " The Bowlers 

 Handbook" also appeared. "The Spaniel and 

 its Training" was the subject of a volume by 

 F. H. F. Mercer, and " House and Pet Dogs 5 ' 

 had several chapters from a feminine pen. " In 

 the Riding-School " was a handy little book by 

 Theodore Stephenson Browne (Miss G. Hamlin), 

 and " Cycling for Health and Pleasure," by Lu- 

 ther H. Porter, forms a complete guide to the 

 use of the wheel. " The Devil's Picture Books " 

 was a history of playing cards by Mrs. J. King 

 Van Rensselaer, and G. W. P. *in " American 

 Whist, illustrated," made a digest of "Ameri- 

 can Whist " and " Whist Universal," published 

 in 1880 and 1887. " Caissa's Ghost," by G. A. 

 W. dimming, contained 100 chess problems, 

 and James Mortimer was responsible for the 

 " Chess-Player's Pocket-Book." John D. Champ- 

 lin, Jr., and Arthur E. Bostwick prepared " The 

 Young Folks' Cyclopaedia of Games and Sports," 

 C. Townsend wrote " AmateurTheatricals," and 

 Arthur Hope " The Amateur Photographer's 

 Handbook." 



Housekeeping 1 . " Delicate Feasting," by 

 Theodore Child, treats of what may be termed 

 the aesthetics of subjects in this department, and 

 to the same class of book belongs ""Eggs, Facts 

 and Fancies about them," compiled by Anna 

 Barrows, which also gives recipes for cooking 

 them. Alessandro Filippini lays down laws as 

 to " The Table, how to buy food, how to cook 

 it, and how to serve it," and Christine Terhune 

 Herrick describes " Liberal Living upon Narrow 

 Means." Anonymous contributions were "Din- 

 ners, Ceremonious and Unceremonious" and 

 " On the Chafing Dish : a Word for Sunday-Night 

 Teas " ; while Sarah Biddle Howell is responsible 

 for " Nine Family Dinners." " Good Living " is 

 a practical cookery book for town and country, 

 by Sara Van Buren Brugiere ; and other books 

 in the same line are : " New England Breakfast 

 Breads, Luncheon and Tea Biscuits," by Lucia 

 Gray Swett ; " The Home Guide and Cook 

 Book," by 500 ladies ; " Fruits, and how to 

 keep them," by Hester M. Poole ; and " Home- 

 made Candies and Other Good Things, Sweet 

 and Sour," by Anna M. Richardson. " Cookery 

 in the Public Schools " was discussed by Sallie 

 Joy White, and " Practical Sanitary and Eco- 

 nomic Cooking " came opportunely for persons 

 of moderate and small means from Mrs. Mary 

 H. Abel; and William Paul Gerhard treated 

 the necessary question of " The Disposal of 

 Household Wastes." " Facts for Ladies," edited 



