THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



A CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT MARBLES IN GREAT 

 BRITAIN, by Prof. ADOLF MICHAELIS. Translated by C. A. M. 

 FENNELL, M.A., late Fellow of Jesus College. Royal 8vo. Roxburgh 

 (Morocco back), 2. 2s. 



&quot; The object of the present work of Mich- 

 aelis is to describe and make known the vast 

 treasures of ancient sculpture now accumulated 

 in the galleries of Great Britain, the extent and 

 value of which are scarcely appreciated, and 

 chiefly so because there has hitherto been little 

 accessible information about them. To the 

 loving labours of a learned German the owners 

 of art treasures in England are for the second 

 time indebted for a full description of their rich 

 possessions. Waagen gave to the private col 

 lections of pictures the advantage of his in 

 spection and cultivated acquaintance with art, 

 and now Michaelis performs the same office 

 for the still less known private hoards of an 

 tique sculptures for which our country is so 

 remarkable. The book is beautifully executed, 

 and with its few handsome plates, and excel 

 lent indexes, does much credit to the Cam 

 bridge Press. It has not been printed in 



German, but appears for the first time in the 

 English translation. All lovers of true art and 

 of good work should be grateful to the Syndics 

 of the University Press for the liberal facilities 

 afforded by them towards the production of 

 this important volume by Professor Michaelis.&quot; 

 Saturday Review. 



&quot; Ancient Marbles here mean relics of 

 Greek and Roman origin which have been 

 imported into Great Britain from classical 

 soil. How rich this island is in respect to 

 these remains of ancient art, every one knows, 

 but it is equally well known that these trea 

 sures had been most inadequately described 

 before the author of this work undertook the 

 labour of description. Professor Michaelis has 

 achieved so high a fame as an authority in 

 classical archaeology that it seems unneces 

 sary to say how good a book this is.&quot; The 

 Antiquary. 



LECTURES ON TEACHING, delivered in the University 

 of Cambridge in the Lent Term, 1880. By J. G. FITCH, M.A., Her 

 Majesty s Inspector of Schools. Crown 8vo. New Edition. 5J-. 



&quot;The lectures will be found most interest 

 ing, and deserve to be carefully studied, not 

 only by persons directly concerned with in 

 struction, but by parents who wish to be able 

 to exercise an intelligent judgment in the 

 choice of schools and teachers for their chil 

 dren. For ourselves, we could almost wish to 

 be of school age again, to learn history and 

 geography from some one who could teach 

 them after the pattern set by Mr Fitch to his 

 audience . . . But perhaps Mr Fitch s observa 

 tions on the general conditions of school-work 

 are even more important than what he says on 

 this or that branch of study.&quot; Saturday Re 

 view. 



&quot; It comprises fifteen lectures, dealing with 

 such subjects as organisation, discipline, ex 

 amining, language, fact knowledge, science, 

 and methods of instruction; and though the 

 lectures make no pretention to systematic or 

 exhaustive treatment, they yet leave very little 

 of the ground uncovered; and they combine in 

 an admirable way the exposition of sound prin 

 ciples with practical suggestions and illustra 

 tions which are evidently derived from wide 

 and varied experience, both in teaching and in 

 examining.&quot; -Scotsman. 



&quot;As principal of a training college and as a 

 Government inspector of schools, Mr Fitch has 

 got at his fingers ends the working of primary 

 education, while as &quot;assistant commissioner to 

 the late Endowed Schools Commission he has 

 seen something of the machinery of our higher 

 schools . . . Mr Fitch s book covers so wide a 

 field and touches on so many burning questions 

 that we must be content to recommend it as 

 the best existing vade uiecum for the teacher. 

 . . . He is always sensible, always judicious, 

 never wanting in tact . . . Mr Fitch is a scholar ; 

 he pretends to no knowledge that he does not 

 possess ; he brings to his work the ripe expe 

 rience of a well-stored mind, and he possesses 

 in a remarkable degree the art of exposition &quot; 

 Pall Mall Gazette. 



&quot;Therefore, without reviewing the book for 

 the second time, we are glad to avail ourselves 

 of the opportunity of calling attention to the 

 re-issue ot the volume in the five-shilling form, 

 bringing it within the reach of the rank and 

 file of the profession. We cannot let the oc 

 casion pass without making special reference to 

 the excellent section on punishments in the 

 lecture on Discipline. &quot; School Board Chron 

 icle. 



THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING. By the 

 Rev. EDWARD THRING, M.A., Head Master of Uppingham School, 

 late Fellow of King s College, Cambridge. Crown 8vo. 6s. 



under the compulsion of almost passionate 

 earnestness, to give expression to his views 

 on questions connected with the teacher s life 

 and work. For suggestiveness and clear in 

 cisive statement of the fundamental problems 

 which arise in dealing with the minds of chil 

 dren, we know of no more useful book for any 

 teacher who is willing to throw heart, and 



&quot;Any attempt to summarize the contents of 

 the volume would fail to give our readers a 

 taste of the pleasure that its perusal has given 

 us.&quot; Jwrnal of Education. 



&quot;In his book we have something very dif 

 ferent from the ordinary work on education. 

 It is full of life. It comes fresh from the busy 

 workshop of a teacher at once practical and 



enthusiastic, who has evidently taken up his conscience, and honesty into his work.&quot; New 

 pen, not for the sake of writing a book, but York Evening- Post. 



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