Auu. 7, 1885.] 



♦ KNOW^LEDGE 



tlie Syrian burdur, and was only saved through the 

 intervention of Sextus Ca3sar, no contemporary -writer 

 even hints at the atrocious slaughter of all the children 

 in Bethlehem, which must infalliMy l.:>v l....'7i blazed 



abroad thnni--liiiul (lie i-;iiiiiin-. Tii:" ' - .-I with 



the justice (-f llir auriml ;i|ilM.riMM, .. ; ,/.,rt, 



we would Cdiiinu-lid the [iLTUsal df ,\1 r. \ ici,.r- > really 

 remarkable voiunie. 



Studies in Microscopical Scitnce. Edited by Arthur 

 C. Cole, P.R.M.S. (London : Bailliere, Tindall, & Co.) 

 —In his four numbers for July Mr. Cole gives us Hlus- 



MaiTli;iiili;i, ilie 'I'lMl-f. ;itli.r nf ;, v^'nu-^- Si ;i rliug. Miliary 

 Tub.Lvlr ;,im1 liu.rMiii;,! Tiir u I .n' 1 , 1, , , :,imI a. Transverse 

 Sei-tinu ,.f :, rup|;\ ^ T:.!!. ■JMiii,-, the liLstologist, the 

 ^1 i \ 1 I' with the microscope 



nil II 





M.n. 



Ecpriuted from 



tlie i:ns/..i J/, ./,.,-r,,, ,,..,;,,.,,/ ,/,.,',,,.,/. 1885.— The 



malK M!i|'i«l \\\f. iipii ill- |M'ii-,J i'\ iJr. Davey's 



aduiil-.lMr lr;,rl, i. Inu rnl,\r,le,l I..;, I h ^ I lef in the CVCr- 



growinn- ],rrr,.-M\ f-i' i ■ ivi i lat i. .u as a substitute for the 

 present tenililN huIm :ili li y, und, in more respects than 

 one, revolt iii'j- ,s_\ ; m m ,1 ji:irking limited areas of ground 

 with a seetliiiiL;- ami fr;,i( ring mass of decaying humanity. 

 This little pamphlet can scarcely be too widely circulated. 

 The L!vf,:tic lltfurwe,- and Vcivtariaa. Messenger. 

 (London : F. Pitman.)-- This is the organ nf the " Vege- 



■rlliil 



to 



i-1m 



c taken to 



as an advocate of vegetarianism 

 ing (?) him instead. 



Blachie's Geographical Readers. I. to VII. By 

 W. G. Baker. (London: Blackie & Son.)— In few 

 brajiches of instruction has a greater advance been made 

 within the last quarter of a century than in the teaching 

 of geography; nor do we nted a. better illustration of 

 this than that affoi-J. d by ^Ir. r.o' ■'- -^ipltal series of 

 "Readers" now lyln- 1" !■ i I'' ii ild is taught, 



in limine, what a 111:111 ' ' i ■ ' « lioolroom or 



playground means, and i- 11. 1 ;- > ' 1 1 extend this 



knowledge to maps of larg. r ;, .,:,,, ;iihI ^Inavn how the 

 various forms of land and water are rnnvrniionally repre- 

 sented, the meaning of the jioints of the compass, and 

 the like. Then the young student is t rented to a pic- 

 turesque description of England, and is 1, d on to a 

 knowledge of the shape of the earth. After iliis, l■:ll^l:lnll 

 and Wales are treated more in detail, as are the rest of 

 the British dcmiinions in both hemispheres, in No. W. 

 Nos. V. and VI. deal with the remaining divisions of the 

 globe; while VII. is devoted to the ocean and the 

 planetary system. The series is at once excellent and 

 comprehensive. 



Fifth lieading-llool- for Standard Y. Sixth Beading- 

 Book for Standard VI. (London : Cassell & Co.)— 

 Gradually increasing in difficulty, as in interest, this 

 capital series of books could hardly be improved upon 

 for the purpose for which it is designed. The grand- 



failn r-. ;,inl ,-.~'a il;- fiii!;.! . ^f the generation now 



l':i~ ':' : : : .1 tary .schools would 



li:i-.' I ' ' - ■ well-edited and 



c-ai'ii:i Mj, - iilii -1 iMi' 'I ,■ :, !■,' \\ ' :<!■>■ delighted to see 



extracts from the Willi- I. : :'!.^," of the immortal 



Darwin, given as reie I i ^ ixth Reading-Book." 



Ccesar de Bella O'll- l: I. With two trans- 



lations. By Joii.N- ILl ..I Ji..M-.-i. (London: Relfe 

 Brothers.) Mr. Haw ley has jiroduced a very useful 

 book, and one well calculated to enable the pupil to 

 understand what he is construing — a not too frequent 

 occurrence. On the left-lnind ]ia-'e is o-iven tlic test in 

 full, with a free English iranslata-n h, ueatli il ; v.liile on 

 the I'ight-haud page the Laiin t>\i i> s|.lit tqi into the 

 words in the sequence in w iiich they ceeur in riMii-lation, 

 their literal English eqtiivalents standing opposite to 

 them. The boy must bo very dull or very obstinate 

 who fails to construe correctly by Mr. Hawley's system. 



How to Teach Grammar. By T. J. Livesey. (London : 

 Moffat & Paige.) — Mr. Livesey gives a series of outline 

 lessons for teaching grammar by question and answer. 

 Children will unquestionably be more interested in a 

 subject imparted in the way here set forth than by the 

 old dreary method of learning paragraphs by rote. 



^1 Neiv System of Booh-heeping hy Single Entry. By 

 Rev. Dr. Brewer. (London : Jarrold & Sons.) — All 

 those to whom the ordinary system of book-keeping by 

 double entry presents difficulty may with advantage 

 study the simple and practical method of single entry 

 explained by Dr. Brewer in the volume before us, and 

 exemplified in a series of working books accompanying it. 



Lettice: A Tale in Verse. By Mrs. JoHX Sharp. 

 (Tnnbridge Wells: A. K. Baldwin. 1885.)— This 

 posthumons little story is not withnnt a certain amount 

 of 'jra.'r and iiii.r.st. In its main incipient s it approxi- 

 1 its ending is not 





.if t- 



• La 



tion IS smooth enough, but h. , .:i :'. ' - i.Jng 

 of a line is dubious, and ore: : :, is are 



bound to say rarely) we con m : - a a 



deliberate defiance of Liudh _\ Maiii-, . -.V- i, 1 I'C- 

 longed to Robert," or " Grew more and more Hugh's 

 company affect," seem to us a little to exceed the limit 

 of poetical licence. 



iaisy Dimple : Her Loves and her Lovers. By the Author 

 of " Giles's Trip to London." (London : Jarrold & Sous.) 

 —There is a charm about this simple little Norfolk 

 Idyll, for which it is not, at first sight, ea.sy to account. 

 Almost desiii ail . f Iialihal.and wholly and absolutely 



free I 



ill 



b;,\e faril.i . -^ - ,- a-,o? /Ae I'ejo', sso ,. ./ Trade, 



by .S \ Ml 1 > II Medical Press and Circular, 



Th. I . - i.ty,Bradstrcet's, The Sani- 



tary -\. '., ; s , M.ssenger, del et Terre. Le 



Franklin, ELclricitc, The Season, Natvnn, and Blackie & 

 Sons' Educational Catalogue. 



