662 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



It is divided into seven chapters: "Theory and Practice," in which the 

 theory is reduced to practice; "How to Begin " with patrons and pupils; ** How 

 to Govern" one's self as well as one's pupils; " How to Teach," " Physical Cul- 

 ture," with a supplemental manual of gymnastics; "Morals and Manners," 

 "Temperance in Schools," with a treatise upon Physiology and Hygiene. 



The work is practically a rehearsal of many of the scenes and much of the 

 work of the author's school life, and is a result of his long experience and obser- 

 vation as a teacher. It should be extensively read by teachers and those inter- 

 ested in the subject of teaching. 



Systematic MineRjal Record : Edward M. Shepard, A. M. Octavo, pp. 98. 

 A. S. Barnes & Co., N. Y., 1884. For sale by M. H. Dickinson. 



This httle book has been published by Professor Shepard, after four years 

 use of it in his classes at Drury College, as a means of training the student to 

 habits of observation and correct methods of reasoning in the department of de- 

 terminative mineralogy. It consists of blank forms for the description of any 

 given mineral, with all of its physical and optical characteristics, and also for its 

 chemical properties. On the reverse side of each of these blank forms are spaces 

 for noting its associated minerals and any other points of interest connected with 

 it. 



Preceding these schedules are some twenty pages of explanatory text, defin- 

 ing minerals and explaining their physical properties and chemical characters, 

 with their peculiar characteristics under each of these heads, such as touch, spe- 

 cific gravity, structure, hardness, cleavage, magnetism, odor, taste, solubility, 

 assaying tests, as fusibility, color-flame, etc. 



All the terms and chemical reactions used in describing minerals are given 

 and explained, also lists of chemicals and apparatus most needed in blow-pipe 

 analyses, with the names of minerals suggested as a foundation for a term's work 

 in mineralogy with laboratory practice, and a full list of the most important works 

 on mineralogy with prices, when known. 



It is probably the most complete work of the kind in print and will be found 

 exceedingly useful to both professors and students. 



Rural Taste By G. M. Kern. Octavo, pp. 141. Herald Printing House, 

 Columbia, Mo., 1884. For sale by M. H. Dickinson; 75c. 



The object of the author is to explain the principles of the art of landscape 

 gardening and the cultivation of rural taste in western towns and country dis- 

 tricts. Mr. Kern is a practical landscape gardener of long experience, thoroughly 

 educated, and an artist in his line. He has had charge of the leading parks of 

 St. Louis, and his effort in this book is to make such work a branch of education. ' 

 Professor Fleet, of the State University, endorses him and his objects in the 



