the interesting appendixes to the book are one on the weather of 

 holidays and another containing journal entries relative to the 

 great Chicago Fire of 187 1. 



The volume contains also a remarkable series of tables with 

 reference to temperature, precipitation, atmospheric moisture, 

 and atmospheric pressure — one hundred and forty-seven in all, 

 with more than one hundred figures and plates. 



The Lincoln and Douglas Debates. (Publications of the Chicago 



Historical Society.) By Horace White. 



With 4 plates. 32 pages, Svo, paper; 25 cents, postpaid 27 cents 



This account of the famous debates is notable because the 

 writer accompanied Mr. Lincoln on his tour of Illinois and re- 

 ported his speeches. Mr. White's later experience as editor of 

 the Chicago Tribune and of the New York Evening Post peculiarly 

 qualifies him for setting forth adequately the character and 

 effects of the debates. 



Nation. The pamphlet would be 

 textbook in United States history. 



The Problems of Boyhood. A Course in Ethics for Boys of High- 

 School Age. By Franklin Winslow Johnson, Principal < 

 the University High School, University of Chicago. 



xxvi + 130 pages, i2mo, cloth; $1.00, postage extra (weight i lb.) 



* 



This book, prepared by the laboratory method, is the result 

 of the experience of a teacher of boys in the high school, a leader of 

 high-school boys in the Sunday school, and of work with boys 

 of a similar age in Young Men's Christian Association groups. 

 Such topics as Keeping Clean, Habits, Gambling, Betting, 

 Clean Speech, Right Thinking, Sex, Loyalty, Self-Control, and 

 other themes of equal importance are discussed informally and 

 in such a way as to arouse the keenest interest on the part of 

 boys. This long-needed book will be useful, not only in the 

 Sunday school, but in day-school and Association classes. It is 

 the first book in the field to start with a recognition of the boy's 

 point of view. 



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