June, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
XXI11 
AND PAGEANTS FOR 
By Constance D’Arcy 
Patriotic PLAYS 
Younc PEOPLE. 
Mackay. New York: Henry Holt and 
Company. 1912. Cloth. 16mo. 223 
pages. Price, $1.35 net. 
The one-act plays for young people con- 
tained in this volume can be produced sepa- 
rately, or may be used as links in the chain 
of episodes which go to make up indoor 
pageants. There are full directions for 
simple costumes, dances, and music. Each 
play deals with the youth of some Ameri- 
can hero and these plays are recommended 
as suitable for schools, Summer camps, 
boys’ clubs, historic pageants and festivals, 
patriotic societies, and social settlements 
and playgrounds. 
Maxine A Lawn. By Luke J. Doogue. 
New York: McBride, Nast & Company. 
itpi2a Clothe i2moy sso pages. Price, 
50 cents net. 
Although this little book contains hardly 
more text than a short magazine article, its 
writer is an authority on his subject and 
the condensed information he presents the 
reader will serve as a primer to the planner 
of the home grounds. 
THe Monvressorr MetHop. By Maria 
Montessori. Translated by Anne E. 
George. New York: Frederick A. 
Stokes Company. 1912. Cloth. 8vo. 
Price, $1.75 net. 
Dr. Maria Montessori’s methods, as prac- 
ticed in Rome, Paris, New York and else- 
where, have created a sensation in the edu- 
cational world, and will, perhaps, revolu- 
tionize child education. This book is an au- 
thorized translation of her Italian work, 
giving a full and inspired exposition of her 
ideas, methods and materials, with impor- 
tant new matter by Dr. Montessori. Among 
the foundation stones of the system are the 
development of individuality in the child in 
ways quite different from the usual meth- 
ods, and the careful training of the senses 
as a basis for future mental associations. 
Children of four have learned to write in 
six weeks. When Montessori’s pupils are 
transferred to the graded schools, they are 
better prepared in the required subjects 
than older pupils of the regular system, and 
have in addition a poise, a self-control, an 
accuracy and an initiative which fit them 
for rapid advancement. The system is the 
product of years of scientific experiment, 
that it is based not on abstract theories, but 
on a study of the nature of the individual 
child, and that its purpose is to develop 
self-dependence and to encourage the 
growth of strong, complete human beings, 
physically, mentally and morally. 
THE Story oF AvicNon. By Thomas 
Okey. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 
1911. Price, $1.75 net. 
This delightful story of the quaint French 
town of Avignon is the latest volume to 
appear in the Medieval Towns Series. 
“The Story of Avignon” presents in the 
main a sequence of disconnected scenes, or 
acts, of many dramas, great historic figures 
—the Raymonds of Toulouse, Louis VIII, 
popes and anti-popes, emperors and kings, 
Robert the Wise, Petrarch, Rienzi, Saint 
Catherine of Sienna, Joan of Naples—a 
scene or scenes of their trouble or tragic 
lives in the little hill city on the Rhone. 
They have their brief passage before the 
footlights; they pass away to other stages 
and are seen there no more. Mr. Okey 
has presented a record of all these things 
in an extremely interesting and clear man- 
ner, making the volume not only of value 
to the student but entertaining to the lay- 
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