INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS. By Thames Ross Williamson. D. C. Heath and Company. The organization of this book is direct and simple. The subjectmatter is easy and the teaching of the chapters is clear and practical. The principles of this important matter, which should be understood by every one,— at as early an age as possible,-are made prominent. While intended as a school text it would be well if adults as well as the younger generation could be induced to thoughtfully read the volume. It is an age in which it is easy to spend money, and as easy to waste it. The evils of carelessness and extravagance can be counteracted only by intelligence and thoughtfulness, which latter will surely be present in those who study this book. EVERY TEACHER'S PROBLEMS. By William E. Stark. American Book Company. A very suggestive and helpful book for the teacher, whatever his or her subject or position may be. 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DAWSON & SONS, Ltd., CANNON HOUSE, BREAMS BUILDINGS Price 40 Cents $4.00 a Year The Story of Human Progress PART ONE (Preliminary Edition) ... by ... LEON C. MARSHALL Dean of The School of Business Administration This is the first volume in a series of texts, for junior high schools, being prepared under the direction of Dean Marshall and Charles H. Judd, Director of the School of Education, University of Chicago. The general purpose of the series is to present material for a reorganized curriculum for the 7th, 8th, and 9th school years, built around a core of social science, to which the other studies are to be closely related. THE STORY OF HUMAN PROGRESS serves as a preview of social studies for secondary schools. It explains the state of the present social organization by tracing the slow, steady ascent of man from "Neanderthal Man" to "homo sapiens" of our civilized world today, describing life at various stages of the development. It shows man's gradual supremacy over nature through three stages-appropriative, adaptive, and finally creative, or the stage when the elements are completely harnessed. Then, too, it aims to tell how people may best live together in social groups, and what are the essential conditions for this end, for example, a wise use of natural resources, wellrounded education, knowledge of health principles, and the like. EDUCATION Devoted to the Science, Art, Philosophy and Literature Health Habits, Related Knowledge and PERCIVAL M. SYMONDS, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. HEALTH HABITS. Fundamental Health Habits Few. No. 5 It is remarkable, when one stops to compare the wealth of habits that occur in other phases of man's life, how few the really fundamental rules of health are. When you have taken care of food, rest, air, cleanliness, activity, and a few others, you have really considered the main habits relating to health. Even workers in special branches of hygiene-sexual hygiene, mental hygiene, workers' hygiene-find that the rules of general hygiene are their most important ally, and that having taken care of these, the special rules for the situation in question are of less importance and efficacy. Main Habits of Health Well Known. I recently heard that a doctor changed his advice to tubercular patients. His advice used to be: "Fresh Air, Good Food, Rest." Now he has changed it to: "Good Food, Rest, Fresh Air." The most important health habits are well known and |