Book Reviews

THE PILOT ARITHMETICS, BOOK ONE. By Lou Belle Stevens and James H. Van Sickle. Newson and Company

Perhaps the greatest trouble in the solution of problems of arithmetic is that the student does not visualize the situation clearly. The Pilot Arithmetic, Book One, has excellent realistic pictures in color, such as "At the Fruit Stand," "Playing Store," etc., and would seem to stand high on this point. It is intended for grades three and four, and is best used in connection with the Teachers' Manual.-Robert R. Goff.

THE PILOT ARITHMETICS, BOOK TWO. By Harry B. Marsh and James H. Van Sickle. Newson and Company.

This book is for grades five and six. It begins with a review of the work of grade four in Part One, then takes up common and decimal fractions, percentage, some compound numbers, and a comprehensive topical review. The chapters usually start with oral drills, follow with written work, and end with oral and written reviews and a series of general tests. As in Part One, the numerous problems are real to the pupil because they are suited to his experience. They are built around such topics as A School Picnic, Taking a Journey, and The School Garden. There are seventeen diagrams to help the visualization of fractions, and twenty-five picture illustrations throughout the book. Timed tests and progress tests add to the efficiency.-Robert R. Goff.

THE PILOT ARITHMETICS, TEACHERS' MANUAL. By Lou Belle Stevens and James H. Van Sickle. Newson and Company.

This Manual of 256 pages "outlines the work and the methods of the first and second grades where no text book in arithmetic is used," and gives suggestions as to content and methods for the third and fourth grades. Outstanding features enumerated are: Attention to the foundation, Practical problem work, Novel device for securing accuracy and self-reliance, Novel means of obtaining and measuring individual efforts, Novel arangement of drill examples, etc. There is great use of drill cards, especially in oral drill, and there are countless suggestions for making the work vital and interesting. Subtraction is taught by the additive method. Much of the drill work in grades one to four, either on the cards or in Book One, is given here with answers. Teachers will get many helpful ideas here, no matter what text book they use.Robert R. Goff.

NUMBER PROJECTS FOR BEGINNERS. By Katherine L. McLaughlin and Eleanor Troxell. J. B. Lippincott and Company.

This book is founded on sound psychology and good pedagogy and should appeal to all progressive teachers. It consists of a series of twenty-two projects "so arranged as to provide for an easy progression in the development of concepts in beginning numbers." These projects are the results of experimentation in many classes of grade one. Each chapter describes the carrying out of a project and usually ends with lists of New Number Experiences and Applications of Known Number Experiences Derived from this Project.. Everything possible is left for the child to find out; even a rule is not given him until he feels the need for it.-Robert R. Goff.

THE HUMAN SIDE OF HAWAII. Race Problems in the Mid-Pacific. By Albert W. Palmer, D. D., Minister of Central Union Church, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. The Pilgrim Press, Boston and Chicago. Price $2 net.

In the providence of God a little group of islands in the mid-Pacific Ocean has become a demonstration center for the working out of some of the greatest problems of humanity. It is an ideal place for such experimentation. The climate is the most equable of any on earth. The situation is strategic. The preparations for the experiment appear to have been made by a higher than any merely human wisdom and power. At the strategic hour devoted and humanitarian missionaries from New England-men and women with souls on fire with zeal for service, but with intellectual endowments and physical strength to balance their enthusiasm, cut loose from kindred, home-land, and all worldly ambition, and dedicated themselves to the task of salvaging the native Hawaiians for God and humanity. As the years flew by they not only accomplished this splendid task; they built up also a "Paradise of the Pacific" which attracted by its climate and wondrous picturesqueness a rapidly increasing population from many different nations. Here the East and West met, and mingled, in business, social, and friendly relations, each being allowed the common rights of citizenship, freedom to worship as they might wish, and with mutual charity and good will as the common tie to bind the community together as brethren and friends. The United States assumed, naturally and by common consent, a mild and gentle oversight of the experiment.

The amalgamating process is progressing famously, on the whole; and mankind is looking on as the experiment goes on. The progress reported in Dr. Palmer's book is heartening. Every student of civilization, of humanitarianism, of Christian statesmanship, will desire to get this author's viewpoint and to share his enthusiasm, which, while tempered with common-sense cautiousness, is nevertheless optimistic.

SELF-PROVING BUSINESS ARITHMETIC. By Thomas T. Goff. The Macmillan Company.

Checking in high school algebra is now considered a necessary part of the course. The pupil should be able to tell whether his answer is right or wrong. The most striking characteristic of Goff's Self-proving Business Arithmetic is its systematic checking of all the work. Nearly every example is checked by carrying it out by a different method or by reversing the operation. A few, having apparently no other way, are performed twice in the same way, but this should be called a probable, not a sure check. Another good point is that at the beginning of each chapter there is a statement in heavy type explaining the nature of the topic and the need for its understanding. Orderly arrangement is shown by numerous charts of each process. Some of the problems are vitalized by putting the student in the position of inventory clerk, billing clerk, assessor, etc. Two strong points of the book then, are the arrangement and checking of the processes.-Robert R. Goff.

INTRODUCTION TO ADVERTISING. By Arthur Judson Brewster and Herbert Hall Palmer. A. W. Shaw Company.

The authors are, respectively, head of the Department of Advertising and Selling, College of Business Administration, Syracuse University; and Associate Professor of Business English and Advertising, in the same. The Shaw Company is the great publishing house for books relating to business education and conduct with headquarters in Chicago and New York. The volume is a comprehensive study of the theory and practice of advertising. This is a strictly modern industry, from a scientific point of view. Men have always advertised, but only in recent times have they made a thorough study of the principles involved and reduced the matter to a more or less exact science. In this book there is a careful analysis of fundamental principles and an adequate presentation of methods and practice by the most successful advertisers. The plan followed places within reach of students, whether in school and college or in the actual field of practical advertising, a body of knowledge that cannot but be worth while and rewarding acquisition. The arrangement of the material makes easy the getting of information upon any particular point about which the advertiser wants knowledge or advice. The book should find a good market in the business offices of large and of small concerns, but its primary aim and object is to furnish classes in schools and colleges with an adequate text-book. We easily foresee a large demand for it in this field-which is one that is rapidly widening as the world progresses in civilized living, mutual dependence and friendly regard among the nations.

YOU CAN. By George Matthew Adams. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, Publishers. Price $1.00.

Teachers! Parents! If you have not decided what to give Johnny or Jimmie or Katie or Susie for a birthday present, seek no farther. This book is exactly what you want. Each separate page tells in a most "telling" way how "you can" do or be whatever you want to. It is the most heartening book we have ever seen. Merely to glance at its pages gives you courage-and the stimulus you need to make you alive and efficient and wise in your choices and acts. It does not preach-it inspires. It shows you how to radiate energy, so that those who are near you will begin to glow, to do, to achieve. This book was not sent to us by the publishers to be reviewed. We picked up a copy in a railroad train, left by a forgetful young person hurrying to school. We found the owner and restored the book-but had caught its infection. There is a Providence that shapes our lives-and this was one. We "can" see and do now many things that were "cants" previously. So can you if you get "You Can" and open it at a venture, when you are discouraged or uncertain. We are mighty glad that we can tell you about it. (The Editor.)

WAYS TO BETTER ENGLISH. Brief Course. By Thomas H. Briggs and Isabel McKinney. Ginn and Company

There are two volumes under the above main title,-viz., the Brief Course, for grade nine; and the Enlarged Course,-for grades nine and ten. The books are made under the conviction that skillful teaching may arouse even young students to a conscious, purposeful and eager effort for better expression." They will make a strong appeal to the average young person because they are natural, not artificial. They draw upon the everyday experiences instead of trying to explain the meaning of learned terms like exposition, rhetorical purpose, and fundamental principle. Examples are drawn from scenes and experiences that are interesting to the average youth, and the pupil is encouraged to reproduce his own thoughts and feelings as he has reacted to the stimulus of play, travel, work, home, school, and other ordinary contacts. The chapter on "making one point at a time" is admirable and might well be studied by many"grown-ups" who make use of English, both written and spoken, in the professions and in daily business life.

HOW WE ARE SHELTERED. A Geographical Reader. By James F. Chamberlain, Ed. B. S. B. This book belongs to Macmillan's Home and World Series. Illustrated.

We acknowledge the receipt, for review in EDUCATION, of the following books:

THE COST OF GOVERNMENT AND THE SUPPORT OF EDUCATION. An intensive study of New York State, with results applicable to the entire country. By Harold F. Clark, Ph.D. Published by Teachers College, Columbia University.

MEAL PLANNING AND TABLE SERVICE IN THE AMERICAN HOME. By N. Beth Bailey. Price $1.60. The Manual Arts Press. This volume is illustrated, and there is a preface by Florence E. Busse. A valuable feature is the chapter on "Menu Making."

ESSENTIALS OF DESIGN. By Charles DeGarmo and Leon Loyal Winslow. With numerous illustrations from the Metropolitan Museum Department of Art. The Macmillan Co. The marvelous development of good taste and economy of materials and money and effort in many fields of human activity and interest is impressively brought out in this little volume. Such developments are illustrated in household furnishings, typewriters, dress and many other things. The artistic significance of color is elaborately discussed. A book that is indispensable in the Domestic Science Library and it should be found in every private home.

WORKADAY ARITHMETIC. Margaret M. Campbell, M. A. The Century Company. A series of practical lessons for employed youths, junior high schools, and academies. Arranged for individual work. There is a separate "Teachers Manual" in paper covers. The price of the arith

metic is 90 cents.

THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES. By Lance G. E. Jones, B. A. Published by The Oxford University Press. A critical survey that will be of interest to American scholars in the educational field.

GUIDE TO LITERATURE OF HOME AND FAMILY LIFE. By Annie Isabel Robertson, M. A. J. B. Lippincott Company. This is a classified bibliography for Home Economic workers, Librarians, School Counsellors, Homemakers, Students of Home Problems. It includes a Guide to Magazines and gives prices and a brief characterization of each book listed. A very useful manual for a large variety of users.

THE CLEVER LITTLE PEOPLE WITH SIX LEGS. By Hallam Hawksworth. Charles Scribner's Sons. Price $1.20. An admirable and fully illustrated book about Ants, Bees, Flies of various kinds, June-bugs, Squash-vine borers, etc. Much valuable and curious information is given about the habits of the insects. The book will promote a love for nature study.