Europe from the viewpoint of a geologist is exceedingly interesting. By way of introduction an Arab legend is used to show how everything earthly changes even the "everlasting hills." Along with the geological interpretation of the Zuider Zee is the story of the Lady of Stavoren. Into an account of the Pyrennees and Barcelona is woven the story of the Montserrat and the Holy Grail. Vienna and the Danube are made romantic by Richard the Lion Hearted and Castle Dürnstein. The Thames not only flows through the capital of the greatest empire in the world, but it "runs liquid history." As a background for human geography, history, and literature, it is excellent. A prospective European traveler would enjoy it.

North America, another of the High Lights series, is treated in a similar fashion. There is nothing vague about the text. When any physical feature is described it is a definite mountain, or lake, or river, or plain of North America. The reader gets an acquaintance with the continent to be improved upon only by an actual visit to the scenes described. As in the case of the reader on Europe, many incidents and legends enliven the story, interpret the names of the places, and give a romantic touch to what might otherwise be very bare facts.

"A river is more than a continental ditch. It may be a source of power. It may offer the only means of travel through trackless forests. Often its waters contain a rich sediment which spreads over the land, causing it to yield abundant crops,'

is the theme of Great Rivers of the World which concerns itself with most of the important waterways. Consideration is given to the historical and literary associations. and the religious significance of the Nile and Ganges Rivers in particular. Most attention is centered on great rivers as commercial, industrial, agricultural, and political controls. Simple problems and a map are included in each chapter. A good bibliography completes this satisfactory little book.

Oceania" concerns itself with Australia and the more important islands of the East Indies and the Pacific. The material is somewhat condensed, but the language is simple and clear. The illustrations are good. The colored maps are attractive and convenient. Some little history is incorporated into Oceania as well as in Africa, by the same authors, which has the same good points and disadvantages. In the latter the facts are definitely stated, but outside of the very clear pictures and maps, little has been done to make the material interesting to children.

Mary Dopp.

High Lights of Geography-Europe. By David Starr Jordan and Katherine Dunlap Cather. Chicago: The World Book Company, 1925. Pp. 321. $1.44.

High Lights of Geography-North America. By Da vid Starr Jordan and Katherine Dunlap Cather. Chi cago: The World Book Company, 1925. Pp. 358. $1.4

Great Rivers of the World. By Wilson S. Dakin New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Pp. 192.

Oceania. By James Franklin Chamberlain and Arthur Henry Chamberlain. New York: The Macmillan Conpany, 1925. Pp. 169.

Africa. By James Franklin Chamberlain and Arthu Henry Chamberlain. New York: The Macmillan Con pany, 1925. Pp. 201.

Grass. By Merian C. Cooper. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. Pp. 362. $2.75.

Grass is an epic of pastoral life in arid Persia. Fascinating pictures of the winter camps on the arid lowlands of lower Mesopotamia abound, as well as thrilling accounts of the half million Bakhtiari in their vernal migrations to the alpine pastures beyond the challenging, abrupt and high escarpment which so strikingly sets off the rugged Persian plateau from the alluvial lowlands of the Tigris and Euphrates. By hazardous crossings of the swift chill waters of the Karun River, and treks over the snowy, icy mountain passes, at last after a

distance of twelve hundred miles these people find Grass Grass, Grass! Grass means more to these people tha gold does to the prospector. It is the key to their live! hood. Cooper has vividly portrayed the life of th people, their dress, their food, their manners, polit organization, and has given us splendid illustrations The book is distinctly an addition to our knowledge this little known group of courageous, semi-civilize nomads. The moving pictures of Grass are even more worth while from the educational standpoint than th excellent book.

Real Stories of the Geography Makers. By John T. Faris. New York: Ginn and Company, 1925. Pp. 332. This is a brief but graphic sketching of the developnent of human knowledge of the earth told in a series of stories of the great travelers of the ages. Begining with the story of Ulysses and Herodotus, the heme is developed in a general way through the Norsemen, Marco Polo, Columbus to Captain Cook. From that point the exploration of each continent is aken up separately.

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The author has made these great travelers, the geogaphy makers, very real people. He succeeds peopling the continents, and the oceans, too, with interesting personalities driven by unquenchable ambition, overcoming tremendous obstacles and accomplishing unexpected results. The accounts of Roosevelt and Amundsen make Henry the Navigator and Father Marquette seem almost as near to us in time as they were n aspiration and ambition. The bibliography at the end of each chapter is an invitation to read further about these interesting men. The illustrations are good and fairly numerous. This rather small volume conains a wealth of material told in a fascinating fashion. It reads like a fairy tale, and one puts it down with -egret.

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Pacific History Stories. By Harr Wagner. Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1924. Pp. 280.

This little book is a collection of stories about explorers and settlers on the Pacific cast. It is interesting not only to children of the western coast, but also to the other American boys and girls. Most of the stories are well told, and some, like Vancouver in the Northwest, are delightful. The few excerpts from original sources are good; those from the journal of the Lewis and Clark expedition are intensely interesting, especially to boys, for they tell about bear hunts, buffaloes, and Indians. Joaquin Miller's story of the Indian fight at Castle Crags is as thrilling as a movie.

The illustrations are not all well printed, though they are rather well selected. The pronouncing vocabulary at the end of some chapters is irritating. The average child, however, will be pleased with the stories, which are worth while in themselves and which may lead him into the fascinating field of local history.

An Introduction to Economic Geography, Volume I, Natural Environment as Related to Economic Life. By Wellington D. Jones and Derwent S. Whittlesey. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1925. Pp. XXXVII and 375; 366 illustrations.

Since the earth is the stage on which men live and work, a study of economic geography will give an understanding of the relation between natural environnent and economic life in the various parts of the earth. Volume I of An Introduction to Economic Geography is divided into Part I, Exercises; Part II, Textual Materials; and Part III, Illustrations. All the naps, diagrams, and pictures are placed together at the end of the volume instead of being distributed throughout the text. The textual material contains extracts from well known authorities, as well as original maerial written by the authors. In working out the exercises, a student reads the textual material, studies he illustrations and recalls his past experiences. The exercises have been skillfully and carefully written, and by the time a student completes all of them he cannot help but have a good grasp of economic geography. The book is especially adapted for college students and teachers.

Industrial Geography. By Ray H. Whitbeck. New York: American Book Company, 1924. Pp. 608.

This book includes the subject-matter which is

usually found in a high school commercial geography The word industrial is given a broad meaning and the geography discusses all the major industries. Like many other commercial and industrial geographies, the units of treatment are commodities and countries. The first part of the volume deals with commodities. In discussing the commodities, the United States is treated somewhat in detail. The second part makes countries or groups of countries the units of study and the geography of each area is developed.

There are many maps, graphs, and pictures. A few of the maps are colored. At the end of each chapter questions and exercises usually are given. Most of the chapters contain a brief summary. The chapters are not burdened with a mass of figures, but are written in simple language. There are several pages of statistics in the back of the volume. There also is given a list of selected reference books. The geography is written for high school students, but any teacher of geography would do well to have it for handy reference.

Economic Geography. By John McFarlane. New York: Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1923. Pp. 640. $3.00.

The book is a revised and enlarged edition of the first book. The geography of the different countries of the world is developed. Each country has been divided into natural regions and the influence of geographic conditions upon the economic life of man has been discussed. The author believes that the national boundaries of a country should not be ignored and that political conditions in a country affect its economic development. Several maps accompany the text. The book is adapted for college students and for teachers of geography.

Europe. By Harold W. Fairbanks. San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1925. Pp. 269.

This is Volume III of a series of grammar school geographies, which the author claims is developed according to the problem method. The geography of Europe is covered rather throughly. The first eighty pages of the book treat of Europe in general, while the remaining pages discuss the geography of the different European countries. Each chapter is developed by means of problems, sub-problems, and questions. At the beginning of some chapters are may studies, while at the end of many chapters are special problems and topics for oral discussions or written reports. The book is illustrated with a large number of colored pictures, some of which appear to be too highly colored. There is a map showing the natural regions of Europe, and two political maps, one showing the countries before the World War, and the other one the countries at the present time. There is no index.

The reviewer believes that many of the so-called problems in the book could just as well be called questions. Many of the problems and sub-problems are developed in such a brief manner that there is danger of the pupils learning the answers to them without very much thinking on their part. It probably would have been better if fewer problems and sub-problems had been given. Then the more important problems could have been developed more fully.

The Use of Maps and the Use of Globes. Teachers' Manuals. By Frederick K. Branom. Chicago: A. J. Nystrom and Company, 1925. Pp. 38 and 41, respectively. Paper covers.

Here are two helpful pamphlets on the importance of the use of maps and globes in the study of geography. The material is well organized and puts forth the salient points with regard to the essentials of good maps, the development of the map idea, ways of overcoming or preventing the common fallacies in teaching the map concept and its later uses. A good bibliography offers

further suggestions. The function of specific types of maps in relation to distinctive types or methods of problems in teaching is presented in clear and effective style. These two pamphlets are worth-while additions to the teaching of geography.

Filing and Indexing with Business Procedure. Warren, Lyons, and McClellan. Chicago: McNally and Company, 1924. Pp. 232. $2.00.

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A well organized text on business organization and its problems, with detailed explanations of the more difficult phases of the subject. It is particularly adapted to the use of the high school student.

The material suggested emphasizes in an attractive way the composition of business letters, with the use of the form paragraph which has become such an important phase of every office. In the methods of filing more mention might have been placed on the alphabeticnumeric system, which is now widely used.

Especial attention has been given to the organization

and functions of the various business departments. Th information is especially necessary to the young person entering the commercial field today.

Eyesight Conservation Survey. By J. E. Hannum Edited by Guy Henry. New York: The Eyesight Co servation Council, 1925. Pp. 219.

This is a very interesting and instructive treatise com taining many valuable suggestions for teachers and st.dents as well as laymen. It treats such topics as es hygiene, eye defects, eye diseases, eyesight and educatin eyesight and occupation, eye protection, illumination, a includes an extended bibliography. The bulletin gives much concrete data in the form of tables from actu experimental and research work. It explaines in a clea and concise manner how the data was obtained and som of the conclusions which can be drawn from the data It is an extremely valuable reference book and might be used as a text in certain types of physiological or clinical work.

EDUCATION

The Enchanted Christmas Tree-A Yuletide Play. By Percival Wilde. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Pp. 51. $1.00.

Far Away and Long Ago. A History of My Early Life. Special School Edition. By W. H. Hudson. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1925. Pp. 332. $1.10. Indian Legends. By Johanna R. M. Lyback. Chicago: Lyons and Carnahan, 1925. Pp. 355.

Little Ugly Face and Other Indian Tales. By Florence C. Coolidge. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Pp. 181.

A Manual to Accompany the Study Readers. By Alberta Walker and Mary R. Parkman. Chicago: Charles E. Merrill Company, 1925. Pp. 269. 50 cents. Paper cover.

Never-Grow-Old Stories-Retold from Aesop's Fables. By Edwin O. Grover. Chicago: Lyons and Carnahan, 1925. Pp. 144.

Phonics Low First Grade. Individual Instruction Series-A Child's Work Book. By Lilian E. Talbert. San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1925. Pp. 35.

Practical English. Book III. Maximum Course. By William D. Miller and Harry G. Paul. Chicago: Lyons and Carnahan, 1925. Pp. 489.

Reading Objectives. A Guide Book in the Teach of Reading. By Charles J. Anderson and Isobel Davidst Chicago: Laurel Book ompany, 1925. Pp. 408.

A School Dictionary of the English Language. Edi by Harry Morgan Ayres. Chicago: Silver, Burdett an Company, 1925. Pp. 454.

GEOGRAPHY

Africa-A Supplementary Geography. The Continents and Their People Series. By J. F. Chamberlain an A. H. Chamberlain. New York: The Macmillan Cor pany, 1925. Pp. 206.

Beyond Khyber Pass. By Lowell Thomas. New York The Century Company, 1925. Pp. 255. $4.00.

The Branom Practice Tests in Geography. By M. E Branom. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Pp. 255.

The "Teddy" Expedition. Among the Ice Floes of Greenland. By Kai R. Dahl. Translated by Grace Isab Colbron. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925 Pp. 288. $3.00.

SCIENCE

Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology. The Mechanism t Muscular Movement. By Wilbur Pardon Bowe Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1923. Pp. 352. Chalk Talks on Health and Safety. By Walter F Cobb. New York: The Macmillan Company, 19 Pp. 243.

Elementary Anatomy and Physiology. A Textbook for Students in Hygiene and Physical Education. By Mary Rees Mulliner. Phliadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 192Pp. 367.

First Problems in Chemistry. By Martin Meyer Chicago: D. C. Heath and Company, 1925. Pp. 300

Health, Happiness, Success Series. Book One. Hee Habits by Practice. By W. E. Burkard, R. L. Chambers and F. W. Maroney. Chicago: Lyons and Carnahar 1925. Pp. 429.

Proceedings of the Annual Congress on Medical Excation, Medical Licensure, Public Health and HospitalChicago, March 9-12, 1925. Chicago: Press of th American Medical Association, 1925. Pp. 134.

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Millinery. By Jane Loewen. New York: Th Macmillan Company, 1925. Pp. 213.