school. Again, it became the practice in some schools to give a small present to pupils on their marriage, generally some household furniture or utensil."

WOMEN IN UNIVERSITY FACULTIES

Notwithstanding the increase of university opportunities for women, it is an unusual event when a woman is appointed on the staff of university professors, even in our own country. Two cases of such appointment that have recently occurred in Europe are therefore worth attention. In the University of Vienna, Dr. Elise Richter has been appointed privat-docent in the faculty of philosophy; at the University College, Reading, England, Miss Lucy Ashcroft, a graduate of Newnham, who has taken the Dublin University M.A., has been appointed assistant lecturer in mathematics.

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Pelham's Map of Boston and Environs. Henry Pelham, in 1777, published in London a plan of Boston with its environs, including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brookline, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, parts of Malden and Chelsea, with the military works constructed in those places in the years 1775 and 1776. The size of the map was 27 by 38 inches, scale 1,168 feet to an inch. This map became exceedingly rare, but few copies, mostly imperfect ones, being extant. Fortunately, a perfect print of this map was owned by a Boston collector, and this has been reproduced in perfect fac-simile, and published. This particular map has the signature of Henry Pelham in ink, and the copy of a pass engraved at the top. The map possesses extraordinary value to all students of our early history, for by it one can see the exact position of the British and American troops, Washington's headquarters at Cambridge, Putnam's line of communication, as well as the road that Lord Percy's troops took to Lexington; Paul Revere's ride is plainly outlined as far as Medford. Not only is the map interesting from a military and historical point of view, but it is extremely useful in depicting accurately the residences of such prominent people as Judge Sewall, Judge Lee, Lieutenant Governor Oliver, Governors Taylor and Shirley, Captain Loring, Colonel Hatch, Judge Auchmuty, etc. In making a fac-simile reproduction of this map, Mr. Butterfield has done the state some service, while to students, whether antiquarians or pupils in elementary and higher grades, the map is of inestimable value, in that it gives in convenient form a means of studying Boston and its environs not otherwise obtainable. In particular is the map of pertinent worth in grades of schools where American history is studied; indeed one cannot gain an adequate or distinct mental image of Boston and the places adjacent thereto without this map. It should find a place on the walls of every schoolroom in New England. Published by W. A. Butterfield, 59 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. Price, $1.00.

Our Little Brazilian and Our Little Alaskan Cousin. By Mary F. NixonRoulet. Not only juvenile but adult admirers of the Little Cousin Series will be made happy by the appearance of these two books, which are even more fascinating, charming and instructive, if possible, than the others of this series. We cannot too highly recommend these books. The children who read them will learn of the manners and customs of foreign lands, told in pretty story form and written in excellent, smooth, clear English, which is of itself an instructive language lesson. Published by L. C. Page & Co. Price 60 cents a volume.

Grandmother. By Laura E. Richards. This is the "Story of a Life that Never was Lived." It is by the same author as that quaint little book, “Mrs. Tree," but the young people will know her better through her "Captain January." Grandmother is as pretty a story in its way as either of the two books mentioned. Dana Estes & Co., Publishers.

Sunday Night Suppers. By Christine Terhune Herrick. This volume, consisting of chafing-dish receipts, is prettily bound in cloth. The chapters are: Sunday Night Suppers, The Sunday Night Supper as a Small Social Function, the Sunday Night Supper for Hot Weather, Unusual Savories and Sweets, Cold Dishes for the Sunday Night Supper, Chafing-dish Creations, Additional Receipts for Sunday Night Supper Dainties. In the back of the book is an index. Price, $1.00. Dana Estes & Co., Publishers, Boston.

American Birds Studied and Photographed from Life. By William Lovell Finley. Illustrated from photographs, by Herman T. Bohlman and the author. There are many books about birds. The justification of this new one is found in the fact that the author gives us, not his theories about birds, but actual pictures of them as he has found them with his camera. There is no opportunity here for a Roosevelt-Long controversy. The charm of the volume consists in the fact that we are taken both by the text and by the illustrations into wild woodland, and made to see what the author has seen. Photography has become in these modern days a fine art indeed, and when it enables us to look into a dark cavity in a tree where a chickadee has built her nest and laid her eggs; or to catch the glint of the rainbow colors in the humming bird as it poises itself before a flower and inserts its bill into the calyx to suck the nectar; or takes us onto the top of a precipitous mountain-wall, and shows us a hawk or eagle at home; then, indeed, it is a true and useful servant of humanity. In these days of nature-study, both teacher and pupil will find this volume a source of something more and better than mere amusement. It will inspire to accurate work of observation and investigation. Charles Scribner's Sons. Price, $1.50 net.

Stories to Tell to Children. By Sara Cone Bryant. Miss Bryant is well known in the East because of her lectures on story telling. She is a mistress of the art, and has done much to instruct others how best to interest children, both at home and at school, in that gentle art. Stories to Tell to Children" consists of fifty-one short stories, together with some suggestions for the story teller. Her instructions are of equal value with the stories. She shows that there are two valuable types of story. She reveals to us the best method of securing suitable tales, and tells us how to impart them to others in the most interesting manner. The illustrations of method given in the stories of the volume are apt, interesting and often dramatic. There is a small amount of story in verse. Teachers and parents will find this volume exceedingly helpful. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Price, $1.00.

The Child's Word-Garden. By J. S. Lansing. This is a primer designed to precede and accompany the "Jones" and other first readers. It is the very first steps in reading, and aims to give the little reader short sentences of words to be remembered by their form when the first reader is taken up. The WordGarden is for the vivid presentation of words and sentences, and as such has a distinct place in the first-grade rooms. The book is most delightfully arranged and printed, the illustrations, mostly in colors, are all new, and strikingly illuminate the text. Ginn & Co.

Computation and Mensuration. By P. A. Lambert. This is a little work of less than one hundred pages, in which the author seeks to afford pertinent assistance to students in the transition period between the secondary school and college. This transition is usually disastrous to many students, largely because they have not been taught to make independent use of what they have learned. The transition should be accompanied by training in the application of the knowledge gained in the secondary school. Such a course in mathematics is naturally based on computation and mensuration, in the study of which the student is expected to refer constantly to his texts in algebra, geometry and

trigonometry. In Dr. Lambert's book formulas derived in all elementary textbooks are neither proved nor tabulated, the aim being for the student to build on the foundation already laid. In purpose and execution the work is an admirable assistant to the student about to present himself for examination or on his entrance to college. The Macmillan Company.

Laboratory Exercises in General Zoology. By Glenn W. Herrick. This manual represents the author's idea of the general nature and extent of a course in practical zoology, that, supplemented by the text, will constitute a knowledge of animal life that should occupy its proportionate share in the education of a well-rounded person in the ordinary pursuits of life. It makes provision for the pupil to acquaint himself through individual observation with a typical member of each animal group, and to acquire a first-hand knowledge of the processes and characteristics of that type. The directions for study are clear and explicit. Ample directions for field work are included. Alternate leaves are left blank for written notes to be made by the pupil. American Book Company.

Fourth Reader. By Joseph H. Wade and Emma Sylvester. This is the fourth book in the series of Language Readers, and the book in which the reading matter first assumes a distinct literary form. Most of the extracts are from the writings of celebrated authors, carefully graded and logically arranged. The series is proving to be one of the strongest and best among school readers. Ginn & Co.

Vegetable Physiology. By J. Reynolds Green, Sc.D., F.L.S., F.R.S., Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, etc. This is a valuable addition to our books on botany. The method of teaching this subject has completely changed in the past twenty-five years. We seek now, not so much to name and classify the different plants, but rather to study the laws of their growth, their place and purpose in the universe, and their methods of adapting themselves to their environment, and accomplishing the work for which they were created. The volume is the record of a profound study of the physiology of plants. We know of no other book that deals solely and at length with this single subject. The author founds his work upon the idea that “the peculiarities of external and internal form of which any particular plant has become possessed have arisen necessarily in connection with the need of mechanisms to do certain work, to overcome particular disadvantages, and generally to bring the organism into a satisfactory relationship with the surroundings among which it finds itself." He modestly calls his work one of introduction to the subject. He seems to possess a sympathetic appreciation of the plant as a living organism. This book is thoroughly scientific and up-to-date, yet it is not so technical as to be obscure. It is intelligible, and will be of great interest to every student of botany who would master the science. No better college text-book can be found than this. It is a thoroughly teachable book, and the student who uses it in a careful and systematic way will gain an insight into one of the most interesting branches of natural science. This is the second edition. Philadelphia: P. Blackinston's Son & Co. Price, $3.00 net.

Practical Nursing: A text-book for nurses and a handbook for all who care for the sick. By Anna Caroline Maxwell, Superintendent of Presbyterian

School of Nurses, and Amy Elizabeth Pope, Instructor in the same institution. This is the most complete manual of nursing that we have seen. It covers all the details, and is so expressed that it is not only an excellent text-book for nurses, but will also be of real service to mothers and other persons who wish to adopt the best methods of caring for the sick. It is thoroughly scientific and up-to-date, and yet simple and readable. It is a book which should be in every family, and it will be likely to be in frequent requisition in cases of accident and illness, while at the same time it will be useful in instructing servants and children in such matters as the proper way of making the bed, sweeping the rooms, keeping things cleanly, and other simple practical matters. There are a number of illustrations in the interest of clearness of impression. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.75 net.

Theodore Roosevelt, The Boy and The Man. By James Morgan. This book is a thoroughly readable biography of our great President. There is not a more picturesque character living in the world to-day, and perhaps never has been in all the past. Every page of this well-written and interestingly illustrated book reads like a novel. The life-story of its hero is quite different from that of any of our other hero presidents. Roosevelt was not born in a log cabin and did not have to struggle with poverty. He was a child of wealth, and was educated at one of our famous universities. Nevertheless, he developed a magnificent type of manhood. His boyhood battles, the adventures of his young manhood and the strenuous life of his maturity are presented to the reader in a fascinating style. The book is instinct with vitality. Boys and young men especially, will enjoy the book. It will make interesting supplementary reading in the grammar schools; and no better Christmas present could be found for a boy in his teens. The Macmillan Company. Price, $1.50.

A Field Book of the Stars. By William T. Olcott. The aim of this little book is to facilitate the fascinating study or recreation of star gazing. The author has wisely omitted all matters of a technical nature; only what the reader can observe with the naked eye or with an opera glass being included in it. Simplicity and brevity are aimed at, the main idea being to afford practical assistance to the observer of the heavens. It is a valuable book for all interested in studying the stars. G. P. Putnam's Sons.

High School Algebra. By J. H. Tanner. The aim of the book is to make the transition from arithmetic to algebra as easy and natural as possible, to arouse the pupil's interest by showing him early some of the advantages of algebra over arithmetic, to present the several topics in the order of their simplicity, to provide a large, well-chosen and carefully graded set of exercises, and to omit non-essentials, and yet be a book that fully meets the entrance requirements in elementary algebra of any college or university. The definitions are given only where needed. An abundance of concrete illustrations insures clearness of comprehension. A feature is the inclusion of many formulas from physics which the pupils are asked to solve for the various letters which they contain. The book is a high-grade work, dignified in tone and strong in subject-matter. It is a worthy companion for the other volumes in the Modern Mathematical Series, of which it is the seventh. American Book Company.