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 BY WARWICK & SONS, 68 AND 70 FRONT STREET WEST, TORONTO. 
 
 1889. 
 
TESTIMONIALS HE TEXT-liOOKS. 
 
 Tub High School Wobd Book. 
 
 ,«n,-I!;r„"''^*' ^"^'"'' ^'"''' ?T^ ' """^ *•* ^ " ^*'"*'''« compilation, judicious «nd con- 
 Tenient y arrana..!, a ...Hnual deserving a place in every houiohold, a« well 08 in «very 
 teacher's and student s library. "vt^r^^ 
 
 A. ANDREWS. 
 Head Master, High School, Niagara. 
 
 «„« ^ ♦ "? prepared to say that economy of teaching power is attainc. .y the pro- 
 nunciation of unconnected words, without reference to their meaning. But if we are so to 
 teach prommc.at.on, I think the High .School Wo. d Mook a great i.nprovement on the book^ 
 at present m use for that purpose. I have long thought it deHirable that w. .houldTS 
 to follow English rather than American orthography and orthoepy. The "ny onym. 
 discrnninated la an important section of the book, one without which it would be aS 
 incomplete. ' i""*™ 
 
 A. WEIR, B.A., 
 Head Master, High School, Essex Centre. 
 
 th. ,f)V'"^''r' T °' *•»« ^o*"? P^o^' ^'" be found extremely profitable in teachi 
 the right use of words, as well as their spelling. 
 
 JAS. BOWERMAN, 
 Principal, Model School. Napanee. 
 
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 V«rJi;r.«"'!'?v.'*'°°\^"!??"°'' !\»™"<;'» more meritorious performance than Ayres^ 
 Verbalist or Jrihoepist. And it might with advantage, supplant these books. 
 
 * N. ROBERTSON, B.A., 
 
 Head Master, High School, Smith's Palls. 
 
 „_4 P? ^P'^ ^"^^ contains much useful information, the portions relating to synonrm. 
 Bxid ucrivawon are ex<seiicu^ uuu all, no doubt, the result of (latient research. "^ " — 
 
 A. W. REAVLEY, RA., 
 Head Master, High School, Tilwnbuigh. 
 
I oonaider the High School Word liook exceedingly well ada|)ted for use in thia 
 High School. 
 
 DAVID HICKS, B.A., 
 Head Master, High School, Beainsville. 
 
 HiOH School Enolish Orambiar. 
 
 Mr. Seath'a High School English OriimmHr is a very scholarly and able work, and 
 superior to any Hchool grammar that we have yet usod, in many ruapcots. £t ia, however, 
 too advanced a work for use in any but the highest forms in the school. 
 
 1 hope that the author will prepare and soon publish an elementary work for 
 beginners. It ia very much needed. 
 
 CHARLES J. S. BETHUNE. M.A., D.C.L., 
 
 Head Master, Trinity College School, Port Hope. 
 
 Tub Public School Graumar. 
 
 The subject of Grammar in Public Schools has heretofore been very dry to pupila in 
 our s-^hoola. The natural and simple way in which it ia presented must make the study 
 of this subject very pleasing and interesting to the children using this book. It has 
 made its appearance none too soon and will be highly appreciated. 
 
 N. GORDON, 
 Inspector Public Schools, Dufferin. 
 
 I am very much pleased with the Grammar. 
 
 CHAS. D. OUKRY, 
 Inspector Public Schoolc, Minden, 
 
 Will be introduced in large numbers into the schools here, during the rest of the 
 current year. 
 
 J. S. CARSON, 
 Public School Inspector, Strathroy. 
 
 In every respect this is an admirable work. 
 
 F. BURROWS, 
 Public School Inspector, Napanee. 
 
 Grwttly superior to the text-book on this subject now in use. I am doing my best 
 to have it introduced where a new text-book is required. 
 
 F. L. MIOHELL, 
 Public School Inspector, Perth. 
 
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 Inipictor Public Schools, Harrie. 
 
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 I think the Oranini&r v.ill he well liked as a guide in teaching this difficult subject. 
 
 WILMOT M. NICHOI^. 
 Inspector Public Schools, Hienheim. 
 
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 J'"' n«w Public School Graniniar meets with universal approval in my inspectoral 
 aistnct, and I am glad to say it is rapidly coming into goneral use. 1 have warned the 
 teachers to beware of allowing any others to b« puichased by their pupils, and it will aive 
 me very great pleasure when the new one book series is couipleted, if continued in the 
 same admirable stv lo as those already issued. 
 
 GEORGE BLAIR, M.A., 
 
 Public School Inspector, Presoott. 
 
 RocKwooD, August 5th, 1887. 
 
 I regard the new Public School Grammar as an improvement on some of the grammars 
 now usetl in our schools chiefly in the way of freedom from vexatious and contradictory 
 notes which only serve to puzzle children. 
 
 D. McCAIO. 
 
 I have just finished reading the Grammar. I feel it is decidedly a superior book and 
 will endeavor to have it introduced as soon as jtossible. 
 
 W 8. CLENDENING, 
 Public School Inspector, Walkerton. 
 
 1. J / ?r®uf.''*c?!"®1 ^^^ P»»n°>ar carefully and consider it the . v „ book we have ever 
 ^ ,• u 77 "'°''^- '^^"°*'e" a'^d pupils using this book viill find the study of 
 
 Jinglish Grammar a pleasure and not the bugbear of the school course as formerly. 
 
 JOHN E. TOM, 
 Public School Inspector, Exeter. 
 
 After a careful examination of the Public School Grammar, I may gay that it seems 
 to me to fully meet the requirements of our Public Schools. Among the many points of 
 excellence two appear to me to be prominent, viz. :— The logical order in which the subiect 
 IB presented anH th« nranfi/>a1 natu» o* *-h'\ "-a— i "-"jww 
 
 A. SMIRLE, 
 Pnblio School Inspector, Ottawa. 
 
My tMichem and mynelf h»ve carefully examined the Public School Qrammar ancl 
 agree in our opinion that it cannot \m too highly recommended. 
 
 The following are sonio of ita excellent fuatureH :— 
 
 (1) The arrangement which leada the pupil to discover the moat important trutha ot 
 grammar and then to apply tliem. 
 
 (2) The particulnr manner in which it deals with the nature of the aentence. 
 
 (3) The clear himple claKsiHcation of the verb, verb phrase and verbal nouua. 
 
 (4) The frequent occurrence of exerciHea to bo corrected. 
 
 (5) The attention givi-n to punctuation. 
 
 We are introducing the Public School Grammar into our schools. 
 
 Westport, November 10th, 1887. 
 
 P. A. TWOHEY. 
 
 I havo gone carefully through the Public School Oriimmar. I am pleased with th» 
 conversutionnl Hlyle of the HUthor, and I consider the practical hints fur correct speaking 
 and the conciue rules laid down equal to any I have yet Keen. 
 
 JNO. McLKAN, 
 Public School Inspector, St. Thomas. 
 
 I like the Grammar very much indeed so far as I have been able to judge from a 
 cursory examination. It Beems to be very practical. 
 
 D. J. McKINNON, 
 Public School Inspector, County of Peel. 
 
 The Grammar appears well suited to the needs of third and fourth class pupils. The 
 abundant exerc ses in bad English I think very useful. Many pupils can piss an e.camin- 
 ation in grammar with some credit who nevertheless in conversation or even in composition 
 betray a lamentable defectiveness in their use of the English language. I think your 
 book will be helpful in this mutter. 
 
 THOS. HILLIARD, 
 Inspector Public Schools, Waterloo. 
 
 We were greatly in need of a gi«mmar and the book on that subject will be introduced 
 at once. I have not examined it thoroughly, but it anneAra to be just what the pupils 
 deaired. 
 
 DAVID CLAPP, 
 
 Inspector. 
 
and 
 
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 High Soiiooi. Gii«m}hapiit. 
 
 rnoJh the litiraiy «iid mechanical work od " Tlie Ui«h School Geography " arfl of sood 
 lity I wiah it could be med in t>i« (Jonimon Schooia of N.»va Mcotia If I can 
 III intrmlucB it into our AcudMniy. 80 far aa poaaihl. w« lik« to keep in line with 
 the Pul.hu Scho .U in t..xt-hookH. I have long wiahed for a bett«r geography than the 
 one now in use. n o r j 
 
 Wolfville, N 8. 
 
 J. W. TUFTS. 
 
 1 have read throu«h "The Hgli School Geoi(raphy " and am delightid with it, ao 
 much ao that 1 hhail KU;rgeHt its replacing Calkin'a in our High 8chooU and Academiea. 
 The plan ih unique and it haa Iwen worked out with grunt akill. 
 
 High School, Montreal. 
 
 (Signed) F. W. KELLY. 
 
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 Of the new textbooks introduced into the High Schoola and Oollegiate Inatitutea, 
 •none, in my opinion, is more deserving of favor than the new High School Geography 
 While political geography ia by no means neglected, speciai attention is given to the 
 iJhangea that have taken place in the earth's crust under Nature's operationn— the forma- 
 tion of Its rock-layers and soil, iu continents andocennH, mountains, valleys, islands, etc., 
 M well aa the tranfoimationH which are constantly Roing on at the present time. The 
 chapters on organic life and climate in connection with the foregoing cannot fail to whet 
 A pupil's appetite for a deeper knowledge cf the natural hintory of our planet and 
 to lay a foundation for hia future reading. In the hands of a teacher who prepares 
 hiB work and with this text as a guide, geo^jraphy, instead of being the . I ry subject it 
 u usually considered, should be one of the moat interesting on the Hiirh School 
 programme. 
 
 GILBERT A. SMITH, 
 Science Master, Collegiate Institute, Gait. 
 
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 " We have chanced upon one or two criticisms o( the new geography by G. A. 
 Chase, B.A., and upon examination of the book cannot but think that they were 
 prompted by political rancor, and that the object was to whip the department over the 
 •houlders of Mr. Chase. The -"OKraphy has l«en accepted by independent authorities 
 M the best of its class ever jv sjghed in Canada. We have this opinion from Mr. 
 H. B. Harrison, ex-school inspccior of Kent, and have also just learned that a move- 
 ment is on foot to have it ueed in the schools of Montreal. CerUinly none of the 
 recently anthorixed books have provoked less hostile criticism. There are more pages 
 devoted to Canada than in any other school geography, and while there are a few trifling 
 orrors, niost of them typographicHi, they do not detract from the real merits of the 
 work, and can be easily remedied in the next edition. The pages relating to the Maritime 
 Provinces are especially full and interesting, and very properly so, for, as the author 
 remarks in the preface, there is a dearth of information relating to the eastern portion 
 of the Dominion even among the intelligent people of the inland provinces. We repeat 
 i^z we nave uo nyinpathy for the department and its methods, but in common fairness 
 the author is entitled to justioa" 
 
 RIDGETOWN ''STANDARD." 
 
PuBLio School GEoaRAPiiY. 
 
 W«> hftve at lut, in the new Public School Oeograpljy, » work that well fills the 
 bill," and mneta an important iequimtn(>iit in the Public SuhooU of Ontario. Th» 
 arrangement a'ul character of the innttpr contained tiierein are well calculated to render 
 geography a dillKhtful and most interesting study for our children. Have mnde a careful 
 peruHal of the ^''>rk, antl have no hoHitation in stating that, in point of g«'nnral utility 
 for I'ublio Sclioil purposoH it in, in my opinion, much the su|>t>riur of any of ita 
 predeoussors as a Public School geography. 
 
 R. n. KNOWLEH, 
 Principal llespoler Public School. 
 
 Elevt n years Principal of Hespeler Public School, and 22 years a Public School 
 Teacher. 
 
 I ha\n sern at the meetings of the National Education Association, the geographical 
 exhibits of the leading American schools. I have on my reading-table a dozen of the 
 beat American, all the Canadian and several of the KngliHh geographifs. In addition 
 to these I have examined over tifty of the geographins lliat form a puit of Ubister 
 library here. I also g^'t the journal of the Koyal Geographical Society. 
 
 About two months ago I examined the Ontario Public School Geography, as to 
 method and matter. Pfrhapii I cannot Imtter expresf the result of that examination 
 than by saying that, when [ was asked, last week, by a olauH of sixty one toachera, to 
 name what I considered the best Public School geography, I named tho Ontario book. 
 I have reoommendeil it to our Sufierintendent of Kducation as the book for the Manitoba 
 schools, and I have reason to believe it will be authorized. 
 
 D. J. GOGOIN, 
 
 Principal Normal School, 
 
 Winnipeg, Manitoba. 
 
 A book has just been published in ^hi8 city by the Canuda PubUahimj Coini>nny—~ 
 a text book of geography — which well illustrates the change which this Hubject has been 
 undergoing. In " The Public School Geography " the central point is man, and the 
 whole work (a profusely illustrated book of some 170 pages) is a thoroughly scientific and 
 systematic exposition of the influence of his environment upon him and of roan upon 
 bin environment — all written in a simple style, capable of comprohennion by any Public 
 School pupil. Thus, tnking Europe, we have: 1. "Position, size, population and 
 boundaries;" 2. " Political Subdivisions ; " 3. "Physical Features;" 4. " Climate and 
 Soil;" 6. "Vegetation;" 6. " Animal Life ; " 7. "Minerals;" 8. "People and Lan- 
 guages ; " 9. " Occupations of the People and Industries " ; 10. " Facilities for Transporta- 
 tion"; 11. "Governments;" 12 " Standing Armies ; " 13. "Religion;" 14. "Educa- 
 tion." Canada, and especially Ontario, have naturally the place of honor, both l)eing 
 very fully treated of. One peculiarity of the work should be particularly not*d, and 
 that is the paragraphs headed "To the Teacher." This is a most important addition to 
 a text book of geography. These paragraphs suggest to the masters how the facta outlined 
 in the sections preceding them may be amplified or made more interesting, or prac- 
 tically illustrated, or impressed upon the minds of the pupils. It ought to be mentioned 
 that the facts stated seem to be in every case those put forward by the most recent and 
 best writers on geography — by no means a matter of unimportance considering the ever- 
 changing character of the subject The work is tastefully bound, profusely Ulustrated, 
 
•mbelliihed with a larg.. numlior of good iimp^ and printed in typ« which preiw.ul« eaiiily 
 to the eye th« various divinioiu nnd luh diviiiona Uy which th« nuhjoct ir. hand ia troatJ. 
 ifte prioo bringi it within th« roHoh of everyone, aud ti.e liook outfht to tiiid iu war 
 rapidly Into o- • bchools. a / 
 
 TORONTO "NEWS." 
 
 Princi Aldkkt, Fehruary I'uth, 1888. 
 
 Imprrwed with the uterlini; merita of the Public Sohool Oeographv, authorixml by 
 the Hcnorahle the Minister of Education, I have endertvorf d to introduce it into my 
 •chooU It 18 8up..rior to any work of th<> kind pubiiahiHl in this country. The plan of 
 the lKK)k iH iiuKjUH and admirably executed. The gradation in easy aiul perfectly adapted 
 to child nature The illustrations are Iwautiful and impn-ssive. It Was much needtnl. 
 As the author, I congratulate you on your superlative success. 
 
 Most respectfully yours, 
 
 JAMES MclJRIEN, 
 In8|>ector Public Schools, County OnUrio. 
 
 I am familiar with nearly every text-book on geography puldished in this country^ 
 and I have no hesitation in saying that this new Canudian Goo^raphy is twenty.«ve years 
 ahead of the liest of them. Its methods of treatment are in harmony with the most 
 advanced educational thought,— something which cannot \h> said of any other text »»ook on 
 Jis subject. In personal conversation with Dr. W. A. Mowry, Mr. A. Stokin (of 
 Harpers') and other prominent educators, I have heard the book receive from them the 
 highest commendations. We hiive nothing like it hero. One of our publishers spent as 
 high as 125,000 on a geography, and has producnd a book which teachers will decidedly 
 pronounce inferior to the Canadian book. 
 
 SEYMOUR EATON, 
 
 The Supplement Company, 
 
 liostun, Massachusetts. 
 
 The " Public School Geography" is in my opinion just the work requited U) make the 
 study at once pleasant and profitable. The valuable suggestions and directions to the 
 teacher, the interesting and easy steps on commencing the stu<ly. the immenne quantity 
 of infornation in the fine print, the clearness of the type, and the execution of *Ji6 
 illustrations, are features specially deserving of notice. Admirable judgment has been 
 shown not only in what is contained in the book, but also in what has been left out. I 
 consider this the best school geography I have seen, and if the directions be followed it 
 will begin a new era in this branch of study by making it thoroughly practical and 
 
 OOUGDClftli 
 
 WM. LINTON, 
 
 Principal Public Schoola, 
 
 New Haraburg. 
 
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 Public School Geoqraphy. 
 
 There is no doubt that geos^raphy is one of the luost difficult branches of study in our 
 
 'Oommon School curriculum. There have been many attempts to simplify the method of 
 
 teaching, to improve the style of tHXt-books, and to awake a now and livins; interest in 
 
 this important subject. Most of these attempts have, however, been attended with but 
 
 partial success. 
 
 The book before us is entirely new and executed upon a novel plan. The author 
 designs to have the whole of the matter presented to the pupils by the teacher, not in a 
 series of categorical statements to be accepted by the pupils without explanation, but 
 almost entirely in a series of conversations consisting largelj' of questions by the teacher, 
 and replies by the pupils. These questions are not, however, upon what the pupil has 
 committed by rote from the text book, but upon what he has obtained for himself, he 
 may not know how, from the use of his eyes and ears and brain ever since he began to 
 observe and think. 
 
 The conversavions, the author intends, should consist largely of voluntary statements, 
 which the pupils should be encouraged to oflTer, based .on their own reading and research. 
 The book as a whole is designed to cover the entire range of geographical study. It 
 begins with very simple matter connected with the school room and its surroundings, the 
 district and township, advancing them from the home and town to the surrounding 
 country, and so outward. There are but few questions, indeed but few map questions, 
 in the entire book, but the various topics treated, which are given with more or less 
 brevity, are evidently designed to be read, discussed, thought of, and reflected upon. 
 
 The treatment of Ontario and Canada is fuller by fyr than is to be found in the text 
 
 books of our schools. The study of this part of the book is of special value to the teachers 
 
 •of the States, inasmuch as most of ua have very erroneous ideas of that country. These 
 
 chapters are therefore commended to the careful examination of all teachers of geography 
 
 who desire to be thoroughly posted, and not to be teaching error. 
 
 It is safe to say that there is more new material of great importance in this book 
 than has appeared in any text-book of geography i or a long time. It seems to be care- 
 fully prepared, and the matter thoroughly thought out by the author before writing. The 
 maps, illustrations, and general mechanical execution of the book are far inferior to the 
 best text books of the kind recently published in our country. We recommend the . 
 material of this book to the careful study of our teachers of geography, and especially to 
 .geography makers. 
 
 From "OOMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION," 
 Edited by William A. Mowry, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Public School Abithhetic. 
 
 I have examined the Public School Arithmetic with some care ; and am much pleased 
 with the arrangement. Theory gives place to practical work, and in the tables of weight! 
 and measures excellent changes have been made by the omission of many tables. I shall 
 be glad to see this book in all my schools. 
 
 OHAS. A. BARNES, 
 
 Public School Inspector, 
 Forest. 
 
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 I have much pleasure in perusing the Public School Arithmetic and find it devoid of 
 «ll that 'useless cubbish so commonly found in books of this nature. It contains what ia 
 
9 
 
 necessary for Canadian schools, nothing more or less. With a text book like this it will 
 be imperative on the teacher to teach the subject I am much plHased with it and think 
 it will be a favorite school book. 
 
 N. GORDON, 
 Public School iimpector. DuUerin, 
 
 Orangwvilie. 
 
 The Arithmetic is in many points, especially in the arraug«.iient, au i...|.r.»v,Mneut 
 on any hitherto m use in the Public Schools. Some of thn oxampies iu the simple rules 
 are, L thiok, too complex for pupils in first and second classes. Teachers will, however, 
 welcome the book for its many excellent features. 
 
 OHAS. D. CURRY, 
 Inspector Public Schools, Minden. 
 
 The Arithmetic will furnish useful hints for the teacher, and a new and excellent 
 
 ^^aT Al P'^'^'^Tu ^J'^'u^' '^ "'''"•'i ^ ^'«« *° substitute it for those now in u e!l 
 could hardly say without further examin, a than [ am at present able to bestow. 
 
 THOS. BILLIARD, 
 Inspector Public Schools, Waterloo. 
 
 hearty a^p'ovT'"'^ '^" Arithmetic for Public Schools. The new departures have my 
 
 WILMOT M. NICHOLS, 
 Inspector Public Schools, Blenheim. 
 
 curreS'yeir'''*''^""'*^ '"** ^^^ '"''°°'' **•"*' '" '"«° »"™»>«'-8. d«"ng the rest of the 
 
 J. S. CARSON, 
 Public School Inspector, Strathroy. 
 
 The Public School Arithmetic is valuable chiefly from the stock of practical croblema 
 which It places at the teacher's disposal. *^ prooiemi 
 
 disposal 
 
 D. MoCAIO, 
 Public School Inspector, District of Algoma, CoUingwood 
 
 Ad admirable book in every respect 
 
 F. BURROWS, 
 Public School Inspector, Napanee. 
 
10 
 
 Greatly superior to the present text-book. " Actions speak better than words." 
 1 am doing my best to have it introduced Where a now textbook on the subject is 
 required by the pupila •* 
 
 F. L. MIOHELL, 
 Public School Inspector, Perth. 
 
 I have carefully examined the book, and believe it in every respect suitable for the 
 purpose intended. 
 
 THOMAS McKEE, 
 Inspector. Public Schools, Barrie. 
 
 The Arithmetic is a good exercise book. 
 
 JOHN E. TOM, 
 Public School Inspector, Exeter. 
 
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 McLeNNAN's AlGE 3B|k. 
 
 The Elements of Algebra.— With numerous exercises for viva voce and written work 
 By J. A. McLeUan, M.A., LL.D., Toronto: Canada Publishing Commnv 
 S28 pp. ^ <> f a^ 
 
 As the elementary alfe«bra8 in common use among Canadian schools were not deemed 
 sufficient to meet the demands, a new one was called for, which more fully represented 
 the training now given by the schools in the elementary part of the science. The result 
 of the demand is the present volume which, in its treatment of the study differs 
 materially from former works. Among the points of difference are the fol'lowing- 
 Algebraic notation, instead of being passed over as of minor importance, is treated with 
 comparative fullness ; easy arithmetical equations and problems are introduced early • 
 also valuable matter in symmetry, exact division, roots and coefficients, etc. j mental 
 algebra has been introduced for viva voce work ; some attention is given to short methods 
 as they are essential to the student in preparing for higher work. The desic^n of the 
 book 18, especially, a drill book for pupils, so that answers to the examples are not given • 
 there 18, however, a separate form containing them, with helps and hints upon difficult 
 questions, for use of teachers who may desire to consult them. The Canada Kcbools 
 may be congratulated upon this -ddition to their list of so well-gotten up and valuable a 
 school hook.— School Journal, New York. 
 
 use 
 
 I consider It the best elementary work on algebra that has yet been offered to the 
 public. Its treatment of the subject is so philosophical and yet so practical that I 
 confess myself unable to see how in the future it can be improved upon, having regard 
 to the area covered. If the teachers of Ontario, taking their inspiration from this work 
 treat the science of algebra in the' way Dr. McLellan intends, a fresh and powerful 
 unpulse will be given to the study in our schools. 
 
 ALFRED BAKER, M.A., 
 Mathematical Tutor, University College, Toronto. 
 
 . 
 
 grei 
 auti 
 this 
 coui 
 
 disti 
 
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 was 
 
 fort 
 ezpli 
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11 
 
 S5 the woJt. ""'' <=°»g™*«'''te the Canada Publishing Co. on their Lcellenrexec'tbS 
 
 DR. OILLET, 
 Professor of Mathematics, Liege, Belgium. 
 
 r«ni '""'"nt'" *^" *^^. ^^'* *'8^^"* ^°'' H'gh School purposes that has yet anneared in 
 exar^Lan Tn'^P^",''""' -"^ P""°'P'««' ' bundantly^illustrated by Lu^workeTii? 
 Sotthrtrealr A^^TT' TI -el'-graded exercises, is the distinctive oha^cter- 
 Ikh^r flV I A Student who has thorougly mastered this work is well preDared 
 
 either for departmental examinations or for advanced work in the science of algebT 
 
 R. R. COCHRANE. B.A., 
 Principal Collegiate Institute, Perth. 
 
 I have no doubt but that the novel features presented in this work will h« fm,n^ 
 useful both to student and teacher and to the previo^us reputation of DTMcIiua^. 
 
 WM. TA8SIE, LL.D., 
 Head Master Peterboro' Collegiate Institute. 
 
 author intends to say, are marked features of thn hnn\r Th^ J^^llu.l^ ? 
 
 G. A. WENTWORTH, M.A., 
 Professor Mathematics, Phillips' Academy. Exeter, N.H. 
 
 WM. DALE, M.A., 
 Tutor, University College, Toronto. 
 
 W. SCOTT., B.A., 
 Mathematical Master, Normal School, Ottawa. 
 
12 
 
 It is the best textbook on algebra that I have ever seen. Th.. chapter on the A BO 
 «f the subWthaV no rival in any other text-book, and every chapter containH valuable ■ 
 ItBtTvr^etiru which co«l.l have come only from a thoroughly expenenccd tocher 
 The Cii i« in the hand- of our students, an.l is in all r.spects proving admirably adapted 
 for class-room work. ^ ^ SPARLING, M.A., 
 
 Mathematical Master, Uppfr Canada College. 
 
 em 
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 I shall recommend Dr. Mcl-ellan's New Algebra strongly and use it for class work 
 for which it is admirably suited. ^^^ ^ ^^^^^ 
 
 Principal Washington College, Tacoma, W.T. 
 
 the 
 eve 
 
 MoLellan'8 '« Elements of Algebra " has been used m this school since its Pujl'.c** ?n 
 and the test convinces me that it is the best Elementary Algebra published in the 
 English knguage The book can be placed in the hands of mere beginners with results 
 equally satisfactory and surprising. 
 ^ ^ R. DAWSON, B.A.. T.C.D., 
 
 Head Master Weston High School. 
 
 the 
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 1 am satisfied the " Elements of Algebra," by Dr. McLellan, is very thoroughly 
 conBtructed, full of good points, and admirably adapted for use in tne class-room. 
 
 E. H. RUSSELL, LL.D., 
 Principal State Normal School, Worcester, Mass. 
 
 scop 
 
 The 
 
 and 
 
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 fort 
 
 Robertson and Birohabd's High School Alobbba. 
 
 This work is well suited for use in High Schools. 
 
 PROF. GEO. PAXTON YOUNG, LL.D., 
 
 University College, Toronto. 
 
 The] 
 write 
 boDki 
 
 I have examined the High School Algebra of Mes^^rs. Robertson and Birchard and 
 think it an excellent treatise for those in our High Schools who are preparing for Junior 
 Matrculation. ALFRED BAKER, M.A., 
 
 Mathematical Tutor, I • -ersity College, Toronta 
 
 I have bad your Algebra on my table for a couple of months or so, waiting for me 
 to get time to give it a thorough examination. I have given it some considerable 
 StenVion and am very well satisfied with it. 1 have not examined it far enough to 
 know what improvements, if any. would wish to see in it, but have seen enough of it to 
 
 J 
 it as I 
 to Fa 
 judioi 
 
13 
 
 heA BC 
 
 I valuable 
 i teacher. 
 y adapted 
 
 liege. 
 
 slass work 
 
 Z^d work ."^ii*" wh- ?• "''^ ^ quite satisfied with it us a cIhhs book if I were back to 
 r"Jge ofTork^ ' "°'' *"*" ^ ''^^ "*^ '°' ^'^^ ^'^ ''"^erto used for the sama 
 
 W. H. BALLARD, 
 
 Inspector Public Schools, Hamilton. 
 
 W.T. 
 
 thnJtl^'^^ ®*'''°°'- ^^f '"^ " J"'* ^''^ ^°°^ that was ncedpd. It is beina used b» 
 
 „ ,, . J. L. COX, B.A., 
 
 Mathematical Master, Collegiate Institute, Collingwood. 
 
 )ublicatioii 
 led in the 
 ith reaultB 
 
 D., 
 
 ichool. 
 
 thoioaghlj 
 tm. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 'oronto. 
 
 iirchard and 
 g for Junior 
 
 Doronta 
 
 liting for me 
 
 considerable 
 
 ar enough to 
 
 lOUgh of it to 
 
 vJ;:^si^'.^L''T2l.1tt^^^ ^' ^'^^^'^ ^'-^^^ P-P-'y I'elong to the 
 
 N. F. DUPUIS. M.A., F.R.S., Erlinburgh, 
 
 Prof, of Mathematics, Queen's College. 
 
 From the brief examination which I have been able to aive it I am nleased with ♦),« 
 Th?!. /'T^''"'?'- .^*^« I>ron.inence given to Kac-or n. a^n ^ u'^^ ntTe^^^^^^^^^ 
 The abundant examples give opportunity for thorough drill. Your trea 1.^01 of n^^vi. 
 and negative quantities deprives negatives of all thJir nn-st^ry to the ^e -^nHr HndTour 
 
 m -- j^- - — --•.. uvMu« 11-^ ana. 
 
 L congratulate you upon your success. 
 
 JOHN R. FRENCH, 
 Professor of Mathematics, Syracuse University. 
 
 Th« L^n^jL °^ PuWished in the United States tl.at is equal to it in any view 
 The points of theory are well proved, and yet it has a Urge collection of examples Th^ 
 writers evidently regard the theory an tirst an.l exampb-s «« secondly. Too many of our 
 bo^ks containing a large collection of examples seem lo hold the opposite vieT^ 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 THOS. M. BLAKSLEE, Ph.D:, 
 
 (Madison University and Yale College,) 
 
 University of Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 I have examined the High School Algebra, by Robertson and Birchard and re«inl 
 It as an excellent text-book for Hi«h Schools and roli^.rpa Th!^.rl ;?.,.' ■ ^ 
 to PacU>ring, Surds, Symmetry and the Theorv of"^ oS^' JJ^.^.^^ ?' .^"T^'^J'^'l . 
 judicious selection of problems, makes the book'one of th^ besVl hive seeZ '^^ 
 
 J. R. INCH, 
 President University of Mt Alliion. 
 
14 
 
 I have exananed it. and I think a great deal of it Our JJaf -^^^^^^^ 
 
 7(*5ommend the Algebra highly, as I can most conBCient.ously do. 
 
 REV. THOS. HAPT, B.D., 
 
 Professor Univr ■' of Manitoba. 
 
 It ha 
 exaiu 
 my ft 
 
 extreme, no attempt, to display gemu. but '" «*°" ''^ff .^."'J^^^^^ ,„ ^r«,p it 'l 
 thing in it, .impleet fern, wiftm reach of the > ^^ "'""J'^Yn ,»y .tody and teaching, 
 
 ^i^^of h.^ri°'4'*tt;orh"r i^'tL'c't'jit . h.™ .l „/th. .or^ that 
 
 it covera. ^ p HOLGATE, B.A.. 
 
 Professor of Mathematics, Albert College, Belleville. 
 
 I have taken time to review it thoroughly and ^ave J- - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 rxe^ii^are 80 varied that thoy cover all the ground that is necessary. 
 
 W. A. McINTYRE, M.A., 
 Mathematical Master of Winnipeg Collegiate Department. 
 
 I am 80 well pleased with it that I inte.d to use it in some of o. • forms. 
 
 CHAS. T. S. BETHUNE, M.A., 
 Principal Trinity College School, Port Hope. 
 
 1 have -w>j --*/- XT»tT^^e^s■:irh^^s?m-- » 
 
 book (or my '»»°"'»« ™ /"r^''*''?\ Jif ' ,„ E™ and tor .eeond and third-class 
 $?„Kt Srt' "l rs-p-e-i-ily^Jf^". *?=;' in Which the subject e,uaUon. 
 is treated. ^ ^ THOMPSON. P.A , 
 
 Mathematical Master, Collegiate Institite, Hamilton. 
 
 HaviBgexamined the High S*ool Algebra, and «»d ^ -^'^^'^.'^IpleS'^d 
 oxeiciM. oarefally graded, the •P»''7°'", °"f°?,;"^°°^^t jh" requiremenU of thos. 
 clearly exl,lained, -f^f^^^^,^'^lt>'^%^„^T-.al mee^ with the .«oce« it 
 SSSf SSl^ il^l -n^- reaiy for us.' 
 
 0. GREENHAM, 
 
 Alma College, St. Thomas. 
 
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 I have your Algebra and frequently refer to it in selecting problems for my class. 
 
 JLtnl^'^r ' *^^ *^"u ' '\™^ '" '^'' •■^P«°*' ««PeciaHy in the explanations and 
 examples given on the Hubject of factoring. I am becoming more and more pleased as 
 my acquaintance with the book progresses. . • ; i* -^^ •» 
 
 ELIZA BALMER, B.A., 
 
 lirantford Ladies' College. 
 
 ner in my 
 ts appoar- 
 idden to an 
 lace every- 
 raHp it I 
 id teaching, 
 > work that 
 
 «v..iL fV I ^ T'" ".' «ay'ngt»"it I regard "The High School Algebra " as an 
 excellent book_a book such as I reasonably expected, considering that the editors are 
 men of firstrate ability, and what is more, experienced and successful teachers. 
 
 N. ROBERTSON, M.A., 
 
 Head Master, High School, Smith's Falls. 
 
 leville. 
 
 ti pronouno- 
 lanations of 
 . while the 
 
 TK« I ''tr'"'*™'"*"^ *•"* *^'^^^"■'* ^''^ ^""^ '^ * ^•''•3' g«'»'^ elementary work on the subject, 
 ine problems are easy and progressive. 
 
 J. G. LITTLE, B.A., 
 Mathematical Master, Collegiate Institute, Ridgetown. 
 
 .rtment. 
 
 nrn^.fn/?"^'^ ^,^^ difficult to Speak in terms of too high praise of this excellent work, the 
 it^Ln^XuZ!" "'"^ -P"^^-- skilled mathematicians is widely knowa- 
 
 A., 
 
 t Hope. 
 
 d it as a text- 
 
 a manner as 
 
 id third-class 
 
 ject equations 
 
 lamilton. 
 
 )ok. I find the 
 
 complete and 
 
 aents of those 
 
 i the success it 
 
 t. Thomas. 
 
 A point of especial excellence is the prominence given to Symmetry. Theory of 
 
 Surind'sn IT' f Quadratics, portions of Algebra hitherto somewhat negfeTteS 
 
 usufi Zi fn .''^r 1°"' r .*''" ^'.'''''^ ^'^'^ g'-«*^«'' *'^'"«^« -^'id deanitenefs than 
 usual, and special attention has been given to elementary work— T'Ae Week. 
 
 It is a large, beautifully bourd book of some 340 pages. Typographically it is eaual 
 
 i^i^Secird r^ '"°"^' ■""•" '?^^"' PT«^^ °^ England or Americ^a and in tWs ^JS 
 It IS decidedly superior to anything on .his subject heretofore published in Canada. 
 
 all *^J *^^ ""^"^ ^V^fT "'^'"'^ ^^^^ ^'^"^ published recently, there are none that fulfil 
 allthe requirements of the times so well as this volume. The book is well printed.Tn 
 
 S^CZ' ^ ^"^'^' ' '""*''"' '"'"''■' *° *" e^ercises-yAa Home Ind tCl 
 
 It impresses me very favorably, both as to matter and rr 
 
 manner. 
 
 H. J. STRANG, B.A., 
 Head Master, High Schools, Goderich. 
 
:il 
 
 16 
 
 The production of Oanadian acholarahip. the authora are men eminent in that Rpeoial 
 department, with experience and reputation as teachers. . . Considerable practice ia 
 furnished in the use of symbols, and the translation of ordinary into algebraical lan- 
 guage. The use made of distances, measured in opposite directions, to illuHtrate the 
 nature of positive and negative signs is judicious. The four elemi-ntary rules arc clearly 
 treated, and the examples are nOmerous, Multiplication by detached co-efficients and 
 Homer's method of division receive due prominence. Factoring is introduced at an 
 early stage, but the more difficult theorems are reseved until the pupil has " acquired 
 greater familiarity with algebraical symbols and their manipulation." Monomial factors, 
 the difference of squares, the sum and the difference of cubes, and trinomials are brought 
 in here, but all the more advanced and difficult operations in factoring are reserved until 
 fractions and indices and surds even, have been discussed. This is an arrangement 
 which, in our opinion, is open to objection. A much more extensive knowledge of 
 factoring than is given in the earlier pait of the book is desirable in the treatment of 
 fractions, which perhaps furnish the bpst class of examples for practice in factoring. 
 However, there is no necessity for adhering strictly to the order followed by our authors; 
 each part is complete in itself, and the teacher may introduce the whole or selected 
 parts of the advanced work whenever, in his opinion, it is dertirable to do so. Fractions 
 receive due prominence, the examples are numerous, well graded, and of* sufficient 
 variety and difficulty. The theorems in fractions and the accompanying exercises are a 
 useful feature of the book. Fi actional ' imple equations and problems producinjj them 
 receive ample notice. The chapters in indices, surds, and imaginary exprensions come 
 before that on quadratic equations. Thin order seen^s preferable. These chapters are 
 sufficiently full and elaborate for the purposes which the book is intended to serve. It 
 may be questioned whether, in the treatment of symmetrical expressions, sufficient space 
 has been given to short methods in which type terms only are used. Factoring as a 
 means of Kolving quadratic equations is extensively used, but not to the neglect of the 
 plans of solving in ordinary use. An admirable feature of the work is that each 
 exercise is preceded by solutions of type problems which illustrate the principles and 
 ■erve as models for the student in putting his work on paper. The answers to all the 
 problems are given at the end of the book. The quality of the paper, style of binding, 
 typography, and in fact the mechanical part of the book in every particular, is highly 
 creditable to the publishers. — The Educational Weekly. 
 
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 We have special pleasure in noticing these two books on Algebra ; they are printed 
 and published in Canada ; the printing, paper, and binding— " the whole get up " — is 
 highly creditable to Canadian enterprise. Both firms deserve commendation for the 
 finished wtyle in which they have produced these mathematical books. Still more plea- 
 sure have we in stating that clear evidence is afforded by these books, the work of 
 Canadian graduates, first class honormen in the department of mathematics, of careful 
 and successful labor in the difficult undertaking of producing a text-book in Algebra. 
 The composition of the Elementary Algebra shows unmistakable signs of haste ; the 
 algebraic element , much thought and skill. The literary part of the High School 
 Algebra is more finished, showing traces of the " beat«n oil," and the algebraic part is 
 not inferior to that of the other book. The High School Algebra has a decided 
 advantage in this respect — that the answers are given. Much attention comparatively 
 is given in both of these books to * theory of divisors" and " symmetry," the author of 
 the Elementary introducing this feature at a very early stage ; the authors of the High 
 School Algebra more gradually and at a later stage. We would say that a better plan 
 is to reserve the formal treatment of symmetry, etc., until the scholar has a fair know- 
 ledge at least of quadratic equations. This is the teaching of our experience, and this 
 is sustained by the most recent work on Algebra published in Britain. We are much 
 gratified by the evidence of Canadian scholarship and enterprise give by these books. — 
 Th» Canadian Educational Monthly. 
 
 NoTS.— The second book referred to in the above notice is The Elementary Algebra, by 
 Dr. McLellan. 
 
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 wt 
 ye 
 
 on 
 
 boo 
 
17 
 
 1 that Hpeoial 
 e practics is 
 Rhraioal Ian- 
 lluHtrate the 
 8 aro clearly 
 iBcients and 
 duced at an 
 ) *' anquired 
 imial factora, 
 
 are brought 
 sherved until 
 arrangement 
 nowledge of 
 reatment of 
 n factoring, 
 our authors; 
 
 or selected 
 Fractiona 
 of Hufiicient 
 Krcises are a 
 lui'in<r them 
 iHsiona come 
 :ha|»ter8 are 
 o serve. It 
 flTicient space 
 itnring as a 
 gleet of the 
 that each 
 rinciples and 
 eru to all the 
 e of binding, 
 lar, is highly 
 
 are printed 
 get up " — is 
 tion for the 
 ll more pleft- 
 the work of 
 C8, of careful 
 in Algebra, 
 haste ; the 
 ligh School 
 braic part is 
 s a decided 
 oniparatively 
 he author of 
 of the High 
 ti butter plan 
 a fair knowr- 
 ice, and this 
 Ve are much 
 lese books. — 
 
 r Algebra, by 
 
 High School Phtsicb. by Gaoe and Fessenden. 
 
 nig^''^oi:^CZlTorZ:'Z^^^^^^ ^"•^»''- ^ot^ Public and 
 
 approval of thise competent to udr?hemS hoi /"?"' '"^ ^f '" ""«^ '^' '"» 
 science. In regard U> this cJass the fanUi- 1/ * '"*' ^''*" °* text-books of exact 
 
 but with the methwl of tlachinr it^ ^^^^^^^^^ usually with the science, 
 
 with the cramminc system Th'L J ''T'* "?^^''°'^ '« fortunately going ou 
 
 principle firsrSe Jol prel'n tin« th "iruTratrn " ''"'^'^'^'^ '' '"^"^ '*-« ^^e 
 the pupil to draw the conEnn ?h«r!f ? .r' '^''P«"'n«°t8 first and allowing 
 
 principle, is beinnunersededW^^ and thus naturally arrive at the first 
 
 book entitled "^Hgh^S hoof PhvLs " bv^fi^ '"*'?p '""^T'"' ""*'^°^- ^ "«- t^^t" 
 published and authoriz^ Cy ttrMin.tlr o? eI^^Ho""'"^ recently been 
 
 and an evidence of the eduLt oLl nroiri v •^'*"*=**'o»' f "^ once an illustration 
 ago Mr. Cortez Fessonden B A omK ^^'"^'"^t "» *hi« line. Some three years 
 Prepare a High School St li^ok on Iv^icrr'' ^'^^ ^'^'"°'' '"^^"'« '^^^'^ '^^^^^'^^ *« 
 American texl. books and he book tC'us^'Tn *L'T"'''^ '^' English and 
 
 Physics "-is the resut. The work wmnnHn.;^f?^i P^'°" u^ Wago'n " Elements of 
 true educationist who has occSn tl examte or „ e^ir"^^^^ n ' endorsen.ent of every 
 its clearness of style and its rational meS? tk •, -, P^^"''*'" excellence lies in 
 
 own way to conclusions and nrSlerf^^^^^^^^ ThepupU is largely required to work his 
 stead of LmmingT The i^Zn^^w^^^^^^^ '^^''^P''^^ ^'^ '"i'^d in 
 
 in good hands, as Mr. Fessenden irkoZn i o^Zf oTh:^^ ^'^^'' "^'•^^^''^ P'^^"'* 
 diligent student of mathematics and pTy^caT s^nlr^L^Votr X/ ^"' " * ^"^ 
 
 Prov^t."'*'' School Physics has been authorized for the Protestant Schools of thi. 
 
 ELTON J. REXFORD. 
 Secretary. Department of Public Instruction, Quebec. 
 
 Extract from Letter of ^'. P Bobins to Mr. Fessendsn, dated McGiU Normal School 
 
 Montreal, February 18th, 1888. ^nooi,, 
 
 ^^,,lzztt^s^xt tC^u^pt ?^inru"uo^:; ::i' r-^^^* ?« «t'--*- 
 
 well chosen. If such changes as I SnJSnti^" «1I ^ • ' fu x?^ «»amples to be solved 
 jear, I wUl introduce it asTtext bJokl ^ ^^" '" '^^ ^°'''"*' ^'^"^^ «°""« °«* 
 
 ^ Spotton's Botany. 
 
 School of Phaotical Science, 
 
 Toronto, Ap- 1 23rd, 1888. 
 
 book i,. 1 think, jL wrtU%SrCn"f„g°r°.lj^T^'S """ """^'^ ^' 
 
 Yoars sincere'y, 
 
 2 (t. b.) 
 
 W. H. ELLIS. 
 
18 
 
 HiQH School Ohbiiibtry. 
 
 T* i lu*" 7*^ *""?*' P'''"*'** ''•*'' **•* P'*" *"^ execution of your book on chemiatry. 
 It !• the only text-book on the subject that I have Been that agrees with my i.leaof what 
 a text-book m science should be. I have longed to see such a textbook, for it is my only 
 hope in science teaching; it obliges teachers to follow a good plan. I certainly shaU 
 recommend It wherever I have any influence. We are driven to pfeparing little manuals 
 because of the utter absence of text-books which shall guide pupils to find for themselves. 
 
 A. 0. BOYDEN, 
 Principal State Normal School, 
 
 Bridgewater, Mass. 
 
 I must congratulate you upon your work in preparing the chemistry. It is just 
 what IS required. You have done very much to introduce proper science teaching into 
 our High Schools. * 
 
 F. A. MERCHANT, M.A , 
 
 Principal Collegiate fnfititute, 
 
 Owen Sound. 
 
 I have CHrefuily examined the High Scliool Oliemistry by A. P. Knight and I fully 
 approve of the i^lan upon which it h constructed. It is, undoubtetUy, the boat work on 
 chemistry that has been yet authorized in Ontario ; and 1 have adopted it as the only 
 text-book in that subject in this High School. 
 
 DAVID ROBB, 
 
 Science Master High School, Clinton. 
 
 Knight's new High School Chemistry is the most complete text-book on the subject 
 that our schools have had. The work is based on the plan which all successful teachers 
 of science advocate, to train pupils to observe and obtain knowledge of themselves. It 
 will speedily supersede other books on chemistry in use. It would be well if more of our 
 text-books were framed by teachers having a practical knowledge of the requirements. 
 
 A. E. JEWETT, 
 Science Master High School, Oampbellford. 
 
 •11 J "f *^® chemistry as a text-book, and I believe I can teach more chemistry that 
 will be of use, both as regards information imparted, and powers of observation cultivated 
 than in any book heretofore in use. 
 
 I used Reynold's Experimental Chemistry for one year, but at the end of the term 
 I was not satisfied with the progress made by the class. The subjects did not seem to be 
 taken up in a regular consecutive order that would impress them on the minds of the 
 pupils. 
 
 JNO. J. MAGEE, B.A., 
 
 Head Master High School, 
 
 Uxbridge. 
 
19 
 
 in chemistry. 
 ' idea of what 
 it ia my only 
 ut'tainly nhall 
 ittie manuals 
 ir themselves. 
 
 ol, 
 
 )r, Mass. 
 
 It is just 
 reaching into 
 
 ite, 
 Sound. 
 
 any IVdTn^ceZ ofen ttl^r^r^\!Tl\'' r'''^ "" >" '''^'— •"'^. -^l* 
 contained in the -heets y?„ enHoL Hut .i^ ° ^°'"" P/^P^""' "*«"*> *'' « 
 
 them to a friend and coireague m"! mo^e c;Zten7th'riT '\ ^"f °"' / u^*^" "''°^" * 
 he confini.s my own imi.rLion tL^thV^Zt- !• .' \" »« J^^^Keof the plan, <.nd 
 guidance in the%onducto7exTeLltB?hichl^i^^^^^^^ 1 theory, practice and actual 
 and that mere observation of Kmi.T-- ^ »Jvocate .. entirely right in principle, 
 observe and how t^ob rve h of Ti tS VZri ^o^^U '""!"' ^"'"^''^ ^ '^ ^^'^^ ^ 
 make the teaching of this in>por;al?^uhj:irmorirtSa;d^"^^^^^^^ *° ^°"' *^«^' '^^ 
 
 n * u », . •^- ^*- ^ITCH, M.A., 
 
 Une of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, England. 
 
 The High School Chemistry is a magnificent work. 
 
 SYLVANUS PHILLIPS, B.A.. 
 
 Head Master High School, Petrolea, 
 
 and I fully 
 est work on 
 as the only 
 
 Clinton. 
 
 the subject 
 ful teachers 
 nselves. It 
 
 more of our 
 irements. 
 
 ellford. 
 
 ^J^ Si'. i':irx»7.i\:T:&:;:'!;rr Av^sis ■*»'•"-'' -^ 
 
 XT ^ t '^^^ ^^AVLEY, B.A., 
 Head Master High School, Tilsonburg. 
 
 SchoiX'iS?;L\"ru°L':tJ'™butlT?:r --^"^-.-r-ationof the High 
 convinced that it will prove a Jit Lin V.VlT^^^^."^*'".'"".^^ 8°"« I have befn 
 
 of chemistry. It woX be a littlf aL In^^^^ k"."*- "^ '" *'''*''•"'"« * P™«««''l knowledge 
 
 With that sc^ience. ^^^t:^7Zz:^-^^z\t.r£i:^r^^^^^ 
 
 „ , A. WEIR, B.A, 
 
 Head Master High School, Essex Centre. 
 
 mistry that 
 a cultivated 
 
 >f the term 
 i seem to be 
 linds of the 
 
 bridge. 
 
 the laws of ohemistry is . med^lt i^T^* ,■ J' °1'°™' '"•''»■• '■" investig.li„, 
 
 expected to be taught^'and Lrl wV.%tr°Slt TX" H "''""'n" "'« » 
 have seen. course laid that is found in no other work I 
 
 A first class bbok. 
 
 ED. LONGMAN. 
 
 S. T. HOPPER. B.A., 
 
 High School, Oakwood. 
 
con.ide. Knight'. Ohe,n^try exceedingly well .d.plrt for „«, i„ thi. High School. 
 
 DAVID HICKS, B.A., 
 Head Muter High School. BeamsTilie. 
 
 I am well pleaaed with the book. We are introd 
 
 uoiug it into our High School. 
 
 L. C. CORBETT, B.A., 
 Head Maater High School, Arnprior. 
 
 in thf Un1;:Stutel''*"" '" ''"''•"'•«'^' *' '»>« "«'^ «' '»>« -''-, for use in the school. 
 
 I 
 
 High School BooK-KUEPma and Precis Writino. 
 for w'T it SrilXd"'*"" '''''^ book-keeping 1 think it well adapted to the purpo.. 
 
 JAS. BOWERMAN. 
 Principal Model School, Napanee. 
 
 N. ROBERTSON, B.A., 
 Head Master High School, Smith's Falls. 
 
 I think the High School Book-keeping an excellent text-book. 
 
 L 0. OORBETT, B.A , 
 Head Master Public Schoo'. 'Jak. 
 
 .erJct't^Ltetnya;"^,trfhaT^^^^ *'^ «''?""'* necessary" for tocher', 
 
 luiiy ai fxactly than any book at present in use on this subject, 
 
 A. WEIR, B.A., 
 Head Master High School, Essex Centre. 
 
 Biih slif "^ "'*'* '*•« ^^"^ ®«^«>^ Book-keeping which 
 
 our High School. 
 
 we are introducing into 
 
 L. 0. CORBETT, B.A., 
 Head Master High School, Arnprior. 
 
 ■fvuiMiMtibi 
 
u 
 
 8YLVANUS lMfFr,I.lPS, B.A. 
 
 Head Master High Hvhml, !Vtrol<«. 
 
 we., IZ'^l^ ^X^X "h'^endtht • T^fr '"« "" ^ T^^'" '^'''« ^^^ ^- •<> 
 to b.g,nn.. , but also to Hdvlncml puiI Th, .hi. " ^"''y .l«,i.. .bl« ai.I. not only 
 WW oxMlieut. uvancmi pup.in. fho chapters oa precis writing and indexing 
 
 .JNo. McLean, 
 
 Public School Inspector, St Thomai. 
 
 E. M. BIGG, M.A., 
 Head Master High Soiiool, Parkhill. 
 
 Mto, and teiuihore and pupil, will b,S„t M 1u ?°".'''™' *" ""P^'-nced aocouo' 
 
 w. The ch.p.„ o.%';i":;ii5r4'fj^„ttar-r"r/:jiti;,"u, «-"•■" -'- 
 
 A. ANDREWS, 
 Head Master High School, 
 
 lagara. 
 
 the chapter on precis writing and ndeW th« To,? '"'f r^''''"'^ '"''i'''' *»^' ^^^h 
 yet putinto the hands of oufnuDisS^K^.'^^^^^^ text-book on ti . subject 
 which publishes it. ^^ ^^^ mechanical work reflects credit upon he house 
 
 ARN0LDU8 MILLER, M.A., 
 
 Head Master High School, Vienna. 
 
 
 I praoti :able. 
 
 E. W. HAOERTY, B.A., 
 Head Master High School, Mount Forest. 
 
 • A. M. McOULLOOH, M.A., 
 Head Master High School, Thorold., 
 
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 22 
 
 The new work on book-keeping, precis writing and indexing is the best I have 
 -examined. I make use ot it in the senior department of the Public School, and find it a 
 very great help. 
 
 N. M. CAMPBELL, 
 Principal Model School, St. Thomas. 
 
 u Ju examined the High School Book-keeping, and can express my high opinion of 
 It. Ihose attending our educational institutions with the view of preparing themselves 
 for busmess, as their life work, must derive signal benefit from the use and study of the 
 ■manual. 1 do not know a better text book. 
 
 ROBERT TORRANCE, D.D., 
 
 Inspector of Public Schools, Guelph. 
 
 >iU».2V^'°f'"'^^T-} ^^"/""^ McLean's Book-keeping to be a comprehensive yet clear 
 'illustration of what it professes to teach. f j ''^r 
 
 W. W. JARDINE, B.A., 
 Head M&ster High Schaol, Newcastle. 
 
 •tb. W T f**T S^ ^l^^ School Book-keeping carefully, and consider it decidedly 
 the best text book on the subject that I have seen. The best feature of it I consider tJ 
 be the introduction of double entry first, beginning with very simple exercises and 
 gradually advancing to those more complex. The numerous exercises for practice will be 
 found of great service to the teacher. We have not omitted to introduce^he book into 
 
 Srfof • .\ !>y **>« *ea«5«r or selected from Gage's, or Beatty & Clare's book which was 
 an early date "* ' " *""' intention, however, to introduce your Book-keeping at 
 
 J. RYERSON, B.A., 
 Head Master, High School, Orillia. 
 
 An immense improvement on the old style of text-book. The pages on nrecis 
 wn mg and indexing render it specially valuable at this juncture ot IvTv educatbnal 
 «S,Zjf T'^ department of the subject, the work seems full of information 
 presented m the most recent methods. 
 
 ROBT. DOBSON, B.A., 
 Head Master High School, Picton. 
 
 T have carefully examined the High School Book-keeping by H S McLean Tn 
 plan, matter and execution it is truly admirable. It is the best work of the kind I* hava 
 "ever examined. "*''® 
 
 I. S. ROW AT, 
 Principal Model School, Caledonia. 
 
 i J 
 
28 
 
 )e8t I have 
 nd find it a 
 
 homas. 
 
 From a cureory examination of the High School Book-keeping, I am led to believe 
 of lid V "?"^^f»P*«?/° *fa« Purposes of a practical education ^in ^his *mpSant branch 
 
 have nlLui,^ r' '•' '^rf«°8^'°e°t a«d grading to be on the edu<fative plan. i2a\ 
 na\ e pleasure in favoring its use. 
 
 M. N. ARMSTRONG, 
 Principal Model Schools, Orangeville. 
 
 I opinion of 
 themselves 
 udy of the 
 
 uelph. 
 
 onn«,J *"*•? thoroughly examined the High School Book-keeping and Precis Writing and 
 consider it superior to anything I have seen. I have gone through it with pirl' and 
 
 JAMES DUNCAN, 
 Principal Essex Model and Windsor Central School. 
 
 > yet clear 
 
 sastle. 
 
 i decidedly 
 onsider to 
 ruises and 
 ice will be 
 book into 
 used exer- 
 which was 
 keeping at 
 
 -.1. ^u^^x^ carefully looked over the new High School Book-keeping, and I am oleased 
 
 "rans^ct'iot'S \r''°' °' ''''rT P"'^"'^ *" ^^'^ ^'''>^' *^« P-'^^-' naturetthe 
 transactions and the commercial character of the whole work. It commends itself to 
 
 teachers as a valuable text-book, and it will be a most useful book to tSe des rous of 
 -acquiring a knowledge of this important branch. desirous of 
 
 A. E. JEWETT, 
 Commercial Master High School, Campbellford. 
 
 -sider^itT„ro7.r?j'TI'* ""'^^ '^^. "'^^ ^"''""l *«^*-*^«"k on Book-keepin^. I con- 
 ,>?^L T. ^T i f^^ °^^ '^"«« «^ ^'^I'o^l b°ok8, and r shKll be glad to encourTe 
 Its immediate use in book-keeping classes. " encourage 
 
 W. H. G. OOLLES, 
 . Public School Inspector, Chatham. 
 
 rillia. 
 
 on precis 
 lucational 
 iformation 
 
 icton. 
 
 .* .u x!^Vf } examination I consider the High School Book-keeping equal in matter 
 to the best American books on the subject. Its low price places it w thin the reTch of 
 •all High School scholars. It will be introduced into the High School here 
 
 JOHN J. MAGEE, B.A., 
 Head Master High School, Uxbridge. 
 
 [iean. In 
 nd I have 
 
 lonia. 
 
 Public School Music Reader. 
 
 After carefully examining the above-named books, I can sav thev are the bpsf T »,«»« 
 yet seen for the use of Public Schools of Canada li- -°-^^- ^^- • ^'^".^f^ I nave 
 suitable for children. "' " '""""'" "^ ^"^'^'^ ^'^'^ ^^« ^"""ds 
 
 P. E. ARMSTRONG, 
 Principal Girls' Public School, Victoria, B.C. 
 
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 Physical Oultube. 
 
 Physical Culture : First Book of Exercises in Drill, Calisthenics and Gymnastics. By K 
 
 B. Houghton. Toronto : Warwick d- Sons. 
 
 Physical Culture is a book designed to meet the morlern requirements of the schools 
 and IS the production of a gentleman who has had large practical experience in teaching 
 drilJ, calisthenics and gymnastics. It is not, like other books on the subject, made up of 
 clippings from various sources, but is original in its details with the exception of the 
 chapters on •' Drill," which are taken from the "Queen's Regulations," the phraseology 
 being altered to suit " pupils " instead of " soldiers." The book is divided into Part I 
 for boys, and Part 11., for girls, each department giving instructions in drill, calisthenics 
 and gymnastics, arranged to suit the sex and based on scientific principles. As the best 
 form of exercises to promote physical development, counteract the influence of mental 
 strain, recreate both mind and body and conduce to general robust health, the book will 
 prove invaluable. It will also be found desirable by military men, athletics, etc 
 beverai important features are introduced, the various figures are neatly illustrated, and 
 the work IS progressive throughout. The book is crown octavo, 280 pages, toned paper, 
 handsomely bound in cloth ; price 50 cents. Authorized by the Minister of Education. 
 — bruelph Mercury, August 20th. 
 
 Physical cu.ture is a very important but sadly neglected part of the education of 
 ^^" ij r \ *^^®^- ^oo^i''^ t° '^he welfare of the individual only, it is better that he 
 should be brought up with a healthy body than with a highly cultured mind. But physi- 
 cal training, so far from interfering with or retarding mental training, actually assists it 
 It 18 highly gratifying to know that the Edacatiou Department of Ontario is disposed to 
 encourage m the Common Schools of the Province the training of the body as well as of 
 «ie mind. The Minister of Education has authorized, and Messrs. Warwick &, Sons 
 Toronto, have published a book of exercises in drill, calisthenics and gymnastics, by E b' 
 Houghton. It may be considered a book for beginners, and is designed for use in school* 
 rather than in colleges. It begins, very properly, with the elements of military drill 
 Ihe public interest would, no doubt, be served by carrying these exercises farther In a 
 democratic country it is not wise to maintain a standing army ; and in Canada we trust 
 It will never be necessary to keep more than a police force. But the time may come 
 when the people will be called upon to defend their soil, and in such case all would like 
 to have some acquaintance with military drill. Our. fine volunteer force supplies the 
 nucleus of an army, and constitutes a military school which thousands of young men 
 enter annually, and in which they acquire military knowledge retained by them throuoh- 
 out life. But It IS possible to make the Public Schools preparatory and contributory''to 
 the volunteers. It is therefore to be hoped that the efforts of the Minister of Education 
 to make military drill and gymnastic exercises in schools more generally practiced than 
 they are now will be efiective.— Z^amtftow Spectator, August 23rd, 1886. 
 
 The Minister of Education has authorized and Messrs. Warwick & Son, of Toronto 
 have published a book of exercise in drill, calisthenics and gymnastics by E. B. Houghton' 
 Physical culture is a very important but sadly neglected part of the education of the youth 
 of our land, and the efi^orts of the Minister of Education and the publishers of this excel- 
 lent little hand-book, it is hoped, will result in the introduction in our schools of a more 
 thorough and efficient system of physical training than has existed, if any such system can be 
 said to have existed, in the past. This Houghton hand-book is designed for use in the Pub- 
 he Schools, and begins very properly with the elements of military drill as contained in the 
 ^leld iLxercise. The latter part of the work is devoted to caliathenio ftxfir«.i«p« fnr cj^u 
 The volume is neatly printed on toned paper, the exercises fully explained and clearly 
 Illustrated, and the whole handsomely bound in cloth; 277 pages; price 50 cents.— ^-^ 
 Thomas Times, August 25th. 
 
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 ties. By E. 
 
 the schoolsi 
 in teaching 
 made up of 
 ption of the 
 phraseology 
 into Part I., 
 calisthenics 
 As the best 
 > of mental 
 le hook will 
 iletics, etc. 
 itrated, and 
 oned paper, 
 Education. 
 
 ducation of 
 tter that he 
 
 But physi- 
 ly assists it. 
 disposed to 
 8 well as of 
 sk (fe Sons, 
 OS, by E. B. 
 e in schoola 
 litary drill, 
 ther. In a 
 la we trust 
 
 may come 
 would like 
 applies the 
 I'^oung men 
 Qi through- 
 nbutory to 
 
 Education 
 ticed than 
 
 »f Toronto, 
 Houghton. 
 ' the youth 
 this excel- 
 ! of a more 
 stem can be 
 in the Pub- 
 ined in the 
 !S for girls, 
 knd clearly 
 cents. — St.. 
 
 Physical Culture is a book designed to meet the modern requirements of the schools, 
 and IS the production of a gentleman who has had large practical experience in teaching 
 drill, calisthenics and gymnastics. The book is divided into Part I., for boys, and Part 
 II., for girls, each department giving instruction in drill, calisthenics and gymnasticH, ar- 
 ranged to suit the sex and based on scientific principles. As the best form of exercises to |.ro- 
 mote physical development, counteract the influence of mental strain, recreate both mind iind 
 body and conduce to general robust health, the book will prove invaluable. It will also 
 be found desirable by military men, athletes, etc. Several important features are intro- 
 duced, the various figures are neatly illustrated, and the work is progressive throughout. 
 The book is crown octavo, 280 pay;e8, toned paper, handsomely bound in cloth ; price 50 
 cents. Authorized by the Minister of Edxica.tion.~BeUeville Intelligencer, August 28th 
 
 The other book is Physical Culture, a First Book of Drill, Calisthenics and Gymnas- 
 tics for Canadian Schools, by E. B. Houghton, who has had large practical experience in 
 teaching drill, calisthenics and gymnastics. It is original in its details with the excep- 
 tion of the chapters on drill, which are taken from the Queen's Regulations, the phrase- 
 ology being altered to suit pupils instead of soldiers, and is divided into Part I., for boys, 
 and Part 11., for girls, each department giving instructions in drill, calisthenics and gym- 
 nastics, arranged to suit the sex and based on scientific principles. Price .50 cents. Both 
 these books are authorized by the Education Department of Ont&riQ.—Brockville Re- 
 corder, August 30th. 
 
 Physical Culture, just issued by Wm. Warwick A Sons, Toronto, is a book designed 
 *°k™r'' L '"Of'ern requirements tf the schools, and is the production of a gentleman 
 who has had large practical experience in teaching drill, calisthenics and gymnastics. It 
 18 not, like other books on the subject, made up of clippings from various sources, but is 
 original in its details, with the exception of the chapters on " Drill," which are taken 
 from the "Queen's Regulations," the phraseology being altered to suit "pupils" instead 
 of " soldiers." The book is divided into Part I , for boys, and Part II., for girls, each 
 department giving instructions in drill, calisthenics and gymnastics, arranged to suit the 
 sex and based on scientific principles. As the best form of exercises to promote physical 
 development, counteract the infiiience of mental strain, recreate both mind and body and 
 conduce to general robust health the book will prove invaluable. It will also be found 
 desirable b> military men, athletes, etc. English Literature, for University matricula- 
 tions and spcond and third-class teachers' examinations for 1887, is from the same pub- 
 lishers. — Woodstock Sentinel-Review. August 27th, 1886. 
 
 Physical Culture is a book designed to meet the modern requirements of the schools 
 and is the production of a gentleman who has had large practical experience in teaching 
 drill, calHthenics and gymnastics. It is not, like other books on the subject, made up of 
 clippings from various sources, but is original in its details, with the exception of the 
 chapters on " drill," which are taken from the "Queen's Eegulations," the phraseology 
 being altered to suit "pupils" instead of "soldiers." The book is divided into Part I 
 for boys, and Part II., for girls, each department giving instructions in drill, calisthenics 
 and gymnastics, arranged to suit the sex and based on scientific principles. As the best 
 form of exercises to promote physical development, counteract the influence of mental 
 strain, recreate both mind and body and conduce to general robust health, the book will 
 prove invaluable. It will also be found desirable by military men, athleticP etc 
 Several im.)ortanfc features .arc introduced, the various figures are neatly iiiustrated, and 
 the work is progressive throughout. The book is crown octavo, 280 pages, toned paner 
 handsomely bound in cloth ; price 50 cents. Authorized by the Minister of Education 
 Journal (St. Thomas), August 27th. 
 
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 26 
 
 Phyaical Culture (Toronto : Warwick & Sons) is the title of a First Book of Exer- 
 cises m Drill, Calisthenics and Gymnastics, by Mr. E. B. Houghton of this city. Tt has 
 been authorized by the Minister of Eduration for use in the schools and colleges of 
 Ontario. Mr. Houghton has had large experience in teaching the subjects with which he 
 deals in this volume, and his treatment of them is original in its details, with the excep- 
 tion of the chapters on drill, which are taken from the " Queen's Regulations." The aim 
 of the exercises given is not only to cultivate the muscles of the pupils, but to call their 
 minds into action by the active and studious attention which the correct and graceful per- 
 formance of them requires. Among other original features are the reduction of the rudi- 
 ments of Indian club-swinging for the first time to a scientific basis, a time-table, 
 descriptions of gymnasia for High and PubUc Schools. The exercises are complete in 
 thetaselves, except where arranged in groups or sections, in which cases they are pro- 
 gressive. The book contains numerous illustrative diagrams, and is very neatly bound. 
 — Mml, September 4th. 
 
 T?^^ j^^^ received, with the author's compliments, a new work on Physical Culture, 
 by E. B. Houghton, well known to our citizens from his connection with our High School. 
 The book is a work of 277 pages, neatly bound and well illustrated, giving full instruc- 
 tions in a comprehensive system of drill, calisthenics and gymnastics for the use of High 
 Schools, Colleges, etc. It is authorized by the Minister of Education, and will be found 
 of great utility.— Pawner (Chatha7n), August 8th. 
 
 Physical Culture is a manual issued by Warwick & Sons, under the authority of the 
 Minister of Education. The manual is divided into Cwo parts, the first intended tor boys 
 and the second for girls, each department giving instruction in drill, calisthenics and 
 gymnastics, arranged so as to form a complete system of physical education. The exer- 
 cises with clubs and dumb-bells are especially well arranged, the graduation being such 
 that the scholars interest will be maintained throughout. The work is fully illustrated. 
 — Globe, September 3rd. 
 
 a u T ^^^" * ^^""^ specially designed for the use of Colleges, Collegiate Institutes, High 
 Schools, Public, Separate and Private Schools and Gymnastic Associations. li is 
 autiiorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario. It deals with drill, calisthenics 
 and gymnastics (or girls and boys, and the descriptions of the exercises are greatly 
 assisted by the illustrations of special positions which accompany the text. It is purely 
 a practical elementary text-book, embracing nearly all the elementary exercises required to 
 make physical education efficient, interesting and popular.— //wrow Signal, September 3rd, 
 
 
 This book IS authorized by the Ontario Minister of Education for the use of colleges 
 and schools. Mr. Houghton, its author, was for years drill instructor at Chatham High 
 School, and is a gentleman who has long taken a deep and intelligent interest in physical 
 educction. He is well fitted to make a school drill book one of real value, and we should 
 judge that the present work does him full justice. The exercises are well graded, safe 
 and clearly described, and with Mr. Houghton's help any school teacher should be able to 
 help on materially the important but aadly neglected cause of physical development — 
 Jfon^rea^ jStor, August 21 St. r • 
 
 Physical Culture, by E. B. Houghton, will supply a felt want in Canadian school 
 literature. It is the production of a gentleman of wide experience in the teaching of 
 
Jook of Exer- 
 city. Tt has 
 nd colleges of 
 nth which he 
 ith the excep- 
 18." The aim 
 t to call their 
 graceful per- 
 Q of the rudi- 
 a time-table, 
 e complete ia 
 ;hey are pro- 
 neatly bound. 
 
 lical Culture, 
 
 High School. 
 
 full instruc- 
 
 use of High 
 
 rill be found 
 
 hority of the 
 ided tor boys 
 [sthenics and 
 I. The exer- 
 1 being such 
 y illustrated. 
 
 iitutes, High 
 ions. Li, is 
 , calisthenics 
 are greatly 
 It is purely 
 58 required to 
 pteiuber 3rd, 
 
 le of collejfes 
 atbam High 
 t in physical 
 id we should 
 graded, safe, 
 Id be able to 
 elopment. — 
 
 idian school 
 teaching of 
 
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 t?th ;.*l''^^'"^f.« *°^, gymnastics. The book is not a compilation from other sources, but 
 with the exception of the chapters on drill, is original in its details. Military men and 
 athletes as we I as school pupils, will find the work a desirable one. The bookTha*rd 
 somely bound in cloth, and costs 50 cents. It has been authorized by the Min ster of 
 Education.— Strat/ord Beacon, September 3rd. ^ ^mister of 
 
 Many of the High School students and others will remember the efficient instruofoP 
 
 'S>aH 'k^Tt^Ho^t"'" w"'"' "'^ was engaged at one tim^X tL HiT«c oo 
 Jsoard, Mr. *.. B. Houghton. We were oleased to rftfi«iv« fl,« nfU<>.. ^„„ .. k„.7. ...-." 
 
 Board Mp F r w^., u* •"'■""""'. """ «»» e,.gagea ai one time by the liii?h School 
 
 Board, Mr. E B. Houghton. We were pleased to receive the other day-a book written 
 
 entitled ' Physical Culture," for the use of Public and hU Schools "nd 
 
 te Institutf^s. It is called the first l.not «f .....;„„„ ;„ :?.:„r. ?'^ *'''i 
 
 by him 
 
 gymnastics, from Tvmch we arc led to assume there is more to follow The book in 
 question has been authorized by the Minister of Education, wh ch ^ves our frLd 
 fndt^Lir-^ TT' S"P "" *?« P"''"^- ^' ^«"'d b« «^P««ted, it\ most thorough 
 ^jiF f -^ '^ *^ .'*' P"*!' ^"'^ ''"^'^"g ^'**> P™«tical work throughout. Only a ffw 
 pages of an introduction are devoted to the advantages of physical training while all thi 
 rest IS devoted to the formula of drill, gymnastics and calisthenics, and whil is liberally 
 in If T" «°"S''**"J»*« Mr. Houghton on the book before us. and "ally believe it 
 will be of great services to the schools of Ontario. -CAaiAam Planet 
 
 Our leading article on « Physical Culture " in last week's issue will prove how 
 
 Wrlk T T *° *^l"'' °* '^^'^'^^' °f '^' description in our school and Messrl 
 Warwick & Sons' edition we especially recommend "Physical Culture" is a bTk 
 Kiesigned to meet the modern requirements of the schools, LHs theTroduction o?t 
 gentleman who has had large practical experience in teaching drill caHsthelB *nd 
 gymnastic^ It is not made up of clippings from various sources, but is o gtal n Us 
 lt^atTo?s > ^brT'" f the chapters on " drill," which are taken f rom thf " Q li's 
 Sk. i."%- ^ J^''*'^?^''^^.^"''^ ^^^""^^ *o «'^'t "pupils" instead of "soldiers" 
 SLuctrin'drnf ' I'^.H^"- ^' ^^i '^^^ *"^- ^*^' "' ^°^ »^J«' ^^^ department gWng 
 icLS prbcli "'^'""""^ gymnastics, arranged to suit the se'x, and based ol 
 
 It goes into practical details : teaches boys how to march, dress, turn salute and 
 ILh^ ??°^«"«nts necessary for "drill." It explains well and m n.te?; the use of 
 
 f hTh S • tI"^'' '"Pf •• r'^ '"^"^ ^^"'•"^^^ ^«" c'alculated to develop al he muscles of 
 the body This we think, is the chief merit of the book. The authSr fully s^asns the 
 xrap.>rtant fact, known not only to medical men but also to athletes, that it is^ ab Jve all 
 things necessary to exercise all the muscles or all the different sets ^f muscles in turn f 
 we would not only arrive at any degree of physical culture, b-.it would even Ivoid Sis 
 tortion. For this reason it is that those who endeavor to excel in some particular feat 
 rowing, for example or running, or bicycling, find it necessary to add toCrve£e;;; 
 bodv tW t'.'^'l''*,/''' *'"'' '^f development of the whole muscular system StS! 
 ^to ^ Th. ^' T ""f *"' '"u' ""f"' ^""'^^ ^^^ gymnasium, use clubs and dumb bells 
 ^tc. The writer also sees the advantage of exercise in the open air. Upon this too 
 much stress cannot be laid. How much do soldiers owe their generally enviaWa physique 
 to the five o'clock parade. We might here make a suggestion which we JhinkhL not 
 ?uX brfi 'T ''''"^^* °^^ ^* '\^«" ^'^"^^ *h** «P«*king in the open air is a winder 
 Sr/ t°'^1'Tk''w^"°^ 5"^" noticed the effect of this upon the lungs oTarmv 
 officers. To this John Wesley, who made a habit of preaching in the open air daUy S 
 
 take his or her turn at giving the words of-^omman^ if nothSi', eUe' m^h be" 6^0^^ 
 
 .^dt^k TTorXe^V'^^A *° ^^P?'^' ^^ ^"'^««' ' '^-^ "»^ tt fhouTde™' 
 
 •nd speak from the chest. A master who conscientiously drilled his boys with this book 
 
28 
 
 ii 
 
 book-work in a given time than anvolLa K u "^'J*?'*''' *°'* '"'P*^'^ "^ l«a™ing more 
 
 bound volume of 277 natrer omwn nnfil! Minister ot Education. It is a handsomely 
 Mental worTca rtd on Tt ihe exLn^ Tl V ^" ""^'" ^^^'''^'^ *« °"^ «<=hool text«^ 
 but when the mindls actively en^^^^^^^^^^ ^ '^^'^'-g" - -Pi^al, 
 
 movements in concert there fa IhS.Jniff.^ the grace and precision of muscular 
 
 book before us contaltstructive ^^^^^^^^^^ T^ ^»-«^--- The 
 
 divided into Part I for boys anrArt Tl for dr s ' tIT^T- """^ 8^™"'*^"''^ »"d is 
 
 aim at promoting intellectual activifv TJ ■ exercises are progressive and 
 
 symmetry of form^i^negant deno l2nt Th^^^^^ ^"'^ P'-''^"«»°g 
 tions," the phraseoloarbein/adantrt; J^? ^ ''. * '"P""' °* " Queen's Regula- 
 
 80ldi;r8,andisru8tXtwTLnt^^^^^^^ T^ P"P"« *°«t«'*'^ «f officers and 
 
 warriors, now Ttend ^^00^3 an^ 8c£^^^^^ generation of Canada's 
 
 gymnastics are particiuarlv 3 anTlS u • .chapters on calisthenics and 
 
 Arrangement andTndngtbTin. into ac^^^^^^^^^^ ^" P^*"' «y«'«-««° - 
 
 exercise. There is ampfe internal e"^de" eT he Zok ttat Z tuTho t """ '"^ T^^ 
 what he teaches, for we can qpa n««^ «f *u , ^ author is an expert in 
 
 manuals of thin kind for cumvat1lX™!Jl'^?K"'''"'' '''"''''' ^^''^ *^« S^^^^ in 
 will be found valuaWe by a IwhTdVsLeTo n^^^^^^^^^^^ ''P'"'^ '^^. *5^. "•^"^- ^'*^« ^^k 
 and will bo read with int^est by mSy '„,rrnrath^^^^^^ • " ' ^Tri'^'^ ^""^^ " 
 
 we have rarely seen better va J for thJ^^r^.^^l^ff^^rCA^^^^^^^^ 
 
 To Mr. E. B. Houghton : 
 
 before been brought forward introduce a branch which I believe lias never 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 Toronto, August 24th, 1886. 
 
 W. E. CLARKE, 
 
 Late of the Q. O. R. Gymnastic Olasa. 
 
 Baldwin's Art op School Management. 
 
 „ J- DAY, 
 
 Head Master, Model School, Bradford., 
 
 Stud( 
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 had b( 
 
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 Live tei 
 
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' of muscular 
 
 aarning more 
 
 The portion 
 
 ptember 9th. 
 
 ' Warwick J: 
 handsomely 
 school texts. 
 e on capital, 
 of muscular 
 ctions. The 
 istics, and is 
 »ressive and 
 d producing 
 en's Regula- 
 officers and 
 of Canada's 
 thenics and 
 ^stematic in 
 res in every 
 m expert in 
 re given in 
 The wok 
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 the .way of 
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 ing as well 
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 hey can be 
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 both by masters and students"' *^ "^'""^"'^ ^'^ ^^ appreciated very much 
 
 HENRY n^kY\ 
 Head Master, Model School, Milton. 
 
 mendnble. I think more n.mhVLT^! K '^"'i"'?,^ j'^J *'V'^'* "^"^^^ teachers, ar« highly com- 
 very much in XncTof tfiriinll ,t «'"''"'* to advantage; still I consider^he book 
 both teachers and students ^ ' ^"'^ '*" "'^'"'^""^ recommend it for use by 
 
 THOS, DUNSMORE, 
 Head Master, Model School, Strathroy. 
 
 great amount of labor to both teacher and .t„H.ntrfi. f '"°'^- " *'" ""« » 
 ^ been added, . .ant that i. ftftX ^"tu" d hl'bL'nr^U,? °" " "•"■°^' ' 
 
 A. WARK, 
 Head Master, Model School, Sarnia. 
 
 " Very convenient for Model Students." 
 
 T. FRAZER, 
 Head Master, Model School, Owen Sound. 
 
 T. O. STEELE, 
 Head Master, Model School, Barrie. 
 
 L.e;tc':»-:^iV?t;^SoSre'rreci^ 
 
 G. W. JOHNSON, 
 Head Master, Model School, HamUton. 
 
 on%lfutS"sepLmt."'""^"'^^^^ *° ^'^^ Essex ftfoderSchTorci;;^' 
 
 JAMES DUNCAN, 
 Principal, Essex Model and Windsor Central School. 
 
! 
 
 80 
 
 W«Jw-''^^'ir7T™"M^ ^* " * ^^""'^^ improvement having the School Law ond 
 Regulations added. I will recommend it to the teacher«-in-training when the term be^L'> 
 
 N. M. CAMPHELL, 
 Head Master, Model School, St. Thomas. 
 
 ''The work in its present form is well adapted for use of Model School students 
 and of making necessary corrections and additions." "^""iw* 
 
 0. W. CHADWICK, 
 
 Head Master, Model School, Stratford. 
 
 oridlfedi^ron "Tr'i^'**!!"-^'^''^*''^^"' '^' T "*■ ^"'''^'"' ^"^ "^"^^'^t" than the 
 original edition. The Appendix is an important feature." 
 
 W. R LOUGH, 
 Head Master, Model School, Clinton. 
 
 T o " The objectionable features of the original manual have disappeared, md the Schooi 
 iJtlJhfediU:;.""'"""*™'""^ *^'^^ ^ '^^y convenient form'.' I am much ^easei 
 
 H. F. McDIARMID, 
 Head Master, Ingersoll Model School. 
 
 "For Model School teachers-in-training it is just the thing bein<» free from fh^ 
 in S:X " '" *" '^ '•'"'^' '"^ *'^ °^' ''^'''''' '""'^^ °* -'^^"^ is not a;plicabL to sc'c^S: 
 
 J. A. WISMER, 
 
 Principal, Parkdale Model School. 
 
 " I shall lay it before my class and call attention to its merits. The extracts from 
 School Law and Regulations in Appendix will render the volume more desirable/' 
 
 J. BOWERMA^', 
 Principal, Model School, Napanee. 
 
 
 •• It will meet the wants of our students much better than the American edition.' 
 
 JOHN McJANET, 
 Head Master, Model School, New Edinburgh 
 
shool Law and 
 e term begins. " 
 
 : Tfaouias. 
 
 :hool students, 
 evant sections. 
 
 Stratford. 
 
 ents than the 
 
 Olinton. 
 
 nd the School 
 much pleased 
 
 il School. 
 
 free from the 
 ble to schools 
 
 School. 
 
 sxtracts from 
 able." 
 
 fapanee. 
 
 Q edition.' 
 nburgh 
 
 31 
 
 " The volume has a neat appearance, the paper is good and the type clear \DDendix 
 than it'tr" '"" '*'"• '''' "^''"'' """" ""'^ ^•'^ ^''"'^ "«'« -"'^'« ?or o„;Trdents 
 
 R. ALEXANDER, 
 
 Principal, Model School, Gait. 
 
 r..-«nii" Tu'' P'^*^^'^,.^'^'^ *he change the book has undergone. The price is verT 
 reasonable. The Appendix greatly increases the value of the book." ^ 
 
 P. TALBOT, 
 
 Principal, Model School, Cornwall. 
 
 "It is a very great improvement on the American edition, which contained a ^ood 
 
 C. MACPHEUSON, 
 Principal, Model School, Prescott. 
 
 "You have done for Us what every Model School principal was forced to do Pnr-h 
 S^^Ll'l^J^^^^-^.--!*^-- -"W do and ^nuch' better iTm' w^^ntlelsed 
 
 with the general get up of the book. 
 
 R. K. ROW, 
 Principal, Model School, Kingston. 
 
 " Consider it a great improvement on the old edition. 
 
 A. KENNEDY, 
 Princii)a], Model School, Martintown. 
 
 4i- 
 
 Canadian 
 
 «nlto,"*.SLt- *'°"" *"" "■•* ""'■ '"' '""M"--""-".. ih. 
 
 W. RANNIE, 
 Principal, Model School, Newmarket. 
 
 School Architkcturb and Hygiene. 
 
 ITew York Building, (August 14th, 1886), says :— 
 
 " This is a iftost useful publication and one deservinjt ereat Drais« Tf .'o 
 on the part of the Department of Education of the ^f<^nTeTZJl 'n.J'}}'''^' 
 tTXr P^^i",!""^"!'^*^' .Wnts and suggestions on school house „chi'tec^ur%lS 
 book, wh ch, we believe, is printed only for private circulation amonmt wl. \ ^^ 
 of education, school trustees, and medi'cal suWintendents JISX i^lnT^Tct 
 
32 
 
 ! 
 
 T« n^ J f„''^"*l'i?''""'^"* on " Rural School Architecture," recently prepared by 
 Prof. 1. M. Clark of Boaton, under the direction of Hon. John Eaton, United States 
 Comm.H8,oner of Education. The ditferent ch.iptor8 cf the book discuss the selection of 
 the school site, the school grounds and outbuildings, the school well, the construction of 
 latrines or school privies, school lavatories, cesspools, dry earth closets, the school play- 
 grounds, shade trees and hhrubs, school entrances, and finally, at length, and with the aid 
 of num-jrous plans, the con8truction of schoolhouses, and the requirements of a model 
 schoolroom including heating and vtntilation. W« have merely attempted a biief enume- 
 ration of the contents of this valuable work, leaving it to the readers who may be 
 successtul in securing a copy to judge of the merits of the advice and rules given. What- 
 ever these merits may be, the attempt to popularize school hygiene is deserving the highest 
 
 La Revm Pfidagogique, Parin, France, for July, 1886, says of this work :— 
 
 We have received from Ontnrio, Canada, a remarkable publication, prepared under 
 the direction of the Minister of Education, by the Deputy Minister of Education of thAC 
 province. Dr. J. George Hodgins, and entitled " Hints and Suggestions on School Arohi- 
 tecture and Hygierie." The author had already treated the same subject in a previous 
 work ; the knowledge of school architecture has, however, progressed since that time, and 
 this work 18 brought up to date. The rules and regulations concerning this matter which 
 were published last year by the Department of Education of Ontario prove that thev do 
 not intend to remain behind owing to an adherence to routine in Canada. Every aiiicle 
 of these rules 18 explained and commented on by Pr. Hodgins and supported by the 
 opinions of the most competent authorities, which are, either the Provincial Board of 
 Health, or American educators and architects, or else again the hygienists of old Europe 
 This work, which 18 addressed chiefly to the School Boards of Upper Oa..x/i, is worthy of 
 being studied by those of Lower Canada, and coming over the ocean, to take its place in 
 our libraries. *^ 
 
 The first few chapters are devoted to the consideration of questions regarding sites, 
 digging of wells, arrangement of privies, etc. The author prefaces- these hygienic recom- 
 mendations with the suggestive motto of the State of Iowa, " A school on every hill top " 
 He lays great stress upon the departmental regulations relative to the play-grounds, and 
 to the planting of trees near the school house. As in the United States, so in Ontario 
 a special ceremony in which the school children participate, takes place at this planting' 
 Two plans are given representing an ideal school site, thus ornamented with trees and 
 shrubs; upon one of these plans is drawn a flower bed in front of the school house : the 
 two play grounds, one for the boys and one for the girls, are quite extensive, and contain 
 covered sheds, witli seats, parallel bars, and wooden dummy horses for the boys, and a 
 swing for the girls. ^ 
 
 There are also chapters which treat of the construction of the school building, full of 
 information — the fruits of American experience. 
 
 The Canadians, loyalists as they are— at least in Ontario— are riglit to look their 
 examples, in the matter of popular education, more largely in the United States, their 
 neighbor, than m royal old England, still afraid of sliding too quickly over the precipice 
 of democracy. She is verging towards it, nevertheless, because she cannot help beine 
 what she is — a land of liberty and light. < . 
 
 Almost on every page we find recorded the opinion of that distinguished authority 
 upon school organization, and the great friend of youth which America has just lost-Dr 
 John Philbrick. Here, for instance, the dimensions of the schoolroom which he recoml 
 mended in his last report upon city schools, in 1885, for a class of fifty pupils : breadth 
 25 ft.; length, 33 ft.; height, 13 feet; windows to be all on one side, at the left of the 
 pupils (not condemning one or two windows at the back, if need be) ; window."; sp-jarated 
 by equal spaces, and elevated three and a-half feet from the floor, reaching to within six 
 inches of the ceiling, forming a window-surface equal to one-sixth of the total floor- 
 
prepared by 
 Jnited States 
 ) aeleotion of 
 nHtruction of 
 
 school play- 
 
 with the aid 
 I of a model 
 
 biief enuiue- 
 who may be 
 [iven. What- 
 ig thu highest 
 
 pared under 
 ation of thAC 
 L;hooi Arohk- 
 i a previotTB 
 at time, and 
 latter which 
 hat they do 
 Svery arlicle 
 rted by the 
 al Board of 
 old Europe, 
 is worthy of 
 it3 place in 
 
 irding sites, 
 enic recom- 
 ry hill top." 
 rounds, and 
 in Ontario, 
 is planting. 
 1 trees and 
 house ; the 
 ind contain 
 loys, and a 
 
 ing, full of 
 
 ) look their 
 Itates, their 
 16 precipice 
 help being 
 
 i authority 
 t lost— Dr. 
 1 he recom- 
 I : breadth, 
 left of the 
 
 within six 
 total floor- 
 
 88 
 
 surface, and furnislied with ventilators on the upper end ; on the wall opposite the 
 windows, two doors surmounted by two fan-lights ; the ceiling white, the walls slightly 
 tinted. 
 
 The rules in Ontario recommend a minimum of twelve square feet per pupil, and a 
 space allowing 250 cubic feet of air to each pupil, with a system of ventilation completely 
 renewing the air three times every hour. 
 
 The different modes of ventilation and heating are carefully describoil, to;j;othor with 
 the means of examining the impurities of the air. To prevent panics in case of (ire, the 
 pupils are instructed as to tho proper and orderly way of leaving the school bui'ding 
 upon three given successive signals: Ist, all stand up; 2n<l, range tlioniselves in two 
 lines ; 3rd, pass out, the girls going first. IJesides these manujuvres, which are also 
 taught in the schools of Vienna, and which will allow, it is said, if they are executed 
 with a military precision, a school house to be emptied of six hundred pupils in the space 
 of two minutes. Dr. Hodgins recommends still further, following American authorities, 
 the following precautions : Fire-proof furnaces and heating apparatus ; nunierous exits, 
 opening outwards ; incombustible staircases, that is to say, made of stone or iron. 
 
 The question of recess or intermission between classes, upon which point opinion is 
 very much divided, is treated chiefly from the point of view of the necessity of ventila- 
 .tion. The authorities quoted by Dr. Hodgins advocate the retention of the custom, the 
 advantages of which are : the brightening up of tho children, the relaxing of tho mental 
 strain, and, above all, the opportunity of ventilating the class rooms. But there are also 
 drawbacks : tho quick transition of the children from the warm air to a cold or chilly 
 atmocphere ; the difiiculty in the case of tho gii Is (for there are very few monitors in 
 America or Cauuda), viz., superintendence of the games of the boys — more than likely to 
 be influenced by the brutality of any ill-broughl-up children ; and evil conversations. 
 At Albany they have done away with tho recess, but they have extended the intermis- 
 sion between the morning and afternoon clisscs. Tlio Chicago Superintendent of Schools 
 recommends a mixed system which would only allow a limited number of children on the 
 play-ground at once — one division at a time; others advising drill and gymnastic exer- 
 cises, which certainly do not partake of the character of free play, but which do away 
 with the dangers arising from too rough play or evil conversations. 
 
 One of the most interesting chapters is that on school decoration. Dr. Philbrick's 
 advice and experience are again utilized, by means of extracts from his reports upon the 
 project of a school museum of art, elaborated by a special commission appointed in 1880, 
 and upon the attempts which our example had inspired a little while after two important 
 English associations had been formed, and which merit a study to themselves, viz. : the 
 Manchester Art Museum, and the Art for Schools Association of London, presided over 
 by Ruskin. Both were represented at the Heath Exhibition. 
 
 This work contains many tasteful designs for rural and city schools, among which 
 we notice especially those of a Chicago architect, M. Randell, whose facades are perhaps 
 too ornamented, but whose arrangement of interiors does not lack originality. The most 
 remarkable of the new style of buildings in the United States, are the school buildings 
 of Denver, Colorado ; schools two storeys high, accommodating a dozen classes, with four 
 exit doors, two large stairways, an immense corridor or central vestibule, a special cloak- 
 room for each class, small recreation rooms, etc. ; and the schools of Portland, Oregon, 
 planned on very much the same principle, except that the interior hall is almost oval. 
 One of the principal problems of school architecture in America where there are no 
 special residences for masters consists in arranging the seats so as to simplify the duty of 
 supervision when in-doors, and of facilitating the going and coming from one class-room 
 to another, and of quick egress in case of fire. 
 
 We find in this Canadian book, at the same time, a very large amount of informa- 
 tion upon school architecture in the United States, which is to say that it renders it 
 doubly interesting and instructive in our own estimation. 
 
 3(T.B.) 
 
Thi« pamphlet U most timely. It i« well conrfllmrl .«.! „ i • ui 
 authorities on school architoctum in hlZ^tiZ^niu^'"^^^ Tho beat 
 
 and their views adn.irahly ~ 1 for ^ '^^^^^ ''«*"" ^'orou«hly mastered 
 
 met valuable contributiL*^ to 'the Lrat're o "^ ?'" P"*^''""*""" « a 
 
 circulation. iuerature on this subject and doserveg the widest 
 
 Washington, D.O., May 4th, 1886. 
 
 TT •. , o ''^"N EATON. 
 
 united Htates CommiHsioner of Education. 
 
 Manual of Htqikne. 
 Afanual of ll^rjien. for School, and Colle.je». Toronto .• W, Brigg,. 
 
 EducrSl^Lt u[rit1,\Tdt°the^ and authorised by the Minister of 
 
 Ontario, this work, while preSngt ,u ' orSna^mv" Department of 
 
 appears to be a very fair iompilation fVo-r^cknoS^ei Lv hoT'^''? "'' *'-«^'"'«"t. 
 both sides of the Atlantic. A j/ood table nfTZl f *"**;^ookH and authorities on 
 the text; while speedy referencfrmuch faciii ate ^^l ^ T'l "^^ index follows 
 
 Paragraph, which 'are so contrived as^o give a ^^e 1 whaKll"'' '^'- ^''' T^' °^ '^'^ " 
 The relerences of the index too are fn nLT,! u ^^'^'^'^^ follows, m condensed type 
 
 of elementary physiology? whSht^wereTetouTd Er '''"^ " "'^"«"*' '^"--^ 
 as our syllabus requin^ previously from SDecTaT t J? I "^""a °""""^' ''"'^ ^^^'SK 
 adduced in proof of the influence of san?/ftrv?! ^^'"-^^''"•^«- Among the statistics 
 most remar'kable are those srw;7l^'7eiu?[o"T?h': Z ^'^l'^'^' °^ '°^-' ^^^ 
 Munich, from 24 2 to 17 per 100 000 stenhv^f^r^v./.^'' mortality from typhoid in 
 of sewerage. Wo shouldrhowever hkfe HkeV o^hI. " \"'''°J"°^'«'^ ^^ better methods 
 incident to the inconsidemte use of slatist'cs Th« ' *"'""°'f ''^"^^ *« ^^e fallacies 
 the feasibility of sewage irriSn even when fJi "'l^ -""i" i-'t^resting remarks on 
 with snow. 'Mr. W. B^igg "tnTthe prblishert^ T""^ 's frozen hard and covered 
 strating the movements o°f the air in ^rool w L thT^^!' "'*,'^ ''"°^« ^" 'J«™°'^- 
 positions. are most interesting, and shouirthev L •« ? **"'' outlets in different 
 utmost practical importance. L ?ound a comoTete .hr' '^ T""^^ ^"" *° ^« °f *he 
 the room only when the outlet was at theTvKf the Ton? *^/^^^^^ every part of 
 same side. The chapters on school hygiene are esnet^InlL 7' !ll*^^ "'^'* ^'^^ "'^ '^e 
 covering a somewhat wider field than ourelemenLrl ^ F°f' *"'*i''^ ^°''^ "« « ^^ole- 
 our honors syllabus-is one which we can hZ^f^ ^ ^'"'^ advanced, but a narrower than 
 however, that the introduc ion S a fL iJhen aLirf^^'^r^: Y' °'^'^"°* ^^' *hink. 
 tion and sewerage would be an ^m^rov^en^'-^r^^^^^^ *^^ °^^P^- - -'^t"- 
 
 of thrs ^t^.^^z::^^:jf^:^^^^ ^^^ *^^ ^-^"^ - *^— i* 
 
 will b*e aUablVtext-btkT' tht p^Xat^tr 'r "'^^"^ '^"S^*'^ general use, and it 
 echools. It is easy to conceive how the rate of morTnf •'"'" "' ^"'^ *^« '^^^'^^ ^ the 
 and the general health rate improved b^tLdTsLrnl^^^ * community may be lessened 
 health and right living, suchl voV ^^*m! ^-^^i at?- ^"T-^*^^^ "P^'^ '^« l'^^« 
 attention of our health authorities. VswelT as the' CTorETcatitltS'^ *'^ 
 
 . J. B. SOMERSET, 
 
 Supenntendent of Education, Winnipeg, Man. 
 
85 
 
 r -a 
 
 1. Tho beat 
 
 ily miiaterod 
 
 liuatioii is a 
 
 the widest 
 
 oation. 
 
 lininter of 
 irtment of 
 ireatriient, 
 lorities on 
 ex folJows 
 Js of each ' 
 ised type, 
 al amount 
 id tuijght, 
 statistics 
 owns, the 
 yphoid in 
 r methods 
 B fallacies 
 marks on 
 1 covered 
 1 demon- 
 different 
 )e of the 
 y part of 
 [h on the 
 whole — 
 wer than 
 tt think, 
 I ventila- 
 
 »e result 
 
 >, and it 
 a in the 
 lessened 
 he laws 
 ting the 
 
 m. 
 
 • « ♦ 
 
 The Manual imprettes me aa a produotlon of much merit. 
 
 DAVID ALLISON, 
 
 Supermtendent of Education, Halifax, N.S. 
 
 good in educItiJg tTe^eo";" "^"^""^ *" '*" P"P°'«' ^"'^ '' ««"-«J'y «««<! will do much 
 
 JOHN H. BILLINGS, 
 
 Washington, D.C. 
 
 n.annlinwIichJrhlve^tlvedTh'a'lht'^^ T '''^ "'^'^^ P'«»««J -th the 
 
 namely, the Bi.piationVndVtp^ltL^^^^^^ problem. 
 
 ALBERT H. BUCK, M.D., 
 
 Editor of Buck's Hygiene and Wood's 
 
 Keferenco Handbook of the Medical Sciences, 
 
 New York. 
 
 Very thorough and comprehensive. 
 
 SIR WILLIAM DAWSON, 
 
 Montreal, P.Q. 
 
 the oIlyUtextToorotCenfit'ot Z «^«'«'^«' ^^^^ ^^ delighted with it. It is 
 spent months in collecting au^CamJJing otierf '''' ' "^"^ '^^ '""'^ ^^^'««^'^' ^^^^-S 
 
 J- N. McOORMAOK, 
 Bowling Green, Ky., President of the 
 
 Conference of State Boards of Health of the U S 
 
 being*well cTlcufatd t'o'SSlise Wlilf\lS/r "''^ T'''''' «^ '^« ^'-t. - 
 every community. Knowledge ot a kind so important to the well-being of 
 
 DR. W. S. HARDING, 
 Port Quarantine Officer, St. John, N.B. 
 
 supphea jiiBt such a h<mdy book on the ISJXwE.^iS"'™^ °!^'*' "*"'«■■ '« 
 
 .nd «,» oo^unit, i. ui obug.,iojrs:::,';h^t™;s'.ea ^r^^jz'oZt"' 
 
86 
 
 It possesses the merit of being what it pretends to be— a trustworthy guide to the 
 elements of sanitation. The compilers have been careful to avoid the use of technical 
 expressions beyond the comprehension of ordinary readers ; and as they include in their 
 scheme a brief resume of the moat important anatomical and pysiological facts necessary 
 to a comprehension of the laws laid down, the book is admirably adapted to the class of 
 readers for whom it is intended. Among the chapters more particularly worthy of notice 
 are those on ventilation, sewage— both containing concise accounts of the methods in use 
 on this continent and in Europe— infection and contagion, disinfectants and the mode of 
 using them, adulteration, supply and distribution of water, the lighting and furnishing 
 of school-rooms. Due prominence is given to the exposure of popular fallacies respecting 
 ventilation and clothing, together with useful hints as to the treatment of poisoning, 
 hemorrhage, and other accidents and emergencies. Thougli intended primarily for 
 teachers and for pupils in attendance at the Normal and other schools of the higher 
 grades, its sphere might be extended with advantage to parents and school teachers, and 
 even members of local boards of health, judging from the experience of the past, need 
 not disdain to profit by its teachings. The book is profusely illustrated with cuts illus- 
 trative of the text. — Toronto Mail. 
 
 ! I 
 
 * While it is thoroughly scientific it avoids technical phraseology, and it is 
 so lucidly written that any intelligent reader can readily understand it. It will be 
 invaluable for teachers, heads of household, and all who have to look after the sanitary 
 welfare of schools and families. 
 
 It is not a system of dogmatic directions, but the physiological reasons for the 
 counsels given are fully explained. We are confident that the study of the principles of 
 this book would lead to the correction of many unsanitary practices, and would greatlv 
 improve the health of the community. * * o j 
 
 The book is elegantly manufactured, and the engravings, eighty-seven in number 
 are excellent m style and admirably illustrate the Buhiect— Methodist Magazine. ' 
 
 ! 
 
 I have waited until I could thoroughly examine the "Manual of Hygiene," which 
 you were kind enough to send me, at the request of Dr. Oldright. I am very much 
 pleased with the work, in that its statements are so concise, clear and succinct, both as 
 to facts and theories. There is not a useless word in it. 
 
 Those subjects which are specially treated of in my lectures before the class at the 
 Jioston University Medical School, are so perfectly epitomised in the Manual that I 
 would like to use it as a text-book, and as a " Quiz " book. 
 
 Upon what terms can you deliver me thirty copies in Boston 1 • 
 
 E. M. JONES. M.D., 
 
 • Taunton, Mass, 
 
37 
 
 ;uide to the 
 
 if technical 
 
 de in their 
 
 s necessary 
 
 the class of 
 
 ly of notice 
 
 hods in use 
 
 he mode of 
 
 furnishing 
 
 respecting 
 
 poisoning, 
 
 marily for 
 
 the higher 
 
 ichers, and 
 
 past, need 
 
 cuts illus- 
 
 ^ and it is 
 It will be 
 le sanitary 
 
 IS -for the 
 iiiciples of 
 lid greatly 
 
 1 number, 
 
 e. 
 
 e," which 
 ery much 
 t, both as 
 
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 wxi'F'thL?,^/'^.^'^''^''''''^^''"^.^^''''' C"""""" Minister of Educatioa tor 
 
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 be taught reading in a logical manner, and to hav^their intenigence^developed onXnal 
 iZl 'i^^^ *° 'Tr encouragement in their daily tasks, books ^0 the O^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Canadian Drawing Books. 
 
 Copy of letter from Miss Gann, Superintendent of the Female School of Arf „«^ *u 
 
 patronage of the Queen. 43 Queen Square, Bloomsburr 
 
 _- „ NovEMBKR 8th, 1886. 
 
 Dear SiB,-The five little books, " The Canadian Drawing Course " which vo., h... 
 been good enough to send me, as being specially designed for pupfls in schools wbJ„ 
 trained teachers in drawing are yet unattainable, I think excellent for the purpose 
 
 I might suggest, If you publish a further course, that it wou d be inSstin^. and 
 
 I have, etc.. 
 
 LOUISA GANN. 
 
 Db. May, 
 
 Canadian Exhibition, 
 
 London. 
 
 lass. 
 
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