work. But this need not antagonize the pupil. It often does,—but it need not. Wherein lies the difference? Largly in the personality of the teacher. Can personality be attained? It certainly can. It is not an atmosphere, something outside of a person. It is within, in the heart, a point of view, an attitude of mind, a spiritual habit that can be cultivated and that will grow stronger and clearer with the passage of time. It is something that is so worth while that every teacher should determine to have it. It is more valuable than all the diplomas in the world.

With a disciplined mind, a heart of love for others, and a spirit of truth and sincerity, a teacher can face the matter of discipline with perfect confidence and composure. When a pupil has done. wrong, whether it is failure in his studies or overt acts that are against the rules, such a teacher need not dread the interview with the offender. It will be one of the best opportunities for influencing the pupil for his own personal good and for demonstrating the teacher's real "call" to teach. Quietness and self-control should dominate the teacher's attitude and words. Being in the right gives mastery and self-possession, and these are more impressive by far than are loud tones and other evidences of anger. Speak quietly and naturally. Let the offense be clearly stated and show its consequences to the culprit himself, the school, the other pupils, the community, the race. Then show the solicitude and love that exists in every true teacher's soul for the pupil; tactfully appeal to the best that is in him,—do not dwell upon the worst. Make him feel that you know he has a better self that is surely going to win the victory over his worse self. Dismiss him with the feeling that you are sure he sees the matter now in its true light and that he is going to do right hereafter. Tell him to come to you at any time for sympathy and counsel, and to count on you as his true and faithful friend. Few, indeed, are the young wrong-doers who can get away wholly and permanently from the influence of this kind of teacher. But this kind of teacherunfortunately for those in her present school-is in great danger of being called away herself to still higher responsibilities and opportunities. Employers of teachers are looking for them.

The Editor has received the following communication from the head of a large manufacturing concern. Does any reader of EDUCATION care to accept the challenge and reply to the challenger?

Editor of Education: Dear Sir-There has been one conspicuous educational development lately that I have not seen mentioned in your magazine. I am referring to Mr. Edison's observations on the relation between success in answering a set of unrelated questions, and

ability to handle executive positions. There are certain facts that seem to be established in this connection.

1. Mr. Edison has found something that works in practice.

2. Mr. Edison is not an educational expert, and does not understand the reasons behind his observations.

3. Educators are inclined to deny the facts instead of trying to explain them.

It seems as though the observations made by Mr. Edison were of sufficient value so as to warrant a considerable discussion. On the other hand, this might be difficult, for it seems that only those who show amazing ignorance of the subject are willing to commit themselves about it. Yours very truly, A. W. FORBES.

Plans are under way for an international congress on education to meet in the United States in 1923, under the auspices of the National Education Association. Dr. A. O. Thomas, of Maine, chairman of the Association's Committee on Foreign Relations, has been in Washington in conference with President Harding and others who are interested in promoting world understanding through education. Dr. Thomas has directed a formal letter to President Harding, asking him to extend to the nations represented in the arms conference an invitation to join America in this educational congress.

The committee of the N. E. A. suggests that the world congress might well work toward the following objectives:

To promote peace and good-will among the nations of the earth; to bring about a world-wide tolerance of the rights and privileges of all nations; to develop an appreciation of the value and the inherited gifts of nationality; to secure more accurate and satisfying information and more adequate statements in the text-books used in the schools of the various countries; to foster a national comradeship and confidence; to inculcate into the minds and hearts of the rising generation those spiritual values necessary to carry forward the principles emphasized in the Conference on Limitation of Armaments; to emphasize in all schools the essential unity of mankind upon the evils of war, and the absolute necessity of peace.

For the accomplishment of these ends: The teaching of international civics, which will acquaint the rising generation with the various points of contact made necessary and facilitated by the modern means of communication and trade; the organization of text-book material used in schools, such as will give a more accurate visualization of the dominant traits and ideals of the nations; the exchange of teachers and the establishment of scholarships to students of foreign countries; a program looking to universal education; an exchange of articles on education setting forth programs and methods used in the various countries, and an exchange of educational periodicals; the designation of a day to be observed by all, which may be known as "World Good-Will Day."

Book Reviews

So many books are sent to this department of EDUCATION that it is impossible to review them all. Naturally we feel under obligation to give preference to the books of those publishing houses which more or less frequently use our advertising pages. Outside of the limitations thus set, we shall usually be able and glad to mention by title, authors, and publishers, such books as are sent to us for this purpose. More elaborate notices will necessarily be conditional upon our convenience and the character of the books themselves.

FAMOUS DOGS IN FICTION. Edited by J. Walker McSpadden. T. Y. Crowell Co. Price $1.60. Illustrated.

This book will be welcomed by hosts of readers wherever English is read, and it will doubtless be translated into other languages. It reflects the almost universal love borne by humanity for the canine race,which love has been expressed in works of fiction by so many of the most notable writers. Perhaps no character of the great English nov elist, Dickens, is better known than "Dora's" "Jip," and millions of human beings have laughed and cried over him. "Rip Van Winkle's" dog, the "Dog of Flanders,” “Beautiful Joe,” “Bob, Son of Battle,” and scores of others have moved men's hearts and called forth their admiration,— and every one of them has many counterparts in real life or they would not have been re-created in fiction. Their stories are told in this book in fine, stirring, admirable English, making this an unexcelled gift book for boy or man, girl or woman.

LITTLE FRIENDS IN FEATHERS. By Inez N. McFee. Illustrations in color and halftone. 240 pages. Price $2.50. Barse & Hopkins, New York.

We like this book for its freedom from technicalities and for its presentation of over seventy species, which list is inclusive of practically all of the common birds that are frequently seen by the average boy or girl, man or woman. The illustrations are very natural and artistic. A person who recognizes at sight as many as seventy varieties of birds has no ordinary knowledge of ornithology. This book will do much to promote a real love for birds,-a passion that is always worth while and refining.

JOAN AND PETER. By H. G. Wells. The Macmillan Company. Price $1.00.

From a variety of viewpoints it may be truth'ully said that this book gives the reader "his money's worth." The publishers' forecast of its popularity is indicated in the price, only $1.0 for a volume of 594 pages, 40 lines to a page, an average of about 11 words to the line,— roughly speaking, a total of more than 260,000 words to be set

in type, printed, bound, and exploited and sold for one dollar,—a modern miracle of book-making, on the mechanical side, to say the least. The heroine and the hero (note the order) will interest all who are interested in the unfolding of the physical, intellectual, and moral faculties of boys and girls,—than which no subject is more fascinating. Joan and Peter are types. Few, however, are allowed to develop as naturally as they were. Nevertheless, parents and teachers will be set to thinking as they follow the experiences of these young people. Too often they do not think very earnestly, until it is too late. Therefore, we advise those who are concerned in the upbringing of girls and boys to read and ponder the story of Joan and Peter. Interesting as a story, it is a book with a message that is thoroughly worth while.

THE GLANDS REGULATING PERSONALITY. By Louis Berman, M. D. The Macmillan Company.

This book is written by a physician who has studied and dealt with material things so exclusively that he seems to view everything entirely from the materialistic standpoint. He is undoubtedly a very learned man,—in his particular sphere. He explains everything in the life of man by the quantity and quality of the internal secretions acting within him. His style is clear and forceful. His conclusions will strike the average reader as those of a human being who has studied so long and deeply along one line that his sight has been rendered useless, atrophied, along other lines. Personally we think that the view that man is a self-conscious, responsible, spiritual, and accountable child of God is a statement nearer to the whole truth and more lucid, dignified and inspiring than the one that pronounces him "an example of relative excess of the pituitary, thyroid, adrenal and gonad endocrines."

THE ENGLISH BIBLE. A Book of Selections from the King James Version. Edited, with Introduction and Explanatory Notes, by Wilbur Owen Sypherd, Professor of English in the University of Delaware. Published by The Craftsmen of Kells, Newark, Delaware. 550 pages. Price $3.00.

The editor of this attractive volume has done a real service to the general reader, and particularly to the schools and colleges, by preparing a book which may well be used in the school and the home. By means of it the reader, whether old or young, can readily and intelligently get at the more important parts of the Bible, with an understanding of their historic, literary and religious value. The language of the King James version has been preserved. Merely as literature the books of the Bible have exercised a most important influence. The user

of this book will find readily the selections that present special forms of literature, as the story, the song, the essay, or letters,-all of which selections are models in their class. It seems pleasant to the reviewer to turn to this book and find at the beginning a Table of Contents, as in any other book. It makes the Bible look interesting instead of forbidding, to the uninitiated or to the young reader. There is no more human book than the Bible, but it has too often been made unattractive, if not uncanny, by the superstitions and misconceptions of mankind. We have here a book that surely should find its place in the schools and do much in promoting high ideals both in the realm of ethics and English.

THE CONTENTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. An Introductory Course. By Haven McClure, Secretary of English Council, Indiana State Teachers' Association. The Macmillan Company.

This is a book which has grown out of a number of years actual experience in the class room where the New Testament has been studied as an elective English course in a high school of more than five hundred students. The author has profoundly studied the work of the world's leading Bible scholars and has endeavored, very successfully, we think, to make their conclusions available to the average student and reader. His work has met with approval of Protestants, Catholics and Jews,which speaks well for his scholarship and reverent impartiality.

BIBLE SELECTIONS FOR DAILY DEVOTION. Selected and arranged by the late Sylvanus Stall, D. D. The Vir Publishing Company, Philadelphia. $1.20 net.

A book that will be most helpful in family worship, Christian Endeavor meetings, Y. M. C. A. work, lodges, chapel services in universities, colleges, normal schools, high and elementary public schools, etc. The text is based on the Authorized Version of the Scriptures and covers all parts of the Bible. There are selections for church festival days, and other occasions.

SCHOOL BOOK OF FARMING. By L. H. Bailey. The Macmillan Company. Price $1.20.

Covering the elements of agriculture in a practical way, this attractively illustrated volume will train the young people who study it in the underlying principles concerned in the growing of the leading crops and the raising of animals. It is well arranged, with chapters giving description and instruction, followed by review questions, thought ques. tions, and special problems.