already existing in France and in foreign countries. (3) The university training of professors and teachers. (4) The role of the universities in respect to agricultural, industrial, commercial and colonial education. (5) The relations between the universities and professors of different countries; the international union of the members of higher education. (6) Relations between the faculties of Law and of Letters.

All papers on these subjects should be in the hands of the General Secretary by the 31st of May (address M. Larnaude, Secrétaire Général de la Commission d' Organisation du Congrès international d'enseignement supérieur, Sorbonne, Paris). Those who desire to take part in the proceedings must make application to M. Larnaude and remit the membership fee of ten francs.

The Congress of Secondary Education will be held from the 31st of July to the 6th of August. The programme includes several questions that relate to problems peculiar to France; others are of general application. Among the latter are: the means of adapting secondary education to local demands; the appropriate province of men and women teachers in the instruction, respectively, of boys and girls; international correspondence between students.

The General Secretary of the Committee of Arrangements is M. Henry Berenger (à la Sorbonne); the membership fee is ten francs.

The Congress of Primary Education will be held from August 2d to August 5th, inclusive. It will be divided into five sections, each devoted to the consideration of a special problem. Briefly outlined, the questions for the various sections are: (1) Training in domestic economy and household arts; (2) the problem of school attendance, and especially the means of securing regular attendance; (3) moral education; (4) high schools, their aim, limits, and local adaptations; (5) means of prolonging popular education beyond the school period. Applications for membership in the Congress and the fee (three francs) should be sent to the Treasurer of the Committee, M. Marguery (trésorier, 36 Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris).

UNIVERSITY NOTES.

Cambridge University has established an Agricultural Department, under the direction of Professor Somerville. Eleven county and borough councils have agreed to contribute a portion of their technical education funds for the support of this Department.

The University of McGill, Montreal, has been affiliated to Cambridge University. A. T. S.

BOOK NOTICES.

WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA is a unique book. We have had nothing like it in this country, although a book bearing the same name has appeared year after year in England for a long time. This book, which bears every mark of being conscientiously prepared, claims to be and is "A biographical dictionary of living men and women of the United States." Here are brief biographies of 8,602 persons (packed into 822 double-column pages) who have made names for themselves in literature, art, science, education, journalism, theology, law, medicine, statesmanship, business, etc. Only the essential facts are given: place and time of birth, education, marriage, positions filled, titles won, books written, and present residence. The information here given, and which will be found very interesting and serviceable, is accurate, having in nearly every case been secured at first hand. Massachusetts claims 742 of these names, while New York has 2,039, which seems more than her due. The educational statistics are of great value. Thus, 3,237 are college and university graduates; 640 had only commonschool privileges; 79 finished in normal schools, 271 in U. S. military and naval academies, while the graduates in law, theology and medicine were 336, 378 and 553; 298 were educated abroad, and 1,307 fail to give data. We notice many names of prominent educators, but such names as Henry Sabin, Aaron Gove and Earl Barnes should not have been omitted. Still it is a valuable work, and deserves a place in the school library as well as the editorial sanctum. A necrology of those dead since 1895 is a valuable feature. WHO'S WHO has been carefully edited by John W. Leonard. Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Co. Price, $2.75.

Hon. Henry Sabin stands in the eyes of the educational public as the foremost educator of Iowa. He is a man of wide experience, deep thought and solid sense. We gladly welcome a little book which he has just published under the title TALKS TO YOUNG PEOPLE. And very wise, helpful, inspiring talks these brief addresses are indeed. There are sixteen of them on such themes as Truth, Faith, Don't, Ought, Fools, Character, Education, Growth, Be Bold, Daily Life, Work and Culture, Respect for Authority, and The Work of Life. They were delivered, with one exception, before graduating classes of the Clinton, Ia., High School, from 1874-88. A great many besides his favored pupils in Clinton "will find in these pages something of the spirit of true teaching and of right living." This little book deserves a wide reading. Address: The Educational Exchange, Des Moines, Ia. Price, 75 cents.

PRINCIPLES AND METHOD OF TEACHING, derived from a knowledge of the mind. By John W. Dickinson. This is a helpful little book of fundamental principles underlying the science of instruction. Instead of confusing the pupil with a statement of the conflicting theories of the different schools of philosophy, he is led to the mind itself, his own mind, by a succession of easy steps, and taught to find the true nature and order of mental phenomena. As a bit of clear and simplified philosophic statement the book surpasses anything we have seen in its particular field. Mr. Dickinson has put the entire teaching world under a debt of gratitude to him for setting forth so compactly and so compreher sively, and at the same time with such simplicity, the great principles underlying the impartation of knowledge. Every thoughtful and growing teacher will find this little volume a vade mecum. It is already in its second edition. Boston, Mass.: Published by the Emerson School of Oratory.

PHYSICAL PROBLEMS and THEIR SOLUTIONS. By A. Gomgongoron. The problems in this book are all fresh and taking; the solutions clear and forcible. All the subdivisions of physics are touched on more or less, heat receiving the most attention. Electricity, on the other hand, is hardly mentioned, and no problems are given on this subject at all. Optics and acoustics are treated to some length; the questions on these subjects being especially new and searching. The principle is stated before each subject and the laws given. Then follow problems based on these principles and laws; the solution of the problems following immediately. This is the only weak point in the book, for if the book is intended for teachers they do not need the solutions; and if the book is intended for pupils they should not have the solutions, at least directly after the problems. A knowledge of algebra is required for the solution of most of the problems. Higher mathematics can be used, but are not needed to understand the solution given in the book. The problems offer fine material for a student who is reviewing his year's work in physics, and present principles enough to keep the average teacher busy for some time. This work is bound in boards, is one of Van Nostrand's Science Series, and has 224 pages. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co. Price, 50 cents.

FOR THEE ALONE is the title of a beautifully printed and illustrated volume of love poems, selected by Grace Hartshorne. It contains a large number of the best poems of love in the English language, as well as a few notable translations. The indices are full and helpfully arranged. There is one of authors and another of first lines. Love is a theme upon which the poetic imagination has always dwelt, and in this volume the purest and tenderest expressions of its various phases are to be found. It is a good book for the young man to give his ladylove; it is equally appropriate for the later stages of conjugal experience; and the strengthening bonds of tender regard that are happily illustrated in many an aged couple's experience in their declining years are duly recognized and find touching and beautiful expression. It is a good book, and will do good in a world where there is none too much of fine and tender sentiment. Boston: Dana Estes & Co. Price, $1.50.

THE CHATTERBOX. This publication is a favorite with youngest readers. The numbers bound into one volume, for 1899, make a choice Christmas gift for the little folks. The illustrations are numerous, and of the kind that awaken interest and at the same time impart information and healthfully stimulate the imagination. Boston: Dana Estes & Co.

A HISTORY OF ENGLAND FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES. By Katharine Coman and Elizabeth Kimball Kendall. This book has been prepared with the recently adopted history requirement of several leading colleges in view. The effort is made to give the pupil a clear idea of the various causes that have worked together to produce the Great Britain of to-day. Physical environment, race characteristics, industrial conditions, efforts after self-government resulting in the splendid empire of the present time, are carefully noted in succession, and their interworkings and relations are set forth in a manner to give the student a broad conception both of the life of the nation and of the scope of historical study. Each chapter is furnished with a list of references to the best treatises. The book is admirably adapted to its purpose, and will be widely used and highly valued as a fresh and ably written text-book. New York: The Macmillan Co. Price, $1.25.

DORSEY, THE YOUNG INVENTOR. By Edward S. Ellis. Mr. Ellis is a successful writer of boys' books, and in the present volume gives us the story of a wide-awake country boy whose native ingenuity starts him on a career of clever, labor-saving invention. The boy's character is frank and honorable, and the account of his achievements should prove a stimulus to all boy readers. There is plenty of fun in his character, and the home atmosphere in which he grows up is pure and elevating. It is a good book to place in a boy's hands. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. Price, $1.25.

SCIENTIFIC SEWING AND GARMENT CUTTING. For use in Schools and in the Home. By Antoinette Van Hoesen Wakeman and Louise M. Heller. This is an excellent text-book for schools where manual training has been adopted. It will also be useful to studious housewives who wish to improve themselves and their children in the practical art of sewing for the family. Boston: Silver, Burdett & Co. Price, 50 cents.

PHILOSOPHIC NUGGETS. Gathered by Jeanne G. Pennington. This is a companion to the same author's DON'T WORRY NUGGETS, published last year. The selections are well made, and the volume is a dainty one. It will make a nice remembrance to send to an absent friend at Christmas time. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. Price, 40 cents.

THE VISION Of Sir Launfal, and Other POEMS, by James Russell Lowell, edited by Ellen A. Vinton; and Evangeline, a Tale of ACADIE, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, edited by Agnes Lathe. These are Nos. 4 and 5 respectively in The Cambridge Literature Series. We cannot commend too highly the attractiveness of the make-up of these dainty volumes. Published by Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co. Price, 12 and 18 cents.

THE MINUTE BOYS OF BUNKER HILL. By Edward Stratemeyer. The author of this story has achieved an enviable reputation as the writer of boys' books. The reader feels the thrill of patriotism, he lives in a former time, and is made to feel the stern responsibilities of the men of an earlier generation, when the foundations of our liberties were being laid and the great principles were being established which have given us the conditions of peace and prosperity which we now enjoy. Mr. Stratemeyer's stories are interesting from the first page to the last. The present volume is beautifully made and illustrated. The artist and the printer have worked together with the author in furnishing a book that will cultivate the taste, while it interests and instructs the young reader. Boston: Dana Estes & Co.

In Appleton's Home Reading Books Series we have THE INSECT WORLD, a reading book of entomology, compiled and edited by Clarence Moores Weed; ABOUT THE WEATHER, by Mark W. Harrington; and THE STORY OF THE FISHES, by James Newton Baskett. These books are all very attractive in their subject-matter, their illustrations and the mechanical skill with which they have been made by the publisher and printer. They furnish the latest and freshest information on the several subjects considered. They are in the very front rank of modern educational books, and mark the great advance that has been made in the art of presenting in an attractive form theoretical and practical knowledge that will widen the student's horizon and prepare him to get the most out of life. The three books here noticed are priced respectively 60, 65 and 75 cents. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

In the Gildersleeve-Lodge Latin Series we have ELEVEN ORATIONS OF CICERO, with Introduction and Notes. By Robert W. Tunstall. The orations here given are in their chronological order. The oration in favor of the Manilian Law is the only one treated with special reference to its rhetorical structure. This is in the thought that college requirements do not demand a close acquaintance with ancient rhetoric, and that there should be as much concentration as possible on absolutely necessary things in the short period of preparation. There are other original features to this edition, which will commend it to teachers and students of Latin. New York: The University Publishing Co. Price, $1.20.

The New Century Library, the initial volume of which is Charles Dickens' POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, truly belongs to the new Century. Its beautiful and dainty volumes mark an epoch in the art of bookmaking. The volumes are printed on the thinnest printing paper in the world; yet it is perfectly opaque and very strong. The type is long primer and the printing absolutely clear, so that the pages are a delight to the eye. But the most wonderful thing about these choice little volumes is the amount of matter contained in them. The one before us is 64 x 4 inches in size and only one half an inch in thickness, yet it contains 845 reading pages. It is exceedingly light, and when slipped into the pocket is hardly noticed, and always handy to catch up while waiting for a train or when opportunity otherwise offers for a few moments' reading. The binding is a red, embossed cloth, with a beautiful gilt back and top. The specimen volume is proving so popular that already the publishers have determined to issue the complete works of Dickens and Thackeray in this attractive form. We are sure that book lovers everywhere will appreciate this triumph of twentieth century book-making. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Price, $1.00.

THE EXPERT CLEANER. Compiled by Hervey J. Seaman. This is a very useful volume, giving the housekeeper careful directions for cleaning everything that can get dirty. The suggestions about cooking, dress and domestic affairs generally, are sensible and easily followed. It is a thoroughly practical book. Published by the Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York, at 75 cents.

REPRESENTATIVE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS, with Carlyle's ESSAY ON BURNS. Edited by Charles Lane Hanson. This is an attractive edition, with introduction, copious notes and a vocabulary, and belongs to the Standard English Classics Series. Published by Ginn & Co., Boston. Price, 45 cents.

THE ALGEBRAIC SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS of any degree, by L. A. Buchanan and J. Lewis Andre, is a novel, simple and direct method for the solution of equations of the Nth degree. The method presented is especially valuable to the engineer and man of practice as well as the student. The explanation of the scheme is exceedingly direct and plain. San Francisco: The Whitaker & Ray Co.

Logical, practical, comprehensive, direct, sensible are some of the dominant characteristics of the two-book course of HALL'S ARITHMETICS. They are books with a well-defined purpose; they are thoroughly accurate; they are in accord with the latest methods; they are strikingly original. Professor Hall has made a thorough study of both classroom needs and number fact, and he has made a work that exactly fits the needs of the student. Teachers will find his course rich with suggestion and material aids. Chicago: Werner School Book Co.