Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this Article: Enterprising Mathematics for AS Level and A-Level Statistics core Heinemann Essentials of Statistical Methods in 41 pages By T P Hutchinson. Learning Data Analysis with DATA DESK Paul F Velleman     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this Article: Practical Data Handling Book A Davies, G. Statistics for the Twenty-first Century. Sheldon and Florence Gordon, Editors. Statistics - A First Course Walker, McLean & Matthew.     

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Books Reviewed in this Articles: The Statistician at Work: A Glimpse of a Profession in Action Centre for Statistical Education, University of Sheffield, 1987. Devised by Toby Lewis Statistical Investigations in the Secondary School, Open University. Understanding Data By P. Sprenf The Teaching of Practical Statistics By C. W Anderson and R. M. Loynes. Statistics Explained: Basic Concepts and Met hods, By R. Kapadia and G. Anderson.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this Article: Statistics An Introduction By Alan Graham Biodiversity - Measurement and Estimation By D L Hawksworth (ed) Practical Methods for Design and Analysis of Complex Surveys By R Lehtonen & E Pahkinen Models in Biology: Mathematics, Statistics and Computing By D Brown & PRothery     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this Article: Statistics 1 By A Eccles, A Graham, and R Porkess. Teaching Statistical Concepts Anne Hawkins, Flavia Jollie and Leslie Glickman. Chance Encounters: Probability in Education By Ramesh Kapadia and Manfred Borovcnik (Eds)     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books Reviewed in this Article: Statistics Template Practical Statistics By Mary Rouncefield and Peter Holmes. Practical Statistics By S. S. Cohen. Statistics for G.C.S.E. By Helen Wright. Pass Packs PROLOG, Children and Students By J. Nichol, J. Briggs and J. Dean (eds.).     

Topic: The morale of teachers in a world at war

Science Related to Life: Book Two, Heat and Health. By Reh. American Book Co., New York, 1932. Pp. 192.

Embryology. By Mary T. Haeman. Philadelphia: Lea &; Febiger, 1932. Pp. 2–476.

Educational Biology. By William H. Atwood and Elwood D. Heiss. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son and Company, 1933. Pp. xiii + 475.

Problems in Biology. By George W. Hunter. New York: American Book Company, 1931. Pp. v + 706.

Practical Bacteriology. By T. J. Mackie and J. E. McCartney. New York: William Wood and Company, 1931. Pp. xv + 421.

The Collection and Preservation of Animal Forms. By Morris M. Wells. Chicago: General Biological Supply House, 1932. Pp. 72.

A Textbook of Histology. By J. Lewis Bremer. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son &; Co., Inc. Pp. 568.

Elementary Bacteriology. By Joseph E. Graves and Ethelyn O. Graves. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1932. Pp. 5–535.

Directing Language Power in the Elementary School Child. By Caroline J. Trommer and Teresa A. Regak. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Pp. xii + 497.

Adventures, Book I; Trail Fires, Book II; Eastward Ho! Book III; Higher Levels, Book IV. By Grace Walker, Neli. F. Bartels and Mary E. Marye. (A series of work‐books) New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1932.

Effective Instructional Leadership. By a Committee, Rudolph D. Lindquist, Chairman. New York: Columbia University, 1933. Pp. ix + 183.

On Teaching English. By Howard Francis Seely. New York: American Book Company, 1933. Pp. xix + 391.

My Life Book. By Neal Stoddard. Cincinnati: American Book Company, 1933. Pp. vi + 106.

Fundamentals of Bookkeeping and Business. By Charles E. Bowman and Atlee L. Percy. Cincinnati: American Book Company, 1933. Pp. viii + 316.

The New First Course in Home Making. By Maude Richman Calvert and Anne E. Richardson. Atlanta: Smith, Hammond and Company, 1932. Pp. xiii + 507.

The Role of the Teacher in Personnel Work. By Ruth StranG. New York: Columbia University, 1932. Pp. xv + 332.

An Orientation Course in Education. By Joseph S. Butterweck and J. Conrad Seegers. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. Pp. vi + 392.

Education and Certification of Elementary Teachers. Frank P. Bachman. Field Study No. 5 of the Division of Surveys and Field Studies, Peabody College.

Modern School Administration—Its Problems and Progress. By John C. Almack. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. Pp. viii + 382.

The Evolving Common School. By Henry C. Morrison. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. Pp. 62.

State Scholarship Students at Hunter College of the City of New York. By Adele Bii dwrsee. New York: Columbia University, 1932. Pp. xii + 138.

Teaching History in the High School. Mary E. Peck. Published by the State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia, 1933.

Forward Steps in Thinking and Writing. Wilson‐Rubado‐Scovlle and Johnson. Silver Burdett &; Co., 1933.

A Point Scale of Performance Tests. By Grace Arthur. New York: The Commonwealth Fund, 1933. Pp. xi + 106.

Principles of Genetics. By Edmund W. Sinnott and L. C. Dunn. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, Inc., 1932. Pp xvi + 441.

New High School Arithmetic—Revised. By Webster Wells and Walter W. Hart. New York: D. C. Heath and Company, 1933. Pp. viii + 357.

Teacher Absence and Leave Regulations. By William D. Kuhlman. New York: Columbia University, 1933. Pp. viii + 75.

Co‐operative Citizenship. By Joseph Irvin Arnold. Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson and Co., 1933. Pp. lii + 716.

Stimulation of Educational Undertakings. By J. Wayne Whightstone. New York: Columbia University, 1933. Pp. viii + 76.

Biology and Human Welfare (New Edition). By James Edward Peabody and Arthur Ellsworth Hunt. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Pp. xii + 658.     

Today's speech books in review

Bryant, D. C., and Wallace, K. R., Oral Communication, 2nd ed. New York: Appleton‐Century‐Crofts, Inc., 1954. 310 pp. $4.00

White, E. E. and Henderlider, C. R., Practical Public Speaking. New York: Macmillan Company, 1954. 365 pp. $3.50

O'Connor, Lillian, Pioneer Women Orators. New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. 264 pp. $3.75

Parrish, W. M., and Hochmuth, M., eds., American Speeches. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1954. 518 pp. $4.75

MacLean, Joan C., ed. Africa: The Racial Issue. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1954. 198 pp. $1.75

Summers, Robert E., ed., Freedom and Loyalty in our Colleges. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1954. 214 pp., $1.75

Potter, David, ed., Argumentation and Debate. New York: Dryden Press, 1954. 503 pp. $4.50

Bridge, Lawrence W., The Funk and Wagnalls Book of Parliamentary Procedure. New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1954. 180 pp. $3.00

World Publishing Co., Websters New World Dictionary of the American Language, college ed. New York: World Publishing Co., 1953. 1724 pp. $5.00

Chase, Stuart, Power of Words. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1954. 308 pp. $3.95

Van Riper, C. G., and Smith, D. E., An Introduction to General American Phonetics. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954. 152 pp. $2.50

Phillips, D. C, Grogan, J. M., and Ryan, E. H., An Introduction to Radio and Television. New York: Ronald Press, 1954. 423 pp. $5.00

Pennell, Ellen, Women on TV. Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Co., 1954. 210 pp. $3.50

Lynch, James J., Box, Pit, and Gallery. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953. 362 pp. $5.00

Whiting, Frank M., An Introduction to the Theatre. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954. 315 pp. $4.50

Fessenden, S. A., Johnson, R. I., and Larson, P. M., The Teacher Speaks. New York: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1954. 359 pp. $4.65

Ogilvie, Mardel, Speech in the Elementary School. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Co., Inc., 1954. 318 pp. $4.50     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: EMERSON, A. (1993) Teaching Media in the Primary School. GATHERCOLE, S.E. and BADDELEY, A. D. (1993) Working Memory and Language. HARRISON, c. and cOLES, M. (eds) (1992) The Reading for Real Hundbook. STREET, B. (ed.) (1993) Cross-cultural Approaches to Literacy FOX, c. (1993) At The Very Edge of the Forest: The Influence of Literature on Story-telling By Children.     

The Peabody Semicentennial

Practice Lessons in English. By Willis L. Uhl and Luzia E. Hatz. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. Paper bound. Pp. viii + 91.

Chemical Calculations. By Ernest L. Dinsmore. Yonkers, N. Y.: Globe Book Co., 1927. Pp. vi + 182. Price, 90 cents.

Our Surroundings. By Arthur G. Clements, Morton C. Collister, and Ernest L. Thurston. Syracuse, N. Y.: Iroquois Publishing Co., 1928. Pp. xii + 628.

Do Americans Really Value Education? By Abraham Flexner. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927. Pp. 49.

Study‐Guide Tests in American History. Parts I and II. By M. J. Stormzand, New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. Paper bound. Pp. 110.

The Social Composition of Boards of Education. By George S. Counts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1927. Pp. x + 100.

New York at School. By Josephine Chase. New York: Public Education Association, 1927. Pp. xii + 268.

Measuring Motor Ability. By David K. Brace (University of Texas). New York: A. S. Barnes &; Co., 1927. Pp. vii + 138. Price, $2.

A Brief History of Physical Education. By Emmett A. Rice (Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union). New York: A. S. Barnes &; Co., 1926. Pp. xxiv + 176. Price, $2.

George Rogers Clark. By Ross P. Lockridge. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1927. Pp. xxii + 210. Price, $1.20.

The Earth and Its Rhythms. By Charles Schuchert (Yale) and Clara M. Le Vene (Yale). New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1927. Pp. xvi + 410. Price, $4.

The Boy's Book of Experiments. By A. Frederick Collins. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. xi + 315. Price, $2.

The School Board Member. By John C. Almack (Stanford University). New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. Pp. xii + 281. Price, $1.50.

Human Waste in Education. By Anna Yeomans Reed (New York University). New York: The Century Co., 1927. Pp. xxviii + 449. Price, $2.50.

Days Before History. By H. R. Hall. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. 159. Price, $1.25.

Newson Readers—Primer; Books I, II, III; Teachers' Manuals for¹ the Primer and Book I. By Catherine T. Beyce, Rose Lees Hardy, and others. New York: Newson &; Co., 1927.

Good English in Speaking and Writing. By Nell, J. Young and Frederick W. Memmott. New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1925–1926. Five volumes.

Your School and You. By Walton B. Buss. Boston: Allyn &; Bacon, 1927. Pp. x + 248. Price, $1.20.

Modern Experimental Chemistry. By Herbert R. Smith and Harry M. Mess. New York: Henry Holt &; Co., 1927. Pp. xviii + 204.

The Organization of State Departments of Education. By Henry B. Schrammel. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1926. Pp. xiv +166. Price, $1.50.

Teacher's Manual for History of America. By Carl Russell Fish. New York: American Book Co., 1927. Pp. viii + 56.

The Nature Almanac. By Arthur Newton Pack and E. Laurence Palmer. Washington, D. C.: The American Nature Association, 1927. Pp. viii + 312. Price, $1.

Introductory Chemistry. By Neil E. Gordon (University of Maryland). Yonkers, N. Y.: The World Book Co., 1927. Pp. xx + 608.

The Science of Animal Life. By William M. Barrows. Yonkers, N. Y.: The World Book Co., 1927. Pp. x + 389.

Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Edited by Elizabeth Nitchie (Goucher College). New York: Macmillan Co., 1928. (The Modern Readers' Series.) Pp. 378. The twelve Idylls, with notes. Illustrated. An attractive text.

Contemporary Essays. Edited by William Thomson Hastings (Brown University). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1928. Pp. 417.

America's Roots in the Past. By Daniel J. Beeby and Dorothea Beeby. New York: Charles E. Merrill &; Co., 1927. Pp. vii + 424.

The Book of Games. By William Byron Forbush and Harry R. Allen. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1927. Pp. 327.

Minimum Essentials of Mathematics. By Daniel W. Werremeyer and Charles H. Lake. Newark, N. J.: Silver, Burdett &; Co., 1927. Pp. x + 244.

Conduct of Physical Activities. By Wilbur P. Bowen (Michigan State Normal College). New York: A. S. Barnes &; Co., 1927. Pp. iv + 173. Price, $2.

Soil Mineralogy. By Frederick A. Burt (A. and M. College of Texas). New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1927. Pp. vii + 82. Price, $1.50.

“One Thousand and One”—The Blue Book of New Theatrical Films.” Edited by Nelson L. Greene and others. Chicago: The Educational Screen, 1927. Pp. 132. Price, 75 cents.

Hygiene. By Florence L. Meredith, M.D. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son &; Co. Pp. 732.

Science of Animal Life. By William Morton Barrows. New York: World Book Co., 1927. Pp. x + 389. Price, $1.76.

A Modern School Atlas. By George Philip and W. R. McConnell. New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1928.

The Junior College. By William Martin Proctor. Stanford University, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 1927. Pp. x + 226. Price, $2.50.

Animals We Know. By Bess M. Young. New York: Thomas Nelson &; Sons, 1927. Pp. 96.     

Registration at the third annual convention 1917

A Case Book in Discussion. By Frank C. and Mary B. Mckinney, with an introduction by Joseph V. Denny. New York: The Ronald Press, 1930: pp. vi, 267 ; $2.00.

Suggestions for instructors. By the same authors; 28 pp.

The Fred Newton Scott Anniversary Papers. By Former Students and Colleagues. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1929: pp. ix, 319.

Daniel Webster. By Allan L. Benson. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929 ; pp. viii, 402.

Elements of Public Speech. By J. K. Horner. New York: D. C. Heath and Company, 1929; pp. xi, 313.

Literature for Oral Interpretation. By Eiohard Dennis Teall. Hollister. Ann Arbor, Michigan: George Wahr, 1929; pp. 752. $3.60.

Anniversaries and Holidays. By Mary Emogene Hazeltines American Library Association, 520 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 1929: pp. xx, 288.

A Practical Handbook of Play Production. By D. C. Ashton.

A Book of Dramatic Costume. By Edith Dabney and C. M. Wise. New York: F. S. Crofts and Co., 1930; pp. x, 163. $3.

Theatre Management. By Sanford E. Stanton. New York: D. Ap‐pleton and Company, 1929; pp. vii, 154; $1.50.     

Partisan patterns in presidential campaign speeches, 1948–2000

Mastering SAS

Cody, Ronald P., &; Smith Jeffrey K. Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language. (2nd. ed.). New York, NY: Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., 1987.

Jaffe, Jay A. Mastering the SAS System. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989.

Marike Finley, Powermatics: A Discursive Critique of New Communications Technology. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1988.

How we talk

Goodman, Gerald, &; Esterly, G. The Talk Book: The Intimate Science of Communicating in Close Relationships. Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1988. 360p.

Artificial intelligence

Rainer Born (Ed.), Artificial Intelligence: The Case Against. London: Croom Helm, 1988.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: DE CASTELL, S., LAKE, A. AND KIERAN E. (eds) GARDNER K. (1986) Reading in Today's Schools. EVANS, T. (1987) English in the Primary School. PEARSON, H. (1987) Children Becoming Readers. TOVEY, D. R. and KERBER. J. E. (eds) (1986) Roles in Literacy Learning. NASH, w. (1986) English Usage. A Guide to First Principles. DAVIES, F. (1986) Books in the School Curriculum. INGHAM. J. with BROWN, v. (1986) The State of Reading. ADAMS. J. (1986) The Conspiracy of the Text: theplace of narrative in thedevelopment of thought. HARRIS. R. (1986) The Origin of Writing. READ, c. (1986) Children's Creative Spelling. WEBSTER, A. and MCONNELL. c. (1987) Children with Speech and Language Difficulties. KIERAS, D. E. and JUST, M. A. (eds) (1984) New Methods in Reading Comprehension Research.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: BERTELSON. P. (ed) (1987) The Onset of Literacy. Cognitive Processes in Reading Acquisition. SNOWLING, M. (1 987) Dyslexia: A Cognitive Development Perspective. DODD, B. and CAMPBELL, R. (eds) (1987) Hearing by Eye: thepsychology of lip-reading. MILLER, N. (ed) (1984) Bilingualism and Language Disability: assessment and remediation. PEARSON, D. BARR, R., KAMIL, M.L. and MOSENTHAL, P. (eds) (1984) Handbook of Reading Research. ORASANU, J. (ed) (1986) Reading Comprehension: From Research to Practice. POSNER, M.I. and MARIN. O.S.M. (1985) Attention and Performance XI. COLTHEART, M. (1 987) Attention and Performance XII. WADE, B. and MOORE, M. (1987) Special Children … Special Needs: Provision in Ordinary Classrooms. MCNAUGHTON, s. (1987) Being Skilled. The Socializations of learning to read. FREIRE. P. and MACEDO, D. (1987) Literacy: Reading the Word and the World. ALVERMANN, D.E. DILLON. D.R. and O'BRIEN. D.G. (1987) Using Discussion to promote Reading Comprehension. SCHIEFFELIN, B. and GILMORE. P. (1986) The Acquisition Of Literacy: Ethnographic Perspectives. SMITH, P. (ed) (1987) Parents and teachers together: Proceedings of the twenty-third annual course and conference of the United ‘Kingdom Reading Association’. MEEK, M. (1988) How Texts Teach What Readers Learn.     

Spoken English

Effective Speech. (A textbook for beginning courses in speech.) By Harry B. Gough, Lousene Rosseau, Mary E. Cramer, and J. Walter Reeves. New York: Harper &; Bros., 1930; pp. 572; $1.60.

Argumentation. By James A. Winans and William E. Utter‐back. New York: Century Company, 1930; pp. xii, 462; $2.25.

Modern Oratory. By the Right Hon. Lord Hewart of Bury. The English Association, Pamphlet No. 74, 1929; 13 pp.

University of Michigan Plays. Edited by Kenneth Thorpe Rowe, with an Introduction by Louis A. Strauss. Ann Arbor: George Wahr, 1929; pp. xiii, 169.

Mental Aspects of Stammering. By C. S. Bluemel, M. A., M. D., L. R. C. P. (Lond.) M. R. C. S. (Eng.); Baltimore, The Williams and Wilkins Co., 1930: pp. 145, and index.

Why English Sounds Change. By Janet Rankin Aiken, Ph. D. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1929. vii + 146 pp.

The Way of the Drama. By Bruce Carpenter. New York: Prentice‐Hall, Inc. 1929; pp. 263. $2.50.

A Book of Dramas. Arranged and edited by Bruce Carpenter. New York: Prentice‐Hall, Inc. 1929; pp. 1,115. $3.50.

August Strindberg: The Bedeviled Viking. By V. J. McGill. New York: Brentano's, 1930; pp. 454.

Make‐Up. By John F. Baird. New York; Samuel French, 1930; pp. x, 155.

Parliamentary Law. By Edith Theall Chafee, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1930. 114 pp.

The Nervous Child. By Hector Charles Cameron, M. A., M. D., F. R. C. P. New York. Oxford University Press, 1929: pp. 236.

The Mirror of Gesture, the Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikesvara, translated into English. By Ananda Coomaraswamy and Gopala Kristnayya Duggirala. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1917. 52 pages, 15 plates.

Greenleaf Theater Elements. I. Action. By Constance Smedley. Duckworth and Company, Covent Gardens, London, W. C. 1925. 61‐78 pages.

The Art of Pantomime. By Charles Aubert, translated into English. By Edith Sears. Henry Holt and Company. New York, 1927. $3.50. 210 pages, 196 diagrams.

The Technique of Pantomime. By Florence Lutz. The Sather Gate Book Shop, Berkley, California. 1927. $2.25. 174 pages.

Middletown. By Robert and Helen Lynd. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co.     

Reviews

Book review in this Article: Allington, R. and Krull, K. (1981) Beginning to Learn Alpha Books. Phases 7, 8, 9. Easy Readers series. John Murray The Laura Brewster Books. John Murray Kelley, Leo P. Galaxy 5 series. John Murray The Reporters series. Harrap Books. Melling, Frank E. Project Motor cross Collins English Library (1980) Collins The reading level of this series of 16 readers is assessed at Stage H, according to W. Body Jones, lewis (1979) Graded English puzzles. Collins Westrope, Anne (1981) Phonic Workshop. Henderson, E. E. Spell Well Work Books 3 and 4 Clemens, Gwen (1981) Shapes and Words. Brennan, Wilfred, Jackson, Jean and Reeve, Juliet (1981) Look Marrow, Keith (1980) Skills for Reading. Moon, Cliff and Raban, Bridie (1981) A Question of Reading Clay, Marie M. (1979). The Early Detection of Reading Difficulties: A Diagnostic Survey with Recovery Procedures (second edition).     

What one child read,and why

College Geography. By Roderick Peattie (Ohio State University). Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1926. Pp. xii + 495. Price, $3.

The Middle Country. By Olivia Price. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. 176. Price, $1.

A Treasury of Verse for School and Home. Selected by M. G. Edgar and Eric Chilman. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1926. Pp. xix + 523. Price, $2.50.

Eskimo Legends. By Roy J. Snell. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1925. Pp. 203. Price, 80 cents.

Speech Correction. By R. C. Borden and A. C. Busse (New York University). New York: F. S. Crofts &; Co., 1925. Pp. 295.

Bemol and Kusum. By Herbert E. Wyman. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1925. Pp. 272. Price, $1.36.

Vocational Guidance and Counseling. By Alanson H. Edgerton (University of Wisconsin). New York: The Macmillan Co., 1926. Pp. xvii + 213.

Technical Education. By C. T. Millis. New York: Longmans, Green &; Co., 1925. Pp. vii + 183. Price, $2.25.

The Shop Teacher's Standard Class Record. By Walter R. Cannon. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1925. Prices: 75 cents, cloth bound; 45 cents, paper bound.

Problems and Projects in Industrial Arts. By Kenneth R. La Voy. Peoria, III : The Manual Arts Press, 1924. Pp. 142. Price, $1.25.

Can You Solve It? By Arthur Hirschberg. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1926. Pp. 320. Price, $2.

The Enchanted Christmas Tree. By Perciyal Wilde. New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1925. Pp. 51. Price, $1.

Junior‐High‐School Procedure. By F. C. Touton (University of Southern California) and Alice Ball Struthers. Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1926. Pp. xvii + 595. Price, $2.60.

Introduction to Advertising. By Arthur Judson Brewster (Syracuse University) and Herbert Hall Palmer (Syracuse University). Chicago: A. W. Shaw Co., 1925. Pp. xii + 373.

The Problems of Childhood. By Angelo Patri. New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1926. Pp. xvi + 309.

Bookkeeping and Accounting Practice. By S. R. Hoover. Chicago: A. W. Shaw Co., 1923. Pp. xii + 309.

Vocational Self‐Guidance. By Douglas Fryer (New York University). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1925. Pp. xvii + 385. Price, $3.

Personnel Problems of the Teaching Staff. By E. E. Lewis (Superintendent of Schools, Flint, Mich.). The Century Co., 1925. Pp. xvii + 460.

The Clapp Drill Book in Arithmetic. By Frank Leslie Clapp (University of Wisconsin). Newark, N. J.: Silver, Burdett &; Co., 1926. Book IV, pp. iii + 97; Book V, pp. iii + 108; Book VI, pp. iii + 119; Book VII, pp. iii + 117; Book VIII, pp. iii + 119; Teacher's Manual, pp. iv + 39. All paper‐bound.

Furniture Projects. By Frederick J. Bryant. Peoria, Ill.: The Manual Arts Press, 1926. Pp. 47. Price, 56 cents.

Job Sheets in Practical Woodwork. By Arthur G. Brown and F. E. Tustison (Stout Institute). Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., 1925. Pp.31. Price per set, 56 cents.

Harper's Anthology: Prose and Harper's Anthology: Poetry. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1926. Pp. 894 and 876.

The Smedley and Olsen New Primer. By Eva A. Smedley and Martha C. Olsen. Chicago: Hall and McCreary Co., 1926. Pp. 128. Price, 60 cents.

Work and Play With Words. By N. H. Hall and Matilda Breuer. Chicago: Hall &; McCreary Co., 1926.

Qualitative Analysis. By W. N. Masters (North Texas State Teachers College). Dallas: The Southern Publishing Co., 1926. Pp. viii + 107. Price, $1.40.

Jimmie and the Junior Safety Council. By Stella Boothe. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. ix + 246. Price, $1.20.

Philosophy. By Alexander Meiklejohn. Chicago: American Library Association, 1926. Pp. 51; Prices: cloth, $0.50; paper, $0.35.

Psychology and Its Use. By Everett Dean Maetin. Chicago: American Library Association, 1926. Pp. 47. Prices: cloth, $0.50; paper, $0.35.

Salesmanship Applied. By Paul W. Ivey (Northwestern University). Chicago: An enjoyable, stimulating book. The general reader can profitably peruse it for self‐protection or to enable him to appreciate really fine sales art when used on him.

Teaching Dull and Retarded Children. By Annie Dolman Inskeep. New York : The Macmillan Co., 1926. Pp. xix + 455.

Geometry Reader. By Julius J. H. Hayn. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1925. Pp. 320. Price, $1.80.

Famous English Books. By Amy Cruse. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Pp. 284. Price, $2.

Trail Makers. By Zoe Meyer. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Pp. viii + 217.

Deadwood Gold. By George W. Stokes and Howard R. Driggs (New York University). Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. xii + 163. Price, $1.

My Cut‐a‐Picture Book. By Anna Eliza Sample. Newark, N. J.: Silver, Burdett &; Co., 1926. Pp. v + 122.

The Indians and the Oki. By A. Templeton Mitchell. Chicago: Row, Peterson &; Co., 1925. Pp. vi + 282.

Poetry for Junior High Schools. Edited by Elias Lieberman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Pp.: Book One, xxv + 198; Book Two, xxviii + 164.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Clay, Marie M. (1979) The Early Detection of Reading Difficulties: A Diagnostic Survey with Recovery Procedures. Cortese, G. (Ed.) (1980) La Lettura nelle Lingue Straniere: Aspetti teorici e pratici/La Lecture dans les Langues Etrang6res: Probl6rnes thkoriques et pratiquedReading in a Foreign Language: Theoretical and Practical Issues. Massaro, D. W., Taylor, G.A., Venezky, R.L., Jastrzembski, J.E. and Lucas, P.A. (1980) Letter and Word Perception.