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.     

Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone,Online Together

First Lesson in Speech Improvement. By Birmingham &; Krapp, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.

Expression in Speech and Writing. By Lamborn, E. A., Greening. The Oxford Press. 1922. Pp. 120.

Classical rhetoric

Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory. Translated by H. E. Butler. Vols. III and IV. Loeb Classical Library. New York, Putnam's, 1922.

A Study in Greek Rhetoric. The Stylistic Infuence of the Second Sophistic On the Panegyrical Sermons of St. John Chrysostom. By Thomas E. Ameringer.‐ Catholic University of America, Washington, 1921.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books Reviewed in this Article: Concise Statistics by M. G. Godfrey, E M. Roebuck and A. J. Sherlock. Exploring Data: An Introduction to Data Analysis for Social Scientists by Catherine Marsh. Statistics Book 1 (also Book 2) by M. E. M. Jones. Fieldwork Studies in Geography by Jack Gilleft. How to think about Statistics by John Phillips.     

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).     

Oral communications in industry

Essay review: A new aesthetic of theatrical performance: Interface, encounter, or event

VISUAL THINKING. By Rudolf Arnheim. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969. pp.xi+345. $11.50

DTNAMICS OF DRAMA. By Bernard Beckerman. New York: Random House, 1970. pp. 263. $3.50 (paper)

TOWARDS A POOR THEATRE. By Jerzy Grotowski. New York: Simon &; Schuster, 1969. pp. 262. $2.45 (paper)

TOTAL THEATRE. Edited by E. T. Kirby. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1969. pp. xxxi+280. $1.95 (paper)

THE ART OF TIME. By Michael Kirby. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1969. pp. 255. $1.95 (paper)     

Reviews

Melnik , A. and Merritt , J. Eds. (1972). Reading: Today and Tomorrow. Paull , M. E. and Haskell , S. H. (1972). Training in Basic Cognitive Skills. Reeves , J. Ed. (1973). A Golden Land. Morris , R. (1973). Success and Failure in Learning to Read.     

Visual economics: Inquiry through art and artifacts

Making the Most of Agriculture. By Theodore Macklin, W. E. Grimes, and J. H. Kolb. Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1927.

A Handbook of Extra‐Curricular Activities in the High School. By Harold D. Meyer (University of North Carolina). New York: A. S. Barnes &; Co., 1926. Pp. xiv + 402. Price, $4.

History of the United States. By Emerson David Fite (Vassar College). New York: Henry Holt &; Co., 1926.

School History of the American People. By Charles L. Robbins (State University of Iowa). Yonkers: World Book Co., 1925. Pp. xxxiv + 606. Price, $1.72.

Goose Towne Tales. By Alice Lawton. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1927. Pp. 234.

Brave Dogs. By Lillian Gask. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. 158. Price, $1.50.

Graded Games for Rural Schools. By Alfred E. Ross (Bessemer, Ala., Public Schools). New York: A. S. Barnes &; Co., 1926. Pp. xiv + 62. Price, 80 cents.

The Story of Music. By Paul Bekker. New York: W. W. Norton &; Co., Inc., 1927. Pp. 277. Price, $3.50.

American History for Grammar Schools. By Marguerite Stockman Dickson. The Macmillan Co., 1926. Revised Edition.

Industrial and Commercial South America. By Annie S. Peck. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. xvii + 489. Price, $3.50.

The Book of Famous Queens. By Lydia Hoyt Farmer. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. x + 399. Price, $2.50.

Blackbeard's Treasure. By T. E. Oertel. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. xv + 368. Price, $2.

The Littlest One: His Book. By Marion St. John Webb. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. 162. Price, $2.

Federal and State School Administration. By William A. Cook (University of Cincinnati). New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. xvi + 373. Price, $2.75.

American History Notebook. By Leslie V. Spriggs. Chicago: Hall &; McCreary Co., 1925. Pp., Book I, 96; Book II, 127. Prices, Book I, 60 cents; Book II, 64 cents.

Clothing and Textiles (Revised Edition). By Mary Lockwood Matthews. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Price, $1.10.

Rural Life at the Crossroads. By Macy Campbell. Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1927. Pp. 482.

Weather Proverbs and Paradoxes. By W. I. Humphreys. Baltimore: Williams &; Wilkins Co. Pp. viii + 125.

Epochs of World Progress. By J. Lynn Barnard and Agnew O. Roorbach. New York: Henry Holt &; Co., 1927. Pp. x + 764 + xlvii.

“The Frontier Series”—Fighting Red Cloud's Warriors. By E. A. Brininstool. Columbus, Ohio: Hunter‐Trader‐Trapper Co., 1926. Pp. 241.

Secondary Education. By Aubrey A. Douglass (Harvard University). Boston: Houghton‐Mifflin Co., 1927. Pp. xxxiii + 649. Price, $2.75.

Expansion and Reform. By John Spencer Bassett (Smith College). New York: Longmans, Green &; Co., 1926. Pp. xix + 355. Price, $1.50.

The Teaching of History. By Paul Klapper (College of the City of New York). New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1926. Pp. xx + 347.

Individual Gymnastics. By Lillian Curtis Drew (New York University). Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1926. Pp. x + 276.

Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon. By Labiche and Martin. Edited by Charles Franklyn Zeek. Richmond, Va.: Johnson Pub. Co., 1926.

The Story of Our Country. By Ruth West and Willis Mason West. Atlanta: Allyn and Bacon, 1926. Pp. xxvi + 578. Price, $1.80.

The Culture of Ancient Greece and Rome. By F. Poland E. Reisinger and E. Wagner. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Pp. 333. Price, $6.

United States History. By Severe E. Frost. Fort Worth: The World Co., Inc., 1924. Pp. 69.     

The new books on our shelf

Making the Most of Agriculture. By Theodore Macklin, W. E. Grimes, and J. H. Kolb. Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1927.

A Handbook of Extra‐Curricular Activities in the High School. By Harold D. Meyer (University of North Carolina). New York: A. S. Barnes &; Co., 1926. Pp. xiv + 402. Price, $4.

History of the United States. By Emerson David Fite (Vassar College). New York: Henry Holt &; Co., 1926.

School History of the American People. By Charles L. Robbins (State University of Iowa). Yonkers: World Book Co., 1925. Pp. xxxiv + 606. Price, $1.72.

Goose Towne Tales. By Alice Lawton. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1927. Pp. 234.

Brave Dogs. By Lillian Gask. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. 158. Price, $1.50.

Graded Games for Rural Schools. By Alfred E. Ross (Bessemer, Ala., Public Schools). New York: A. S. Barnes &; Co., 1926. Pp. xiv + 62. Price, 80 cents.

The Story of Music. By Paul Bekker. New York: W. W. Norton &; Co., Inc., 1927. Pp. 277. Price, $3.50.

American History for Grammar Schools. By Marguerite Stockman Dickson. The Macmillan Co., 1926. Revised Edition.

Industrial and Commercial South America. By Annie S. Peck. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. xvii + 489. Price, $3.50.

The Book of Famous Queens. By Lydia Hoyt Farmer. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. x + 399. Price, $2.50.

Blackbeard's Treasure. By T. E. Oertel. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. xv + 368. Price, $2.

The Littlest One: His Book. By Marion St. John Webb. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. 162. Price, $2.

Federal and State School Administration. By William A. Cook (University of Cincinnati). New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. xvi + 373. Price, $2.75.

American History Notebook. By Leslie V. Spriggs. Chicago: Hall &; McCreary Co., 1925. Pp., Book I, 96; Book II, 127. Prices, Book I, 60 cents; Book II, 64 cents.

Clothing and Textiles (Revised Edition). By Mary Lockwood Matthews. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Price, $1.10.

Rural Life at the Crossroads. By Macy Campbell. Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1927. Pp. 482.

Weather Proverbs and Paradoxes. By W. I. Humphreys. Baltimore: Williams &; Wilkins Co. Pp. viii + 125.

Epochs of World Progress. By J. Lynn Barnard and Agnew O. Roorbach. New York: Henry Holt &; Co., 1927. Pp. x + 764 + xlvii.

“The Frontier Series”—Fighting Red Cloud's Warriors. By E. A. Brininstool. Columbus, Ohio: Hunter‐Trader‐Trapper Co., 1926. Pp. 241.

Secondary Education. By Aubrey A. Douglass (Harvard University). Boston: Houghton‐Mifflin Co., 1927. Pp. xxxiii + 649. Price, $2.75.

Expansion and Reform. By John Spencer Bassett (Smith College). New York: Longmans, Green &; Co., 1926. Pp. xix + 355. Price, $1.50.

The Teaching of History. By Paul Klapper (College of the City of New York). New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1926. Pp. xx + 347.

Individual Gymnastics. By Lillian Curtis Drew (New York University). Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1926. Pp. x + 276.

Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon. By Labiche and Martin. Edited by Charles Franklyn Zeek. Richmond, Va.: Johnson Pub. Co., 1926.

The Story of Our Country. By Ruth West and Willis Mason West. Atlanta: Allyn and Bacon, 1926. Pp. xxvi + 578. Price, $1.80.

The Culture of Ancient Greece and Rome. By F. Poland E. Reisinger and E. Wagner. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Pp. 333. Price, $6.

United States History. By Severe E. Frost. Fort Worth: The World Co., Inc., 1924. Pp. 69.     

Speech choirs in Europe

The Theory of Preaching. By Austin Phelps, New York: Charles Seribner's Sons, 1882.

A Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons. By John A. Broadus. New York: A. C. Armstrong and Son, 1870; 23d edition, revised and edited by E. C. Dargan, 1898.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Mary Lynn Stewart. For Health and Beauty: Physical Culture for French Women 1880s–1930s. John Cleverley. In the Lap of Tigers: The Communist Labor University of Jiangxi Province. David L. McConnell. Importing Diversity: Inside Japan? JET Program. Paul Anisef, Paul Axelrod, Etta Baichman‐Anisef, Carl James, and Anton Turrittin. Opportunity and Uncertainty: Life Course Experiences of the Class of‘73. Toronto: Julian A. Soares. The Decline of Privilege: The Modernization of Oxford University. Ted Tapper and David Palfreyman. Oxford and the Decline of the Collegiate Tradition. Philip Pauly. Biologists and the Promise of American Life: From Meriwether Lewis to Alfred Kinsey. Louis Leonard Tucker. Worthington Chauncey Ford: Scholar and Adventurer. Robert E. Sullivan (ed.). Higher Learning and Catholic Traditions. Clarence L. Mohr and Joseph E. Gordon. Tulane: The Emergence of a Modern University, 1945–1980. Jana Nidiffer and Carolyn Terry Bashaw. Women Administrators in Higher Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Kate Weigand. Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women's Liberation. Joanne P. Sharp. Condensing the Cold War: Reader's Digest and American Identity. Donald Parkerson and Jo Ann Parkerson. Transitions in American Education: A Social History of Teaching. Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo. Women's Work? American Schoolteachers, 1650–1920. Laura Browder. Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities. Adam Fairclough. Teaching Equality: Black Schools in the Age of Jim Crow. Gerald Home. Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois. V. Celia Lascarides and Blythe F. Hinitz. History of Early Childhood Education. Peter Middleton and Tim Woods. Literature of Memory: History, Time and Space in Postwar Writing.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Van Dijk , Teun A. (1977) Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse. Pugh , A.K. (1978). Silent Reading: an Introduction to its Study and Teaching. Jansen , Mogens , Jacobsen , Bo ; and Jensen , Poul Erik (1978) The Teaching of Reading without Really any Method: An Analysis of Reading Instruction in Denmark. R. Bamberger , L. Binder and E. Vanacek (1977) Zehnjährige als Buchleser. Margaret Mann (1977) The Reading Habits of Adults-a select annotated bibliography. Julia Vida -Kulcsar (1978, ed.) Market Research in the Hungarian Booktrade     

Reviews

The Year Book of Education 1952. Pp. xii + 612. London : Evans Bros., 1952. 63s.

A Survey of Rewards and Punishments in Schools : A Report based on Researches carried out by M. E. Highfield and A. Pinsent. National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales Publication No. 3. Pp. xxiv+432. London: Newnes Educational Publishing Co., 1952. 42s.

Leisure the Basis of Culture. By Josef Pieper. Pp. 169. London: Faber &; Faber, 1952. 10s. 6d.

Philosophy of Education. By William Heard Kilpatrick. Pp. x+465. New York: Macmillan, 1951. 36s.

A Select Bibliography of Adult Education in Great Britain. Edited by T. Kelly. Pp. xii+84. London: National Institute of Adult Education, 1952. 12s. 6d.

The English Universities and Adult Education. By S. G. Raybould. Pp. xiii +169. London: W.E.A., 1951. 7s 6d.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this Article: Scott Casper et al., Perspectives on American Book History: Artifacts and Commentaries. Douglas McKnight. Schooling, the Puritan Imperative, and the Molding of an American National Identity: Education's “Errand Into the WiLderness.” Doug Feldmann. Curriclllum and the American Rural School. Gay Pitman Zieger. For the Good of the Children: A Histoy ofthe Boys and Girls Republic. Steve Golin. The Newark Teachers Strikes: Hopes on the Line. Thomas S. Popkewitz, Barry M. Franklin, and Miguel A. Pereyra (eds.). Cultural Hirtury and Education: Critical Essays on Knowledge and Schooling. Elaine Franz Parsons. Manhood Lost: Fallen Drunkards and Redeeming Women in the Nineteenth‐Century United States. Peter N. Stearns. Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America. Robert Halpern. Making Play Work: The Promise of After‐School Programs for Low‐Income Children. Anne Behnke Kinney. Representations of Childhood and Youth in Early China. Xiaomei Chen. Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama in Contemporay China. Jack Boozer. Career Movies: American Business and the Success Mystique. Anthony Harkins. Hillbilly: A Cultural History of An American Icon. Patricia Mazón. Gender and the Modern Research University: The Admission of Women to German Higher Education, 1865–1914. Paul K. Conkin. Peabody College: From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning. Thomas N. Bonner. Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning. Jared Stallones. Paul Robert Hanna: A Life of Expanding Communities. Judith Hicks Stiehm. The U.S. Army War College: Military Education in a Democracy. Robert Cohen and Reginald E. Zelnik (eds.). The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s. Joy Ann Williamson. Black Power on Campus: The University of Illinois, 1965–1975. Robert Pratt. We Shall Not be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia. William H. Schneider. Rockefeller Philanthropy and Modern Biomedicine: International Initiatives from World War I to the Cold War. John Schmalzbauer. People of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education. Robert J. Cottrol, Raymond T. Diamond, and Leland B. Ware. Brown v. Board of Education: Caste, Culture, and the Constitution. Gordon E. Harvey. A Question of Justice: New South Governors and Education, 1968–1976.     

Political oratory in pre‐revolutionary America

German Psychological Warfare: Survey and Bibliography. Edited by Ladislas Farago and L. F. Gittler, Assistant Editor, with the cooperation of Gordon W. Allport, John G. Beebe‐Center, Edwin G. Boring, Floyd L. Ruch, and Stanley S. Stevens. 51 E. 42nd Street, New York: Committee for National Morale, 1941; pp. 155. $2.50.

Language Habits in Human Affairs. By Irving J. Lee. Foreword by Count Alfred Korzybski. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1941; pp. 278 + xxvii. $1.25.

Humanistic Studies in Honor of John Calvin Metcalf (University of Virginia Studies, Vol. I). By Various Contributors. Charlottesville (Va.): The University of Virginia, 1941. x + 338 pp.

Producing the Play. By John Gassner, and The New Scene Technician's Handbook. By Philip Barber. New York: The Dryden Press, 1941; pp. xxvii + 744, illustrated. $3.25.

The Jingle Book. By Alice L. Wood. New York: E. P. Dutton &; Co., Inc. 1940; pp. 208. $1.25.

Speech Improvement Cards, By Bryng Bryngelson and Esther Glaspey. New York: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1941. $3.60.

Practice Steps in English. By Frederick H. Blair, Elma A. Neal, Inez Foster, Ollie P. Storm. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1941. 29 cents each.

Debate Index Supplement. The Reference Shelf, Vol. 14, No. 9. Compiled by Julia E. Johnson. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1941; pp. 90; $.75.

Military Training: The Fifteenth Annual Debate Handbook. Edited by Bower Aly for the Committee on Debate Materials and Interstate Cooperation of the National University Extension Association. Columbia (Mo.): Lucas Brothers, 1941. vols.; Vol. I, 220 pp.; Vol. II (supplement), 220 pp. $1.00 each volume.

Universal Military Service. (The Reference Shelf, Vol. 15, No. 2). Edited by Robert E. Summers and Harrison B. Summers. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1941; 280 pp. $1.25.

Compulsory Military Training. (The Reference Shelf, Vol. 14, No. 6). Edited by Julia E. Johnsen. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1941; 266 pp. $1.25.

Compulsory Military Service. (Annual Debaters’ Help Book, Vol. 8). Edited by Ezra Christian Buehler. New York: Noble and Noble, 1941; vii + 422 pp. $2.50.

Representative American Speeches, 1940–1941. Selected by A. Craig Baird. New York: The H. W. Wilson Co., 1941; pp. 319. $1.25.

A Functional Program of Teacher Education. By The Curriculum Committee of the School of Education, Syracuse University. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, 1941. x + 260 pp. $1.25.

High School Forensics: An Integrated Program. By Arnold E. Meltzer. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1940; pp. 156. $.90.     

Gimme Some Tongue (On Recovering Speech)

The Praise of Folly. By Desiderius Erasmus. Translated from the Latin, with an Essay and Commentary, by Hoyt Hopewell Hudson. Princeton University Press, 1941; pp. xi, 166.

Speech: Forms and Principles. By Andrew Thomas Weaver. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1942; pp. 437. $2.75.

Introduction to the English Language. By Albert H. Marckwardt. Toronto and New York: Oxford University Press, 1942; pp. xiii, 347.

Introductory Phonetics. By T. Earle Johnson. Mimeographed. Published by the author, University, Alabama. 59 pp. $1.25.

Good American Speech. By Margaret Prendergast McLean. Rev. Edition. New York: Dutton, 1941; pp. xii + $2.50.

The Gift of Tongues. By Margaret Schlauch. New York: Modern Age Books, Inc., 1942; pp. x + 342. $3.50.

Practice of Voice and Speech Therapy. By Emil Froschels and Auguste Jellinek. Boston: Expression Company, 1941; pp. 255. $3.50.

Writing and Laterality Characteristics of Stuttering Children. By E. j. Spadino, Teachers College, Columbia University, Contribution to Education, No. 837, New York, 1941.

The Writer's Radio Theatre, 1940–1941. By Normàn S. Weiser. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1941; pp. 213. $2.00.

Debate and Discussion: A Syllabus and Workbook. By Carle B. Sports. Boston: Expression Company, 1941; pp. 250 + v. $1.60.

Stage Makeup. By Richard Carson. Foreword by Frederich H. Koch. New York: F. S. Crofts and Co., 1942, pp. xiv + 176, illustrated. Color chart.

Everyday Speech. By Harley Smith, Clara E. Krefting, and E. C. Lewis. Chicago: American Book Company, 1941; pp. 479. $1.68.

Creative Group Work on the Campus. By Louise Price. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1941; pp. 437. $3.25.

Choral Speaking Technique. By Agnes Curren Hamm. Milwaukee: The Tower Press, 1941; pp. ix + 116.

Speech Improvement Through Choral Speaking. By Elizabeth E. Keppie, Conrad F. Wedberg and Miriam Keslar. Boston: Expression Company, 1942; pp. xvi + 278.

Choric Interludes. By Mildred Jones Keefe. Boston: Expression Company, 1942; pp. 352.

Our First Speech Book. By M. Pearl Lloyd. New York: Newson and Company, 1942; pp. 164. $1.00.

Knowing Your Language and Strength Through English, by Frederick Bair, E. Neal, and V. Sanders, New York: Macmillan Company, 1941; pp. 338; 365. $1.12; $1.00.

A Glossary of Literary Terms. By Dan S. Norton and Peters Rushton. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1941; pp. 8g. $.60.

Latin Literature in Translation. Edited by Kevin Guinagh and Alfred Paul Dor‐jahn. New York: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1942; pp. xviii + 822. Text Edition, $4.00; Trade Edition, $5.00.

Foundations of Speech. By Claude M. Wise, James H. McBurney, Louis A. Mallory, Charles R. Strother, William J. Temple; James M. O'Neill, Editor. New York: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1941; pp. xi + 499.     

General education: A college dropout

Fifty Famous Painters. By Henrietta Gerwig. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1926. Pp. ix + 416. Price, $3.50.

A Glossary of Three Hundred Terms Used in Educational Measurement and Research. By Charles W. Odell (University of Illinois). Bulletin No. 40, Bureau of Educational Research. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1928. Pp. 68. Price, 50 cents.

Three Problem Children. Narratives from the Case Records of a Child Guidance Clinic. New York: Joint Committee on Methods of Preventing Delinquency, 1926. Pp. viii + 142.

High School Chemistry. By George Howard Bruce. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1928. Pp. x + 550. Price, $1.68.

Psychology for Teachers. By Charles E. Benson, James E. Lough, Charles E. Skinner, and Paul V. West (New York University). Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1926. Pp. x + 390. Price, $2.

Standardizing Teachers' Examinations, and the Distribution of Class Marks. By Robert S. Ellis. Bloomington, Ill.: Public School Publishing Co., 1927. Pp. 170. Price, 75 cents.

The New Human Interest Library. S. E. Farquhar, Managing Editor. Chicago: The Midland Press, 1928. 6 volumes.

The Path of Learning. By Henry W. Holmes (Harvard University) and Burton P. Fowler. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Pp. x + 488.

Fundamentals of Human Motivation. By Leonard T. Troland (Harvard University). New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1928. Pp. xiv + 521. Price, $5.

School Training for Gifted Children. By Henry Herbert Goddard (Ohio State University). Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1928. Pp. xii + 266. Price, $2.

Parents and Sex Education, By B. C. Gruenberg. New York: American Social Hygiene Association, 1923. Pp. vi + 100. Price, $3.

Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis. A Laboratory Guide. By Wilfred Welday Scott. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1928. Pp. x +164. Price, $1.60.

Principles and Methods of Junior High School Mathematics. By James Herbert Blackhurst. New York: The Century Co., 1928. Pp. xvi + 355.

The Singing Farmer. By James S. Tippett. New York: World Book Co., 1927. Pp. vi + 90. Price, 68 cents.

The Techniques of Educational Research. By W. S. Monroe and Max D. Engelhart (University of Illinois). Bulletin No. 38, Bureau of Educational Research. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1928. Pp. 84. Price, 50 cents.

A Teacher's Geography. By Mendel E. Branom. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1928. Pp. xviii + 252.     

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.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Cashdan , A. (1979, ed.) Language, Reading and Learning. Mason , G.E. and Blanchard , J.S. (1979) Computer Applications in Reading. Levin , Harry (with Ann Buckler Addis) (1979) The Eye-Voice Span NFER (1979) Register of Educationa1 Research in the United Kingdom (Volume 3: 1977–78). COUNCIL OF EUROPE (1979) EudisedR @ D Bulletin (no. 7).     

Reviews

Miles , T. R. and E. (1975). More Help for Dyslexic Children. Newton , M. and Thomson , M. (1975). Dyslexia: A Guide for Parents and Teachers. Thackray , D. and L. (1974). Thackray Reading Readiness Profiles. Gillham , W. E. C. (1974). Teaching a Child to Read. Walker , C. Reading Development and Extension.