No More Learning

and bids us so extend our views as to bring Studies in English.
The volume is No. XLV. of Yale regard much that is contained in this book
as superfluous. Is it reasonable to ask &
within the scope of careful investigation all
pupilº to wade through a hundred piges
the human activities of the habitable globe. Leuliette (Victor), FRENCH PROSE WRITERS before he learns the definition of an isoscoles
It is, as he points out, already possible to
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Æneid,' edited, with Introduction,
the resources of the planet and the drafts in the interests of French as an instrument
Notes, and Vocabulary, by S. _E.
upon them, between Commodities and Con- of culture and literary training that M. Winbolt, 1/6
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sumption, or, in the most general terms, Leuliette has formed this anthology for the
This collection of extracts from the fifth
between Nature and Human Life. It is use of advanced students. The divorce book of the Æneid supplies & simplified
evident, if we only think of it, that such an between mere linguistic study and the mental
equilibrium can and must be established and wsthetic discipline afforded by French text, and should prove a popular reader for
unless the history of the world is to be one literature has been, and still is, apparent. famous classical pictures, are attractive,
boys. The illustrations, reproductions of
long series of oscillations between nascent The extracts have been carefully selected, and while some thirty exercises will measure the
order and devouring chaos. Hitherto, as are illustrative of French ideals, aspirations, pupil's success in mastering the Latin idiom.
above indicated, the necessary data for the and modes of thought. It is, however, with One of Bell's Simplified Classics.
equation have been unattainable. . . . The surprise that we note the omission of Michelet
sooner we see our way (however roughly from the list of authors.
Wilson (A. E. ), OUTLINES OF GERMAN
outlined) to a rational world-order, the more
GRAMMAR, 1/6
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chance is there of preventing a catastrophic
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A scheme of German grammar which
swing of the pendúlum. . That is the thesis Auld (S. J. M. ), AN INTRODUCTION TO QUAN- for two years, and which is found to cover
has been used with success at Winchester
of the present argument. "
TITATIVE ANALYSIS, 5/ Methuen
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the ground necessary for the Higher Certifi-
country—are busied upon different portions
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of the main theme; but probably very few, students of chemistry. The author claims essential for a student beginning to read
complete course of practical exercises for piler is to present the irreducible minimum
if any, have deliberately faced the whole that a proper use of his textbook will
vast plan which the author of 'The Great enable one to understand the standard
German.
Analysis has done a public service by treatises on the various branches of the Juvenile Literature.
putting into words.
subject. The exercises are well adapted for
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OF
life. ”
OF
a
is interesting, but scarcely profound. The question from the feminine standpoint, ex- McCarthy (J. Huntly), A HEALTH UNTO His
heroine, though unselfish and, on the whole, hibiting at times some philosophy and piquant MAJESTY, 6!
Hurst & Blackett
honourable, is something of a shrew. Her humour, with an occasional touch of genuine A very readable romance dealing with the
two brothers are fine specimens of the knave pathos. The characters are lifelike and exile and restoration of Charles II. The
and the fool respectively. Her lover, the effectively suggested, and the book provides author writes with practised ease and some
county magnate of the title, has a pleasing an amusing account of American rural and distinction, and has drawn & Charles whom
personality, but we are inclined to sym- political life.
we can readily sympathize with and even
pathize with the sceptics who doubted his Hume (Fergus), RED MONEY, 6/
admire. The ball of adventure is kept
professional efficiency. The old maid and
Ward & Lock rolling, and love, needless to say, plays no
the “flapper," by whom the humorous
A gipsy who is also a baronet and a unimportant part in the narrative.
element is mainly represented, impress us millionaire is somewhat of a surprise even in
rather as caricatures than studies from the fiction, but it is a position which gives Mellwraith (Jean N. ), A DIANA OF QUEBEC,
life.
an opportunity for an interesting “double 6/
Smith & Elder
Doyle (A. Conan), THE ADVENTURES
There is a good deal of gipsy jargon The scene is laid in Quebec in the closing
SHERLOCK HOLMES.
and passion and revenge, but out of a years of the American War of Independence,
New edition in Smith & Elder's New network of intrigue the hero and heroine and the story, while providing a graphic
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Inglis (John), GEORGE WENDERN GAVE A
of his career. Many of the characters are
Fairless (Michael), THE GATHERING
PARTY, 6/
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Blackwood
BROTHER HILARIUS, 2/6 net.
historical interest. The style does adequate
Duckworth
A wealthy American girl is wooed by a
justice to the theme.
fatuous
This new edition of a delightful little is that money is not any good unless you Mordaunt (Eleanor), THE COST OF IT, 6/
peer whose grievance with the world
book is in the same form as The Road
spend it, and when you do, you have not
Heinemann
Mender' by the same author.
got it any longer. It is not for his own sake,
Gibbs (Philip), HELEN OF LANCASTER Gate, but for what he represents, that she becomes English novelists is that they do not know
Certainly the great fault of the serious
6/
Herbert & Daniel engaged to him. His castle is falling to
* Helen of Lancaster Gate' is a clever pieces for lack of money, and she wants to The Cost of It' running to fully 160,000
the value of judicious omission. Here is
novel palpitating with modernity, and none
save this from ruin, and the man whose
words, and it is safe to say that it might
the less modern, alas! for going off in ancestors went to the Crusades from going have been better written in 60,000. Only
the last chapters into a fairy-talo. It has into trade. Fortunately for her peace of
a very great talent or a special gift can
the great merit of being
eminently readable, mind, endangered by this missionary zeal, enable so long a narrative
to hold the
and nearly all its characters are lifelike, he inherits a fortune before they marry; and reader's interest
. The stuff is here of a fine
the exception, unfortunately, being the the girl, realizing that the only reason for novel, but the
form in which it is presented
heroine herself
, who is considerably “ too her sacrifice has disappeared, is able to marry is really but a rough draft that cries out
bright and good for human nature's daily the big-hearted managing director of
for drastic pruning; among other emenda-
food. ”
worthless syndicate. The latter character
tions every sentence without a predicate
is always delightful; not least so when
Goldring (Douglas), THE PERMANENT UNCLE; he calls a meeting of shareholders to in- might have been sternly excised.
Constable
This book is made up for the most part fit to have the control of money, since they
form them that evidently they are not Sabatini (Rafael), THE JUSTICE OF THE DUKE,
of incidents which have nothing whatever have invested it in a concern like his.
6/
Stanley Paul
to do with the story—so far, at least, as
Perhaps the second of these fictitious
there can be said to be a story. The people Kennedy-Noble, WHITE ASHES, 6/
stories concerning Cesare Borgia's ruthless
concerned are mostly runaways-a runaway
Macmillan yet subtle sense of justice is the happiest.
husband, a runaway niece, and (greatest of
The authors of this book have chosen for By a swiftly and deeply conceived scheme
all) a runaway uncle who is
permanent their theme the romance of that great bul- the little state of San Ciascano is reduced
only in the affections of his protégés. As wark of a modern commercial community- to impotence after long bafiling the Duke's
might be expected with such a cast, there insurance against fire. They describe with ingenuity ; one of his most trusted captains
is plenty of movement, and though none of enthusiasm the ramifications financial, is cured of the love-sickness which was
the episodes is convincing, they are described social, and legal—of which the good under- proving detrimental to his career ; and the
with a cynical humour that is amusing. writer must have knowledge; they visualize house of the latter's unworthy lady is
the hazards that lurk in the least suspected picturesquely humiliated. But all the narra-
Great was the Fall, by a Naval Officer, 6/
quarters; and they bring their story to a tives
treated with that confident
Long climax with a great American confagra- touch of the biographer which holds one's
The story suggests that it would be pos- tion, expressed in terms of structures, fuels, attention.
sible for Germany, taking advantage of an design, and wind-velocity. All this is well
opportuno moment when our naval forces done, and adds a definito educational value Saunders (Margaret Baillie), LADY Q, 6!
are dispersed in various parts of the United to the book which is not unpleasing; but
Hutchinson
Kingdom, and many of their important units the authors have yet
to learn how to handle We are told that the opening incident of
are in dockyard hands, to effect the landing what is termed a love-interest. Their this book is founded on fact, and actually
of an army of considerable strength near Hull
. heroine is characterless and colourless to occurred in a London borough in 1909.
That
We doubt, however, whether the manifold
the end, and her girl friend who “dispenses incident--the changing of clothes with an
evidences of preparation on the part of our the material concomitants” at afternoon intending suicide by a woman in the lowest
opponents here mentioned would escape tea-presumably with graceis as unsatis- poverty
has the germs of great possi-
the notice of the most obtuse of autho- factory a figure.
bilities,
feel disappointed and
rities.
aggrieved when it introduces nis on p. 18 to a
Lyall (David), THE HOUSE NOT MADE WITH
Gull (C, Ranger), THE GLAD EYE, A FARCICAL HANDS.
number of dull and ill-bred people, whose
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Greening
A farce is not usually improved by being troubles of an elderly Scotchwoman who in the thief's career as she climbs to fabulous
The central theme is provided by the conversation sounds like the outcome of a
nightmare. However, there are many thrills
reduced to cold print, and it cannot be said marries a wealthy ironmaster with grown-up heights of social success.
that “The Glad Eye’ is any exception. The children, and endeavours tactfully to reform
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Harris (Corra), EvE's SECOND HUSBAND, 6/
romance and labour troubles.
For notice see Athen. , Dec. 18, 1909, p. 757.
Constable Magruder (Julia), HER HUSBAND : _A MAN
The conception of a simple - minded OF MYSTERY, 6/ Grant Richards Southey (Rosamund), ROGER'S LUCK, 6/
and confiding wife brought abruptly to the The plot of this book is absurd, and the
Ham-Smith
knowledge that a hitherto idolized husband constant love-making, tedious. There are South Africa during the Boer War is the
is unfaithful, and her ultimate solution of a only three characters in the story: a young scene of this story of life in official circles.
problem which threatens to wreck her happi- American woman, wayward and uncon- It is well written and readable, but contains
ness, are skilfully worked out, and possess ventional, her Scotch husband, and his twin no deep interest, the people, with the excep-
considerable human interest.
brother. These two brothers are supposed tion of Sara, being dull and uninspiring.
The story takes the form of an autobio- to be absolutely alike in outward appearance, ! Sara, in fact, is the one bright patch in a
graphy, and deals at length with the marriage while their characters are absolutely unlike. drab setting
are
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A
Veer (Willem de), A BENEDIOT's ESCAPADE, characteristic of womanhood is open to Social Guide (The), 1912, 2/6 net. Black
6/
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We refuse to read the whole of this book; with the general trend of this sane and of Society which covers a wide range. The
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WORLD.
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Some of his difficulties seem to us over- increasing demand for the constant supply tisan statement of his case, and could have
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SUMMARY
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Dorothy M. Zimmern, with a Preface
These recollections of a retired detective Rubber Facts and Figures, May, 1912, 1/
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Mathieson Introduction by B. L. Hutchins, 2d.
and the crimes and incidents recorded wilí Snell (F. J. ), THE AGE OF ALFRED, 664-1154,
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There no startling disclosures, The title of this book is to be accounted of text and its twenty of tables and diagrams,
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which may not be read in old newspaper books of English Literature series, the other is perhaps the most valuable collection of
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volumes of which have such titles as 'The industrial facts that has appeared since the
presentment of detective work as a trade. Age of Chaucer (1346-1400),? . The Age of Report of the Committee upon Home Work.
Wo find the weaknesses of mankind tabu- Shakespeare (1579-1631),' and 'The Age of Miss Wyatt Papworth and Miss D. M.
lated as methodically as a City clerk files Tennyson (1830-70). ' In these instances, Zimmern have carefully systematized official
letters, and the book is marked by a tolerant as the appended dates show, the word “age figures (from the Census, tho Factory
contempt for criminals, and incidentally is applied to the few decades covered by Returns, and certain special 'inquiries of the
for the discrepancies of justice.
the literary activity of the author named, Board of Trade) relating to the employment
Guth na Bliadhna, the Voice of the Year, with such subtraction or addition as may be of women in the Clothes-making, Laundry,
Spring, 1912, 1/ Stirling, Mackay necessary, to avoid overlapping. In the and Textile industries, an aggregate ” which
The text is a mixture of Gaelic and English, title of this volume the word, is used dif- comprised, “ according to the 1901 census,
an interesting article in the latter being extend over five centuries. The book, in girls of the United Kingdom returned as
no less than 37 per cent of the women and
devoted to the “
who traditionally washes at fords and lochs fact, is intended as a survey of the whole engaged in occupations. Especially valu-
the shrouds of those about to die. We do
of the literature written in what is commonly able are the averages of women's wages in
known as
not like to see a page of advertisements
Anglo-Saxon Old English. " various occupations. In the cotton trade
inserted in the middle of a Gaelic play.
A good popular handbook on this subject the average, in a week of September, 1906,
Hearne (I. ), THE VERITABLE MIRROR OF
is certainly needed, and it is not absolutely was actually 18s. 8d. ; but in some other
DESTINY: A FANTASY.
trades, such as fustian-cutting (a process in
necessary that it should be written by a
Nutt
An odd little allegory introducing the profound scholar. The author of such the manufacture of velveteen),
per cent of women over 18 earn less than
Fates and Dame Fashion. The apparent good knowledge of old English, and to be 108. a week; in the case of hair, the per-
purport of it is that, if “ Votes for Women
bocame fashionable, it would soon be an
familiar with the original texts and the centage is over 50 per cent. " In glove-
more important of the contributions made making 76. 6 of the workers earn below 15s.
accomplished fact, which seems to be too by modern scholars to their criticism and weekly, of whom 25. 5 are below the ten-
obvious to need stating.
interpretation. Unfortunately, Mr. Snell shilling lino; only 1. 9 earn 208. or. over.
Letters to Myself, by a Woman of Forty, 5/ comes far short of_fulfilling this mini- The average rate per hour earned in this
net.
Werner Laurie mum requirement. He appears, indeed, to trade is twopence and four-fifths.
"The unnamed writer of these essays has have made considerable efforts; but it is In the clothing trades-largely seasonal
much literary skill, delicacy, and insight, evident that he is a stranger in the land in character--the percentage of earners
and any parent or guardian of girls would over which he has undertaken to act as a under 15s. is 67, and of earners under 108. ,
be the wiser for reading them. Her per- guide.
22. Workers employed in factories earn
ception is generally so just and free from He has, nevertheless, an attractive style, rather more than those in workshops—in
exaggeration that it is disappointing to find considerable skill in the lucid arrangement other words, the ready-made trade, in dress-
her reiterating the old axiom that all of his material, and a keen eye for what making, &c. , pays slightly better than the
childless women are unhappy, and that to ordinary readers are likely to find interesting. bespoke trade, and at the same time the
be a parent is every woman's greatest bliss. All he lacks is a thorough knowledge of his hours of work are rather shorter. It is
This is too much to say of either sex nowa subject, a qualification which does not seem pointed out that the minimum rate of 31d. per
days; and the tendency to regard mother- as yet to be considered indispensable for hour fixed by the Trade Board for Tailoring
hood rather than humanity as the highest 'the writer of a popular handbook.
would afford a material increase to the
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average worker, and a considerable increase students of Mr. Edward Johnson, Mr.
FORTHOOMING BOOKS.
to the many who fall below the average. ” It Graily Hewitt, and others represent another
MAY
is also pointed out that the actual cost of side of the School's work which is bound to
Theology
maintaining a woman worker in health and have important results.
St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, by Canon
physical efficiency “cannot be less than 148.
R. B. Girdlestone, in the Devotional Commentary,
Though London is the centre of the modern 21
R. T. S.
to 158. a week a figure certainly not revival of printing, our typefounders seem to Taking Men Alive: Studies in the Principles
attained for every week in the year by half be the last to feel its effects. It is to Germany and Practice of Individual Soul-Winning, by
the women engaged in these necessary trades. that we have to go to study these. One of
C. Gallaudet Trumbull, Cheap Edition, 1/ R. T. S.
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the significance of the words
31 Pygmies and Papuans : the Stone Age
pig
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" hog discovered by cipher in the First It is to be hoped that this example may have laston, 16/ net.
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Fiction.
that Bacon, after the translators had done Council scholarship. During the first year
20 The Spinster, by Hubert Wales, 6/ Long
their work, wrote every word of the English a pupil devotes two-thirds of his time to
20 Crowns, by Winifred M. Macnab, 6/
Authorised Version of the Bible, 1611. " ordinary school subjects, and one-third to
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learning something of the trade. He then 21 The Sign, by Mrs. Romilly Fedden, 6/
decides whether he will take up printing or
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THE REVIVAL OF PRINTING. bookbinding, and is provisionally appren-
24 Under the She-Oaks, by E. Boyd Bayly,
ticed. In the second year he devotes one
Leisure Hour Library, 6d.
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A LITTLE exhibition was opened this week half of his time to school subjects, the
25 A Black Martinmas, by Mrs. Disney Leith,
6/
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at the Central School of Arts and Crafts remainder to learning his trade, and in the Money and the Man: the Story of the Girl
in Southampton Row which attests the third year two-thirds to technical training. who stopped a Coal Strike, by H. M. Ward, New
complete success of ono of the most inter. After three years the boy joins his master
Edition, Bouverie Florin Library.
R. T. S.
esting experiments in technical education of as a third-year apprentice. The founding Bouverte Florin Library.
Peggy Spry, by H. M. Ward, New Edition,
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our time. The London County Council has of these day-apprenticeship schools is a dis- The Belfast Boy, by J. A. P. , 61
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of recent years established trade schools for tinct step forward in the direction of supple-
cabinet-making, silversmiths' work, book- menting and utilizing the education given in
General.
production, &c. ; and it is with the view
our elementary schools, and of fitting boys 22 The Lure of the Sea, by J. E. Patterson,
of interesting the trade and the public in and girls to earn a useful living.
5/ net.
Heinemann
the results of the classes concerned with
The Story of The Miracle,' by H. Hamilton
The Catalogue of the exhibition, set up
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book-production that this exhibition is held. and printed by the boys of the School,
Fyfe, 1/6 net.
An Athenian Critic of Athenian Democracy,
It consists mainly of the work of evening shows that they are receiving a knowledge by F. Brooks, 1/6 net.
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students in printing, lettering and fine of their trade which cannot fail to be of
writing, illustration - making, and book- the highest value to them in after years.
NEXT MONTH'S MAGAZINES.
binding, together with a small collection
of examples of fine printing, ancient and
The Cornhill Magazine contains an instalment
modern, serving as a criterion and a model.
of The Grip of Life,' by Agnes and Egerton
BOOK SALE,
Castle, and the conclusion of Blinds Down,'
Typography and presswork are taught in
the Regent Street and Borough Polytechnics, sold a choice library formed' by a well-known
On Thursday, the oth inst. , Messrs. Sotheby
by Mr. H. A. Vachell. In 'Sixty Years in the
Wilderness' Sir Henry Lucy, among other
the Aldenham and St. Bride Institutes, and collector, the chief lots being the following:
extracts, social and political, from his diary,
the L. C. C. Camberwell and Central Schools Alken, National Sports of Great Britain, 1821,
tells of his meetings with no fewer than six famous
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of Arts and Crafts; bookbinding in L. C. C. 841. Apperley, Life of a Sportsman,' 1842, explorers. Dr. W. H.