Also shortly Goethe's Meisterwerke, edited by Dr. William Bernhardt. This volume attempts to supply a desideratum felt by students who cannot devote themselves to a thorough study of the complete works of Goethe. It will contain selections, complete in themselves, and regarded as the most attractive and generally interesting of every kind of Goethe's poetical and prose writings. It will also contain, besides a sketch of the author's life, the literary history of each selection; information on the sources used by the poet; copious notes; opinions of noted critics; and suggestive help-notes for word-translation. The book is planned for school and home use of those who have mastered a grammar and reader.

They will issue this month Andersen's Bilderbuch ohne Bilder, an illustrated edition, with notes and vocabulary, by Dr. Wilhelm Bernhardt. Readers of this charming work will welcome an edition by this well-known teacher and editor.

Also Folk and Fairy Tales in French for Young or Old Children. Selected and edited with notes and vocabulary, by Prof. E. S. Joynes, of the University of South Carolina. The edition will contain a number of favorite fairy tales by Perrault, Mme. d'Aulnoy, etc., offering easy and entertaining reading, with helpful notes and vocabulary..

Ginn & Company have just published "The Gate to Cæsar." By Wm. C. Collar, Principal Roxbury Latin School, Boston, and author of "The Beginner's Latin Book," "Practical Latin Composition," etc. Cæsar's Commentaries is the first continuous Latin read in a great many schools, but it is confessedly too hard for beginners. The result is waste of time and waste of labor. The object of this little book is to save both by distributing difficulties. "Divide and conquer." The text of one book of "Cæsar's Gallic War" is simplified, chiefly by omissions; but beside the simplified text of each chapter is placed the full text, which may be studied in immediate succession, or be deferred till the learner's wings are grown. Synonymous Latin words are given at the foot of the page to enlarge the learner's vocabulary, full explanatory notes follow the text, and on each chapter of the simplified text a brief exercise is given for translation into Latin.

Also, "Ethics for Young People." By C. C. Everett, Professor of Theology in Harvard University. This little work is designed to be used as a text-book in the study of practical Ethics. Its aim is to aid in the formation of character; and it treats of duties towards one's self, of duties towards others; and of helps and hindrances in right doing. It seeks to do this not by common place moralizing, but by stimulating the thought and imagination. It may be used by scholars twelve years old and upwards. Where pupils are too young to use the book themselves, it will serve as a great aid to the teacher by suggesting a systematic and logical line of work for the instruction in morals, and the subject matter will furnish excellent material for each lesson.

They will have ready in August "The Story of Our Continent," A Reading Book in the Geography of North America, by Professor N. S. Shaler, of Harvard University. (Illustrated.) The object of this book is to set before the student a simple explanation of the way in which the continent of North America has come to its present physical state, and at the same time to show how this physical state affects the life of the people. In other words, it seeks to secure a clear conception of the geography of the continent by showing in a very simple manner the geological evolution of its features. It is adapted to the needs of grammar schools and may advantageously be used as a reader in connection with a regular text-book in geography. As an introduction, by the

way of our own continent, to the study of geology and physical geography, it will be found to possess a peculiar value.

Also "Cardinal Newman's Essay on Poetry, with Reference to Aristotle's Poetics." Edited by Prof. A. S. Cook, of Yale University, editor of Sidney's Defence of Poesy, &c. The study of what is essential and what accidental in poetry is more and more engaging the attention of thoughtful men, particularly those occupied with educational work. Sidney's Defence of Poesy, edited by Prof. Cook, and Shelley's Defence of Poetry, nearly ready, also edited by Prof. Cook, give the opinions of a man of action and a man of theory. Newman's Essay expresses the view of one who was a man of both action and theory. Besides this, the Essay is a notable example of the literary work of one who has been considered the greatest master of style in this generation. The illustrative apparatus provided by the editor includes some practical hints on the study of Greek drama in English, an index, an analysis, and a few suggestive

notes.

They will publish this summer "Starland." Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens. By Sir Robert S. Ball, F. R. S., Royal Astronomer of Ireland. Illustrated. 12 mo. Cloth. 388 pages. This book, based upon two courses of Christmas lectures delivered to children at the Royal Institution, Great Britain, presents in the clearest and most interesting manner the fundamental facts and ideas of Astronomy. The author's eminence as a scientist is an assurance of the accuracy of the work. To read a half dozen pages would satisfy any one of its fascination for young readers. As a supplementary reading book for upper grammar grades, preparatory to the study in the high school of Young's Lessons in Astronomy or Elements in Astronomy, it could hardly be recommended too highly. To follow this: Young's Lessons in Astronomy, Young's Elements in Astronomy, Young's General Astronomy.

Also, Whitney and Lockwood's English Grammar. Whitney's Essentials of English Grammar, revised for younger pupils, by Mrs. Sara E. H. Lockwood, author of "Lessons in English," under the direction of Dr. Whitney. The purpose of this edition is to furnish a text-book in English grammar for pupils in the upper grades of the grammar school. The editor's aim has been to simplify the original work, without impairing the distinctive features which have made it an acceptable text-book for older pupils in high and preparatory schools. The special features of the revision are topical arrangement, abundant exercises, and more elementary treatment throughout. Whitney's Essentials, which has been steadily increasing in sale, will continue to be published and recommended.

They have in press "Bacon's Advancement of Learning," Vol. 1. Edited by Prof. Albert S. Cook, of Yale University. Many English classics have been edited as if every student of English were a thoroughly equipped scholar in Latin and Greek, needing only to be reminded of parallel passages in the ancients, and quite capable of translating them at sight. This pleasing fiction has prevented the wider diffusion of some of the greatest books in the language, books which need helps to their full elucidation, but which, once elucidated, are replete with inspiration and guidance. Among these books is Bacon's Advancement of Learning.

In the present edition the quotations from the ancient tongues are all relegated to the foot of the page, and their place in the text is supplied by as adequate a translation as possible. In this way the needs of the average student and those of the person of special erudition are both provided for; the former experiences no interruption, and the latter may read the exact words which Bacon wrote. The same principle is adopted in the Notes. Many of the latter

are not original with the present editor, but they are such as any one who understands English may read.

They have in preparation "Specimens of the Pre-Shakesperean Drama.” Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by John Matthews Manly, Ph.D. (Harv.) Assistant Professor in Brown University. Two volumes. The first volume will contain Miracle Plays, Moralities, and Interludes; the second, Roister Doister, Gorboduc, and plays of Lyly, Greene, and Peele. In no instance will an extract be given; each play will be printed as a whole. There will be a general introduction, tracing the growth of the Drama from the Miracle Plays to Shakespere ; and each play will be provided with a special introduction. The notes will be devoted chiefly to the elucidation of the text; and an index to the notes will facilitate reference to subjects treated in them. It is believed that the materials for the study of the growth of the Drama given in these two volumes will meet the requirements of all students except those whose business it is to know the whole of the literature of the subject.

Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. will publish early in September a complete "Textbook of Elementary Physics," chiefly experimental. By Edwin H. Hall, Assistant Professor of Physics in Harvard College, and Joseph Y. Bergen, Jr., Instructor in Boston English High School. This book will contain among other things the forty required experiments mentioned in the Harvard pamphlet, and cuts from the more novel elementary apparatus actually in use in the Harvard College physical laboratory. The same publishers also have in press an "Elementary Laboratory Physics," for High Schools, by Charles R. Allen, of the New Bedford (Mass.) High School.

The Magazines.

TABLE TALK. August topics: New Menus for August, by Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Creole Recipes, by Mrs. A. L. Salisbury. A Bit of Mrs. Ruskin's Experience, by Mrs. Grayson. Housekeepers' Inquiries, by Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Among the Beef-Eaters. by S T. Sherman. Lemons-The Good They Do-by E. H. B Fashionable Luncheon and Tea Toilets, by Lillie May Forney. Fashionable Crazes, by Kate Catherwood. A New Diploma, by M. C. M. Our Babies, by Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Way to Cook Rhubarb and Spring Greens, by Mintwood. Ascension Day in Florence, by Fanny C. W. Barbour A Seed in the Appendix, by Mintwood. Capricious Washington, by K B. Colors, by Lillie May Forney. How the Argentines Live, by An American Woman. The Harvesters (a poem), by William Struthers. Fashion Inquiries, by Lillie May Forney. Like as a Moon (a poem), by Susie M. Best. How to Make Wholesome Toast.

THE CHATAUQUAN for August. Contents: Old Chatauqua Days (illustrated), by Theodore L. Flood. Flying by Means of Electricity, by Prof. John Trowbridge. Illustration and Our Illustrators, by C. M. Fairbanks. What Shall be Taxed, by Edward W. Bemis Sunday Readings, selected by Bishop Vincent. American Sporting on the Seas, by J. H. Mandigo. African Myths and Legends by Heli Chatelain. A Study of Longfellow, by John Vance Cheney. The Physical and the Mental in Hypnotism, by Alfred Fouillée. Death Valley, by R. S. Dix. Travelling in Provincial France, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. England in the Eighteenth Century, by Edward A. Freeman. The Spell of the Past, by John Burroughs. Modern Surgery, by C. R. Hammerton. The Sorosis Club at Bombay, India, by Mrs. M. B. Denning. A Colored Creole Type, by Julie Wetherill Baker. What Women's Clubs have done for Women, by Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods. A Town Minus Poverty, by Clare De Graffenried. Color and China Painting, by Laura A. Fry. Music Lessons at Home or in a School, by Irene Hale. Women in the Pension Office, by Ella Loraine Dorsey. The Indian Women of Dakota, by Kate Carnes. A Debate in Germany. The poems of the number are by Philip Burroughs Strong and Virna Woods. The usual editorial and department space is well filled.

THE CENTURY for August. Contents: Portraits of the Emperor and Empress of Germany (Frontispiece). The German Emperor, by Poultney Bigelow. Thou Reignest Still, by Louise Chandler Moulton. Thumb-Nail Sketches (Moglashen), by George Wharton Edwards. A Common Story, by Walcott Balestier. Two Kings, by William H. Hayne. On the Study of Tennyson, by Henry van Dyke. The Squirrel Inn (IV), by Frank R. Stockton. The Press as a News Gatherer, by the Manager of the Associated Press, William Henry Smith. The Eleventh-Hour Laborer, by L. Gray Noble. Life on the South Shoal Lightship, by Gustav Kobbe. Play in Provence (The Grand Arrival of the Bulls), by Joseph Pennell. Alone We Come Into the World, by Stuart Sterne. The Little Renault, by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. On Elkhorn, by Robert Burns Wilson. Our Summer Migration (a social study), by Edward Hungerford. Le Crepuscule (from a painting), by Alexan

der Harrison. Cape Horn and Co-operative Mining in '49, by Willard B. Farwell. Gray Rocks and Grayer Sea, by Charles G. D. Roberts. The White Crown, by Herbert D. Ward. The Faith Doctor (VII), by Edward Eggleston The Clown and the Missionary, by Viola Roseboro.

ST. NICHOLAS for August. Contents: Frontispiece, "Puck and Fairies," A Rhyme of Robin Puck (verse), by Helen Gray Cone. Four Sides to a Triangle, by Charles R. Talbot. Prince Elecampane of the Golden Plume (verse), by Margaret Johnson. The Statue, by Tudor Jenks. A Hint (verse), by Anna M. Pratt. Jingle, "The Sandpipers," by B W. The Crowned Children of Europe, by Charles K. Backus. The Fortunes of Toby Trafford, Chapters XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL, XLI, XLII, by J. T. Trowbridge. Good Measure of Love (verse), by Robert Underwood Johnson. Plain Truths About Hunting, by Julien Ralph. Jingle, "I Saw a Picture of Myself To-day," by John Kendrick Bangs. Jingle, "A Queer Little Boy in the Month of June," by Cornelia Redmond. The Torpedo tation at Newport, by John Osborne. Jingle, "Bow Your Head, Daisies White," by W. S. Reed. The Merry Outlaw, Bob o' Lincoln, by L. E. Stofiel. The Song of the Thrush (verse), by C. P. Cranch. Picture, "Left Behind and Fallen in Strange Company." Vacation Days, by Laura E. Richards. How the Maiden and the Bear Sailed Away (verse), by Oscar Park. Chan Ok, Chapters VIII, IX, by J. O. Davidson. The Twins (verse), by Jesse B. McClure. The SwimmingHole Stories (V), A Hornet's Nest, by Walter Storrs Bigelow. The Story of the "Century" Cat, by Mary F. Honeyman. A New Tale of a Tub, by N. P. Francis. Picture, A Morning in the Hayfield." Some Incidents of Stanley's Expedition, by E. J. Glave The Story of My Life, by Saleh Bin Osman. The Frogs' Singing-School, by E. T. Corbett. For Very Little Folks: The Rabbit and the Donkey Jack in-the-Pulpit. A Marble Quarry, by George P. Merrill. The Letter-box. The Riddle-box.

SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE for August. Contents: "She is Tail and Fair" (Frontispiece). Piccadilly, by Andrew Lang (the third article of the series on the Great Streets of the World). The Anatomist of the Heart, by T. R. Sullivan. Song and Sorrow, by Mrs. James T. Fields. The Wrecker, prologue and chapters I-III (to be continued), by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. In Absence, by Archibald Lampman. Dead Men's Holiday, after Shipka, by Louise Chandler Moulton. Uneffectual Fire, by Annie Eliot. At the Ranch of the Holy Cross, by A. A. Hayes. The Dunchurch Bells, by Archibald Gordon. Elsket, by Thomas Nelson Page. The Great King's Dream. Parliamentary Days in Japan, by John H Wigmore (the second and final article on the new Politicale Régime in Japan). The Song of the Comforter, by John J. a'Becket. The Point of View (The Question-of-the-Day Novel, Anonymous Journalism, A Crucial Time, The Malady of Success.)

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A good and timely table of contents is presented by the NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE for August. Colonel Albert Clarke opens the number with a bright and instructive account of the State of Vermont, giving pen pictures of all the leading men of the State. It is attractively illustrated, and its information is imparted in a light and easily digestible form. 'A Side Issue of the Campaign" is a clever liitle story by Mary E. Brush, a name new in literature. It deals with the trials of a country editor and his wife. The Harvard Essays are above the average of such contributions to literature. Charles Lewis Slattery says something worth the saying in an original and piquant fashion, in "A Remedy for American Philistinism." The Birthplace of Hannibal Hamlin descriptive sketch of Paris, Me., especially interesting at this time. It is by Charles E. Waterman, a fellow-townsman of Hamlin's. William Howe Downes contributes a finely illustrated paper on "The Literature of the White Mountains." Eliza Orne White has a pretty little story in a minor key, called "Commonplace Carrie." W. D. McCrackan furnishes a very interesting aud valuable paper on "The Rise of the Swiss Confederation," which is also timely in view of the coming celebration in Switzerland. "Bennington and its Battle," by Edwin A. Start, is an historical retrospect nearer home, and is in a bright vein. N. H. Chamberlain contributes an interesting paper called "In the Footprints of Burgoyne's Army. W. Blackburne Harte chats pleasantly in a department called "About Books," and several poems and sketches complete a very entertaining number.

LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE for August. Contents: A Daughter's Heart, by Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron. Thoreau and his Biographers, by Samuel Arthur Jones. A Damascus Blade, by Clinton Scollard. Walt Whitman's Birthday, by Horace L. Traubel. At a Poet's Funeral, by Anne Reeve Aldrich. My Adventure with Edgar Allan Poe, by Julian Hawthorne. Fancy, by Daniel L. Dawson. A Culprit, by Charles Henry Luders. A Plea for Patriotism, by Mary Elizabeth Blake. Re-roasted Chestnuts, by George Grantham Bain. The Slav and the Indian Empire, by Clarence Bloomfield Moore. Walt Whitman's Last, 'Good-bye, my Fancy," by Walt Whitman. With the Wits (illustrated by leading artists).

Good Things in August WIDE AWAKE: the three poems-the ballad by Harriet Prescott Spofford; "Pope's Mother at Twickenham"; the "Rain Song," by Eli Sbepperd; and "The Burglar Bee," by Richard Burton. The three stories-"Peg's Little Chair," by Sarah Orne Jewett; "The Bride's Bouquet," by Grace W. Soper; and "The Silent Lie," by Francis E. Leupp. The three articles-"How the Cossacks Play Polo," by Madame de Meissner: "An Odd Set. by Eleanor Lewis; and "Mr. Brown's Playfellow," by J. Loxley Rhees. The Margaret-Patty Letter, by Mrs. William Claflin. "An Unanimous Opinion," by Helen Sweet. The three serials by Margaret Sidney, Elizabeth Cumings and Marietta Ambrosi; and the four pages of original anecdotes in "Men and Things." WIDE AWAKE is $2.40 a year. D. Lothrop Company, Boston.

THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY for August. Contents: New Chapters in the Warfare of Science XIII. From Fetich to Hygiene, by Andrew D. White, L.L. D., L. H. D., Part I. The Value of Statistics, by Hon. Carrold D. Wright. The Development of American Industries Since Columbus. VII. The Evolution of the Woolen Manufacture, by S. N. Dexter North, (concluded). Illustrated. Hypocrisy as a Social Debaser, by Dr. R. W. Conant. The Practical Outcome of Science, by W. H. Smith, M. D., Ph. D. Dress and Adornment. I. Deformations, by Prof. Frederick Starr (illustrated). Prof. Huxley and the Swine Miracle, by W. E. Gladstone. Illustrations of Mr. Gladstone's Controversial Method, by Prof. T. H. Huxley. Head Flattening as Seen Among the Navajo Indians, by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt (illustrated). The Relations of Abstract Research to Practical Invention, by F. W. Clarke. Ginseng in Commerce, by J. Jones Bell, M. A. (illustrated). Sketch of Friedrich W. A. Argeland (with portrait). Editor's Table: Science and Wealth. Literary Notices. Popular Miscellany. Notes.

OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT.

JOHN E. MASSEY, Sup't Public Instruction,
J. A. MCGILVRAY, Secretary Board of Education,

[The Journal is sent to every County Superintendent and District Clerk, and must be carefully preserved by them as public property and transmitted to their successors in office.]

Thanks, Dr. Curry!

PEABODY INSTITUTES.

Through Dr. Curry, who directs the operations of the Peabody Board of Trust, Virginia received the usual appropriation for institutes last year. We were grateful for it, and endeavored to make a judicious application of the fund. While the number of teachers in attendance that year was not large, the work was practical and helpful, and in many respects satisfactory.

Of the report made in 1890, Dr. Curry said: "I must thank you for your report just received and read. It is equal to any, if not the best I have received from any Superintendent since I have been General Agent." Of course, superintendents, teachers, and institute conductors and instructors-indeed, all who extended their co-operation—are entitled to share the credit for the results which we were able to communicate in that report.

To Dr. Curry, however, above all others, we owe a debt of gratitude, not only for his wise policy in regard to, and his generous support of, institutes, but, also, for his brilliant and effective efforts in behalf of the cause of public education in the South, and for his unwavering loyalty and devotion to the cause generally. Virginia proudly claims him as her son; her citizens gladly honor him, and her educators confidently rely upon his sympathy, counsel, and aid. But his sphere is not confined to Virginia; of his achievements she is not the only beneficiary, nor do Virginia educators alone appreciate his work and worth. Dr. Curry belongs to the nation, and posterity will honor him.

In Dr. Curry's wisdom, the appropriation was so increased this year that we were able to hold five institutes-three for white, and two for colored teachers-in addition to the "Summer Session" of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. Full reports of the work have not yet been received, but from preliminary reports the enrollment is estimated at about 1500-1000 white, and 500 colored teachers. The benefits were,