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Show BOOKS FOB THE SCHOOLS. From tho American Book Company, Chicago, Chi-cago, we have Maxwell's Elometary Lesson Les-son Grammar. It seems to bo an effort on tho part of ono who has all his technical techni-cal names, classifications, and definitions at his tonguo's end, and who is lost without with-out tho uso of them, it to a pretty good sort of a book for exports, who, wo pro-sumo, pro-sumo, would all agree that It is a flrst-rata sort of a work, but it Is certainly a droad-ful droad-ful thing to turn loose upon a child who Is Innocent of tho whole matter. The troublo ; with tho most -of such books, this among the number. Is. that though tho rules aro Jeslgned to teach tho right uso of English En-glish thoy aro themselvos harder to learn thun Is the right uso thoy aro Intended to impart. One doesn't understand tho rules jntll ho no longer needs them. From the same, wo havo Avery's School Chemtatry, designed to met tho needs of all secondary schools on chemistry, and to provide a satisfactory text, a sufficient imount of Individual laboratory work, and sultablo Iccturo-table demonstrations, it Is an entirely new book, and is well adapted for a practical help. Unusual space is devoted to chemistry as applied .0 Important industrial processes. From tho same, we havo Kcysor and Montrcsor's Brief German Course, comprising com-prising grammar, exercised, reading, and conversation; It follows tho recommendations recommenda-tions of tho Committee of Twelve of the Modern Langungo Association and of the College Entrance Examination Board. It Is a result of many years' class room experience ex-perience on the part of two practical high school teachers, and in many respects, both In general arrangement and in Important Im-portant details, differs wldoly from tho traditional textbook In German. In brief, tho work provides: careful drill upon pronunciation; pro-nunciation; memorizing and ' frequent repetition of easy colloquial sentences; drill upon the rudiments of grammar; abundnnt easy sentences designed not only to tlx In mind the forms and princi ples of grammar, but also to cultivate readiness In tho reproduction of natural forms of expression; exercises In word formation leading to an .acquisition of an adequate vocabulary; and tho reading ot graded and connected selections In proso and poetry. |