The Elementary School Teacher (Volume 5)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... they are not so familiar.' So it always proved to be. This eighteen-penny white wine was produced at the famous Whistler breakfasts, where it was pronounced to be perfect. 'A very sound wine, very sound indeed, ' I have heard men say as they held it up to the light, handling it carefully as though it were priceless -- in exactly the same way I have seen them caress a blue-and-white plate. I have heard intelligent men dilate for hours upon the beauty and rarity of certain porcelain which I myself have seen Whistler buy at a cheap shop round the corner, or which has been presented at our doors in company with a pound of oriental tea. Overton and Hill's Nature Study. By Frank Overton, A.M., M.D., assisted by Mary E. Hill, Instructor in Science and Nature Study in the Goodyear Burlingame School, Syracuse, N. Y. New York: American Book Co. Cloth, i2mo, illustrated, pp. 142. $0.40. This book furnishes a year's work for pupils from eight to eleven years old. The subjects for study are those most familiar to children, such as the fly, the tadpole, frost, the pine tree, golden rod, the bird's nest, etc. The lessons are arranged in the order of the seasons, and throw light on the unfamiliar sides of these familiar things. They are correlated with work in drawing and compositionwriting, and teach the pupil not only to observe closely, but to realize the meaning of what he has observed, and to describe it both pictorially and verbally. The book is profusely illustrated, largely from photographs taken by the author. The plan is simple and the method supplies interesting work for young pupils, and affords a good basis for further and more advanced study. Spencers' Practical Writing. By Platt R. Spencer's Sons. New York: American Book Co. Six Books, per dozen, $0.60. This new syst...