But musical as is Apollo’s lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets,
Where no dull surfeit reigns.
| Name of Work. | Author. | Pages. | Price. | Publisher. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological Foundations | W. Harris | 400 | 6s. | Appleton | An excellent book by the Commissioner of Education, U.S.A., showing the correlation ofthe Philosophy of Education with Psychology and Ethics. | ||
| Philosophy of Education | Rosenkranz | 280 | 6s. | Appleton | Well translated. Notes by Dr. Harris add much to its value. | ||
| Handbook of Psychology | Sully | 400 | 6s. 6d. | Longmans | |||
| Education of Man | Fröbel | 330 | 6s. | Appleton | Well translated by Hailmann. | ||
| Educational Laws | Hughes | 300 | 6s. | Arnold | Should be read by all teachers. A very clear exposition of the ideas of Fröbel and other reformers. | ||
| Pedagogy of Herbart | Ufer | 120 | 2s. 6d. | Isbister | Not too difficult for beginners. | ||
| Herbart and Herbartians | De Garmo | 270 | 5s. | Heinemann | A clear account of Herbart’s thoughts and application of his principles by others. | ||
| Essentials of Method | De Garmo | 130 | 2s. 6d. | Heath | |||
| Herbart’s ABC of Sense-Perception | Eckhoff | 300 | 6s. | Appleton | Not an easy book. Gives much insight into Herbart’s theories and practice, especially in mathematics. | ||
| Application of Psychology to Education | Mulliner | 360 | 4s. 6d. | Sonnenschein | Introduction gives a full exposition of Herbart’s psychology. | ||
| Apperception | Lange | 120 | Isbister | Very clear. Suitable for beginners. On Herbartian lines. | |||
| Herbartian Psychology | Adams | 200 | 2s. 6d. | Isbister | Excellent for beginners. Full of apt illustrations. | ||
| Primer of Psychology | Ladd | 5s. 6d. | Longmans | ||||
| Leading Principle of Method | Rosmini | 360 | 5s. | Heath | A thoughtful, religious, sympathetic writer. Translated by Mrs. Grey. | ||
| Vocation of the Scholar | Fichte | 130 | 2s. 6d. | Chapman | Will kindle enthusiasm and lift the thoughts to the higher aspects of learning. | ||
| Metaphysica Nova et Vetusta | Laurie | 300 | 6s. | Williams & Norgate | Clear and full of interest. | ||
| Outlines of Pedagogics | Rein | 200 | 6s. | Sonnenschein | |||
| Educational Theories | Oscar Browning | 192 | 3s. 6d. | ||||
| Elementary Psychology | Baldwin | 300 | Appleton | Very systematic. Not a book for the general reader, but for the serious student. Many good diagrams. | |||
| Psychology | Kirchner | 350 | Sonnenschein | A very thorough book, suitable for those who have some knowledge of philosophy. | |||
| Psychology Applied to Education | Compayré | 220 | 3s. 6d. | Isbister | Useful and well arranged. | ||
| Education as a Science | Bain | 450 | 5s. | Kegan Paul | - | Contains much of value to teachers. With a good deal the editor is not in sympathy. | |
| Education | Herbert Spencer | 170 | 2s. 6d. | Williams & Norgate | |||
| L’Education des Femmes | Gréard | 300 | Hachette | A very interesting book. | |||
| Rousseau’s Emile Extracts | Worthington | 160 | 3s. 6d. | Heath | |||
| Les Pères et les Fils | Legouvé | 350 | 3s. | Hetzel | Short chapters giving in the narrative form the way a father deals with his son. Delightful reading. | ||
| Hist. Critique des doctrines de l’Education | Compayré | 500 | Hachette | Several volumes. Very judicious and interesting. | |||
| Educational Reformers | Quick | 330 | Longmans | Very good. | |||
| L’Education Progressive | Necker de Saussure | 7s. | Three vols. A mine of original observation. Rosmini depends much on it. | ||||
| Home Education | Mason | 3s. 6d. | Kegan Paul | A very helpful book for parents and teachers. | |||
| Lectures on Teaching | Fitch | 430 | 5s. | Camb. Univ. Press | Should be in the hands of all teachers. | ||
| Teaching and Organisation | Barnett | 420 | 6s. 6d. | Longmans | A very valuable book. Contains 23 papers on different subjects. | ||
| Aims and Practice of Teaching | Spenser | 280 | Camb. Univ. Press | Very good. Contains 12 papers by various writers. An excellent one on modern languages by the editor. | |||
| Thirty Years of Teaching | Miall | 250 | 3s. 6d. | Macmillan | A series of brightly-written practical essays, which all teachers may read with pleasure and profit. | ||
| School and Home Life | Rooper | 480 | 1s. | Brown | Original and suggestive. | ||
| Educative Psychological Foundations | Holman | 530 | 6s. | Isbister | Not too difficult for beginners. | ||
| Teaching and Teachers | Trumbull | 400 | Hodder | ||||
| Religious Teaching | Bell | 180 | 2s. 6d. | Macmillan | A very good book. | ||
The Bureau of Education, U.S.A., issues valuable reports each year, which are presented to the Teachers’ Guild and a few favoured places. They always contain a great deal of interesting matter.
The Pedagogical Seminary, edited by Dr. Stanley Hall, should be studied by all who desire to keep in touch with the new scientific methods. No. for Aug., 1897, is specially good.
PART I. HUMANITIES.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE GENERALLY—READING, WRITING, GRAMMAR, COMPOSITION.
By Dorothea Beale.
I propose to treat in order of the different subjects of our school curriculum. The first of these is language generally.