+ + – Science, n.s. 23: 223. F. 9, ’06. 1290w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) + – Yale R. 15: 338. N. ’06. 170w. (Review of v. 5.)
Sargent, Dudley Allen. Physical education. *$1.50. Ginn.
Believing that the training of the body should be placed upon the same educational basis as the training of the intellect, Dr. Sargent has published these papers as pioneer efforts toward the realization of his ideals. The earlier physical condition of the American people is described, and the urgent necessity for some form of physical training is shown, then follow chapters which contain “the principle theories which the author has employed in evolving a comprehensive system of physical training.” The table of contents includes; Physical education in colleges, The individual system of physical training, Athletes in secondary schools, Military drill in the public schools, and Physical training in the school and college curriculum.
Satchell, William. Toll of the bush. $1.50. Macmillan.
“Owes its undeniable charm partly to the skill with which the author has utilised an unfamiliar and impressive background, and partly to qualities of sympathy and humour together with breadth and freshness of view.”
+ Acad. 70: 16. Ja. 6, ’06. 380w.
Saunders, Margaret Baillie-.Saints in society. †$1.50. Putnam.
The author’s first work accepted by Mr. Fisher Unwin for his “First novel library.” “A poor young couple become suddenly rich and experience all the debilitating effects of great wealth and a high social position in consequence. The husband forsakes the noble ideas of his younger days and finally dies unhappily. The widow founds a baby farm, where she lives quietly until it is decent for her to receive the lover whom she acquired, but held virtuously at bay, during her husband’s lifetime.” (Ind.)
“Her story is interesting, and it is written with a kind of rough power, but it does not come within a thousand miles of being literature, while considered as a picture of modern English life it appears to us to be frankly farcical.”