An interesting and practical treatment of the subject by one who has had long and successful experience in the training of the mentally deficient. The modern methods of sifting and classifying these children, are given in detail, and the work suitable for each class is described. It is an interesting book for everyone, but is intended primarily for teachers and parents. There are 152 illustrations.
“In his interesting study, Dr. Barr has spoken to an audience of teachers and parents, rather than to scientists.” Albert Warren Ferris.
| + + | Bookm. 21: 65. Mr. ‘05. 700w. (Abstract of book.) |
“It is by all odds the most thorough and well written treatise upon the subject with which we are familiar, not excepting those of Ireland, Doun, or Seguin; besides it is modern.”
| + + + | Critic. 46: 287. Mr. ‘05. 210w. | |
| + + | Nation. 80: 524. Je. 29, ‘05. 460w. | |
| School R. 13: 649. O. ‘05. 10w. |
Barr, Robert. Speculations of John Steele. [†]$1.50. Stokes.
John Steele, the hero of this story, runs the entire gamut of financial adventure. He starts as station master in the “lone shanty” known as Hitchen’s Siding where his bravery in side-tracking a freight train without the dispatcher’s orders, thus averting a collision, was the beginning of a series of promotions. He becomes the owner of a railroad, dabbles in wheat, loses a fortune, wins it again with the woman he loves thru a coup de force.
Barrett, Mrs. Charlotte, ed. See Burney, Frances. [Diary and letters of Madame D’Arblay.]
Barrington, Mrs. Russell. Reminiscences of G. F. Watts. [*]$5. Macmillan.
Conversational reminiscences of the sculptor-artist jotted down by one who was his friend and neighbor. Many interesting details are given, which reveal his character and his attitude toward his own work and the work of other artists.