Ethics *Baldwin, James Mark. Mental development in the child and the N. Y. 1895. 150 B192 e Patient study of this book will result in a good idea of the theories which scientific child study is tending to establish. Suggestion are the most practical in the book. Chapters on Imitation and Lawrence, p. 30. Amer. j. psych. Oct. 1895, 7:142-45; Mind, Jan. 1896, ser. 2, 5:97-103; Phil. rev. July 1895, ser. 2, 4: 423-27. On right attitude of parents, authority, obedience, conflicting authorities, emotional outbursts, prenatal influences, little faults, self-government, etc. N. Y. state trav. lib. Subject no. 372, p. 5. Will help librarian in personal relations with children. Addis, Welford. Legal rights of children. (see U. S.-Education, Knowledge of general and local laws relating to minors will be very use ful. *Fairchild, Edwin Milton. Society's need of effective ethical instruc 25C. Chic. 1899. e The suggestion of ethical instruction from photographs of social life marks a new era in educational methods. It is the result of much careful observation and scientific investigation, and will help decide what pictures to use and why, and what illustrations are desirable in children's books. Jan. 1899, 4: 433-47. Reprinted from Amer. j. soc. Intellectual life. 455p. illus. D. Bost. 374 H17 e Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. more Clarke, James Freeman. Self-culture: physical, intellectual, moral and spiritual; a course of lectures. Ed. 17. 446p. O. Bost. 374 C55 e Full of the ripe experience, broad views and healthful religious spirit which make Dr Clarke one of the foremost men of his day. Boston Saturday evening gazette. *Muirhead, John Henry. Elements of ethics, an introd. to moral phi- Sociology losophy. 239p. D. extension manuals) N. Y. 1892. Scribner $1. (University 171 M89 e There is vigor, brightness and fluency in Muirhead's work, and a student who takes this as his first book in the subject will not be likely to let it be his last. Mind, Oct. 1892, ser. 2, 1:555–56. Adler, Felix. Moral instruction of children. 278p. D. N. Y. 1898. 377.2 Ad5 e Attempts practical solution of problems of nonsectarian instruction. Librarians will be particularly interested in suggestions for use of classics, fables and fairy tales. Phil. rev. Jan. 1893, 2: 86-87. SOCIOLOGY *Willard, Josiah Flynt. Tramping with tramps; studies and sketches of vagabond life by Josiah Flynt, with pref. note by Andrew D. White. 398p. illus. D. N. Y. 1899. Century $1.50. 339 F67 e Specially valuable to student of child life for its revelations of dangerous influences exerted over boys by professional tramps. Bookman, Nov. 1889, 10: 279; Nation, Oct. 16, 1899, 69: 321. Riis, Jacob August. Children of the poor. 300p. illus. O. Valuable study of conditions in "darkest New York"; sets forth terrible evils and measures undertaken for relief. Nation Understanding their home life, librarians can more easily cope with the unruly "gang" that sometimes descends on the children's room. Guyau, Jean Marie. Education and heredity; a study in sociology; temporary science ser.) Mind, Jan. 1890, 15: 140. (Con370.1 G99 e Philanthropy and social progress; seven essays by Jane Addams, R. A. 1893. Crowell $1. 266p. D. Discusses the work of the social settlement. Emphasizes the personal help that a librarian can offer children. Discusses the main features of sociology and its relations to other sciences. Rewritten, expanded and published, May 1901, by Macmillan, New York, 3:236-47 3:328-39 Mar. *Baldwin, Joseph. Psychology applied to the art of teaching 381p. Read this book for its sound psychology and practical pedagogy, Butler, Nicholas Murray. Meaning of education and other essays For teachers who By an acknowledged authority and vigorous writer. want au outlook into educational principles and equally for parents and citizens. Outlook, May 21, 1898, 59: 180. Mind, Oct. 1898, ser. 2, 7: 562-63. Holman, Henry. Education; an introd. to its principles and their N.Y.1896. Dodd 370.1 H73 e Intended for beginners in the serious study of education; discusses many topics quite familiar to the advanced student. 12:188-90. Ped. sem. June 1896, 3: 491. not professional teachers. Educ. rer. Sep. 1896, An effort to help many simple people into keener conviction and firmer purpose as to the best education and the means of furthering it. Preface. *Warner, Francis, M. D. Study of children and their school train- Pedagogy N. Y. 1897. Macmillan $1. 370.1 W24 e ing. 264p.illus. D. English price 4s 6d. Not so much a contribution to child study as to child hygiene. There can be no doubt of its utility to parents and teachers, Not only are the things that Dr Warner tells them intrinsically worth knowing, but they are things which must be known before the study of child psychology can begin. Mind, July 1898, ser. 2, 7: 433. History The books selected under this division will give the librarian a necessary comprehension of general and specific problems of education, past and present. Browning, Oscar. Short history of education; reprint of the article in the 9th ed. of the Encyclopaedia Britannica; ed. with an introd. notes, references and some account of Comenius, by W. H. Payne. 93p.illus.S. Syracuse N. Y. 1897. Bardeen 50c. Accurate, concise, readable. 370.9 B821 e Compayré, Gabriel. History of pedagogy; tr. by W. H. Payne. 598p.D. Bost.1894. Heath $1.75 370.9 C73 e The merits of this book have been well tested. It has long been the standard history of education. Lawrence, p. 18. *Williams, Samuel Gardner. History of modern education. Ed. 2 enl. Syracuse N. Y. 1896. 370.9 W671 e The author's excellent sense of proportion, his soundness of judgment and breadth of view make this interesting history a substantial contribution to the cause of education. Nicholas Murray Butler. Educ. rev. Dec. 1892, 4: 496–97; New Eng. j. educ. Oct. 20, 1892, 36 : 255 ; Science, Aug. 26, 1892, 20: 125. Munroe, James Phinney. Educational ideal; an outline of its growth in modern times. (Heath's pedagogical library) 262p.D. Bost.1895. Heath $1. 370.1 M92 e Contents: Rabelais, Bacon, Comenius, Montaigue, Locke, the Port Royalists and Fénelon, Pestalozzi, Fröbel and the woman educators. An excellent survey of the historical development of educational principles. Monroe, p. 11. Quick, Robert Herbert. 568p.D. N. Y. 1898. cation ser. v.17) Essays on educational reformers. 370.9 Q41 e Popular essays on the Jesuits, Rabelais, Ascham, Comenius, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Spencer and many other famous educators, with admirable final summary of individual contribution to educational progress. Reliable, specific, rich in illustration and intensely interesting. History Davidson, Thomas. Rousseau and education according to nature. 253p.D. N. Y. 1898. Scribner $1. (Great educators) 370.1 D28 e Rousseau's influence on educational theories has been so marked and so enduring that no student of pedagogy can afford to remain ignorant of the important features of his life and teachings. This is an adequate and readable outline. Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich. How Gertrude teaches her children; tr. by L. E. Holland and F. C. Turner and ed. by Ebenezer Cooke. 256p.D. Syracuse N. Y. 1894. Bardeen 50c. 37144 P432 e * An admirable attempt to condense the substance of several volumes of the author's most important work into one little book. G. S. Hall. Originally published in London, Sonnenschein 3s. Fröbel, Friedrich August Wilhelm. Education of man; tr. by W: N. Hailmann. 332p.D. N. Y. 1890. Appleton $1.50. (International education ser. v. 5) 372.2 F92 e It lifts all educational work from narrow, merely utilitarian standpoints to an intensely and broadly Christian point of view; it measures every educational activity by its influence on character. W: T. Harris. Blow, Susan Elizabeth. Symbolic education; a commentary on $1.50. 251p.D. Appleton N. Y. 1894. 372.2 F922 e (International education ser. v. 26) An eloquent and vivid exposition of Fröbel's educational ideal. Educ. rev. Jan. 1895, 9:90. This work and the preceding are selected as giving in short compass the best interpretations of Fröbel's philosophy without going too deeply into details of kindergarten method. * De Garmo, Charles. Herbart and the Herbartians. N. Y. 1895. Scribner $1. 268p D. (Great educators) 371 D36 e Best systematic analysis of the Herbartian theory of education in the Eug lish language. Monroe, p. 265. Harris, William Torrey. Herbart and Pestalozzi compared. (see Educ. rev. Feb. 1895, 9: 192. Educ. rev. May 1893, 5:417-23) 370.5 Ed82 Harrison, Elizabeth. Study of child-nature from the kindergarten Talks by principal of Chicago kindergarten college; extremely suggestive and helpful. N. Y. state trav. lib. Subject no. 372, p. 7. |