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The Making of Our Middle Schools. By Elmer Ellworth Brown,

Ph.D. (Longman and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—It is impossible to notice this volume at the length which the pains spent upon it and the value of the material collected and arranged in it would call for. It must be understood that the schools treated of are institutions which exist in the United States. At this time, when our own system of education is to be re- Trganised, and the wasteful varieties of energy brought, so to speak, into line, the subject of what has been done by our kins- men on the other side of the Atlantic, and what results have been .ittained, cannot be neglected. We must be content with recom- mending Professor Brown's work to the careful consideration of those who have to study this problem.