Scnoot-Boous.—Round the Empire, by George R. Parkin, M.A. (Cassell and
Co.), comes with a recommendation from Lord Rose- bery. The knowledge of the dominions which make Britain an imperial country is so important, that, as Lord Rosebery puts it, " our children cannot begin the study of the subject too soon ; our statesmen and thinkers cannot pursue it too far."—The Advanced Class-Book of Modern Geography. By William Hughes and J. Francon Williams. (G. Philip and Son.)—This is a very complete book, and one which teachers will find especially useful. There are subjects on which we should have been glad to receive more information. There is a fairly satisfactory general account of Canada, but the thirteen provinces and territories are dismissed in little more than half as many pages. We are aware, however, of the severe limitations imposed by considerations of space. The volume consists RS it is of eight hundred closely printed pages, appendices not being included.—The specialty of Longman's School Geography for South Africa, by George G. Chisholm, M.A.., and Professor James Alex. Liebmann (Longmans), is the promi- nence which it gives to African matters. Sixty-three pages are given to the preliminary chapters on "Mathematical and Physical Geography." "Africa" comes next, with nearly a hundred pages, of which a considerable portion is devoted to the British Colonies. —Notes on Physiography, by Horace C. Martin (j. Heywood), is a collection of facts brought together from many sources, among which, besides physiography proper, may be mentioned geology. astronomy, physics, meteorology, and physical geography.—The same subject is treated in Physiography, by J. Spencer (Percival and Co.)—Some of the facts thus brought together may be found put in a popular and attractive form in Blackies Science Reader, III. (Mackie and Son), along with others which it does not in- clude. Perhaps the scope of the book is a little too large. Might it not be better to keep to one " kingdom " ? We begin here with the classification of animals, and go on to plants, to geology, to meteorology, and we know not what more.—A more elaborate work is A Graduated Course of Natural Science, by Benjamin Loewy (Macmillan) Among the contents of this volume are accounts of Force, Gravity, Elasticity, Friction, Principles of Mechanics, Sound, Reflection, Light, Electricity, &c. The chapters are furnished with sets of questions.—An Introduction to Chemical Theory, by Alexander Scott (A. and C. Black), is designed to give a comprehensive view of the subject to a student already acquainted with elementary facts in the science.—A Practical Introduction to the Elements of Chemistry. By W. Marshall Watts. (J. Nisbet and Co.)—Mr. Watts's point is to make his book eventuate/ from the beginning. It is for teaching, not in the class-room, where, indeed, little is to be really learnt, but in the laboratory.—Of Mathematical books we have :—A Manual of Plane Geometry, by G. Irving Hopkins. (Heath and Co., Boston, U.S.A.) This is a manual of the new geometry, not an improved Euclid, it must be understood, but with a wholly different arrangement. —From the same publishers we get The Elements of Plane and Solid Geometry, by Edward A. Bowser, LL.D. (a second edition).—Of the text-books which adhere to the old methods, we have Euclid, Book xi., by A. E. Layng (Blaokie and Son).—The First Book of Euclid's Elements, Arranged for Beginners, by the Bev. J. B. Lock (Macmillan), follows Euclid, but with variations and explanations.—We have from the same author and publisher, Mechanics for Beginners, Part I., Dynamics and Statics.—The Elements of Plain Trigonometry. By R. Levett, M.A., and C. Davison. (Macmillan and CO.)
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