the cloudless sky undimmed by the shade of night, there to renew our search for knowledge and our labors of love, with immortal faculties that are least weary when most employed.

The Cyclopedia of Education.

This largest and handsomest of our publications is an octavo volume of 562 pages, price $3.75. How indispensable it is to the teacher and to the school library may be judged from the following testimonials.

"It is admirable in every way. The book is worthy of a lower shelf in every teacher's library.-Educational News, June 8, 1889.

"This handsomely printed book is worth adding to the pedagogical shelf of any reference library."-The Critic, March 23, 1889.

"An elegant volume, which will find a place in the library of every teacher. The bibliography at the end of the book is the best educational check-list in the country."-R. Heber Holbrook, in Normal Exponent, May, '89.

"It is the most ambitious work of the kind yet published in English, and is, therefore, a very valuable volume for the teacher's library. Moreover, its value is increased greatly by the addition of a very extensive Bibliography of Pedagogy, both English and foreign."—Pop'r Educator, Mch. '89.

"This work occupies a distinct and peculiar field, and will be of continual value to the educator. The special aim of the editor, Mr. A. Fletcher, has been to give a clear but concise account of facts and questions belonging to educational topics. Here are a few titles which will give some idea of the scope of the work: Pestalozzi, Attendance, Analysis of Sentences, Chemistry, Technical Education, Precocity, Pedagogy, Hamiltonian Method, Hegel, Universal Language, Utilitarianism, University, Kindergarten. Under these, and many scores of other topics, there is given a mass of carefully combined information, much of which could not be found elsewhere.”— Christian Union, Feb. 22, 1889.

A handbook of ready reference on educational subjects of a high plane of scholarship has long been a desideratum in this country, and this work in a large measure supplies this want. It is a handbook of reference on all subjects of education-its history, theory, and practice. The list of contributors to the work embraces the leading educational writers of England, including such names as Oscar Browning, J. S. Curwen, Sir Philip Magnus, Arthur Sidgwick, and James Sully. These men are writers of the broadest scholarship, capable of thinking deeply on educational subjects, and what they have to say is entitled to the highest confidence of the educational world. The object dilgently kept in view by the writers of this work has been to make it useful to all who take an interest in educational questions, and especially to those engaged in teaching. With this purpose in view the object has been to present a practical view of educational facts and questions discussed. An exhaustive treatment of the great variety of subjects has not been aimed at, the end sought being to bring their pedagogic features into clear outline. Not the least useful part of the work is a 'Select and Systematic Bibliography of Pedagogy,' occupying some forty pages. The work makes a large octavo volume of 562 pages. The mechanical execution is unusually satisfactory."—Journal of Pedagogy, June, 1889.

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N, Y.

History of Modern Education.

1. The History of Modern Education. An account of Educational Opinion and Practice from the Revival of Learning to the Present Decade. By SAMUEL G. WILLIAMS, Ph.D., Professor of the Science and Art of Teaching in Cornell University. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 395. 15 Portraits. $1.50.

This is altogether the fullest and most complete history of modern education now available, and should be examined at once by all who have classes in that subject. It is also the only adequate preparation for examinations, and a necessary part of every teachers' working library.

The titles of the chapters will give some idea of its comprehensiveness. I. Preliminaries of modern education. II. The Renaissance, and some III. Educational interesting phases of education in the 16th century. opinions of the 16th century. IV. Distinguished teachers of the 16th century, Melanchthon, Sturm, Trotzendorf, Neander, Ascham, Mulcaster, the Jesuits. V. Some characteristics of education in the 17th century. VI. Principles VIII. of the educational reformers. VII. The 17th century reformers. Female education and Fenelon. IX. The Oratory of Jesus. Beginnings of American education. X. Characteristics of education in the 18th century. XI. Important educational treatises of the 18th century. Rollin, Rousseau, Kant. XII. Basedow and the Philanthropinic experiment. XIII. Pestalozzi and his work. XIV. General review of education in the 18th century. XV. Educational characteristics of the 19th century. Herbert Spencer, Froebel, manual training, disciplinary value of studies.

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Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler says in the Educational Review: "Prof. Williams's book is the latest, and for the American reader the best. It need hardly be said that it ought to displace all of the cheap compends in use."-Prof. Hugh O. Bird, of the State Normal College of Va., writes: "It is just the book I have been looking for. I have a class of 22 studying it and I find it very satisfactory."-Principal Rounds, of the N. H. Normal School, writes: "The book is better adapted to our use than any other."

2. Lectures on the History of Education in Prussia and England and on Kindred Topics. By JAMES DONALDSON. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 185. $1.00.

3. History of the Burgh Schools of Scotland. By JAMES GRANT. Cloth, 8vo, pp. 571. $3.00.

4. The History of the High School of Edinburgh. By WILLIAM STEVENS. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 610. $2.00.

5. History of the Schools of Syracuse, N. Y. By EDWARD SMITH. Cloth, 8vo, gilt top, pp. 347. With 85 Portraits and 30 Pictures of Buildings. $3.00. The Rise and Progress of the New York School System. By A. E. SCHEPMOES. Leatherette, 16mo, pp. 32. 35 cents.

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7. History of Educational Journalism in the State New of York. C. W. BARDEEN. Paper, 8vo, pp. 44. 40 cents.

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N. Y.

Biographies of Great Teachers.

1. A Memoir of Roger Ascham, by SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.; and selec

From Stanley's "Life of Arnold " those chapters have been taken which refer to his work as a teacher, and are published without change. Thus the book gives in small compass and at a low price all that is most important in the lives of these two great teachers.

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"No better reading could be selected for the teacher, none more stimulating, none more softening, than the lives of these two men, so conspicuous for their achievements as teachers."-The Evangelist.

2. John Amos Comenius, Bishop of the Moravians; his Life and Educational Works. By S. S. LAURIE. 16mo, pp. 232. Manilla, 50 cts.; Cloth, $1.00. 3. A Biographical Memoir of Samuel Hartlib, with Bibliographical Notices of works published by him. By H. DIRCKS. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 124, $2.00.

It was this Hartlib to whom Milton addressed his "Small Tractate of Education," and who brought Comenius to England. He was foremost in educational movements of the time, and this rare volume, of which we purchased the remainder of the edition, is of great value.

4. An Old Educational Reformer. Dr. Andrew Bell. By J. M. D. MEIKLEJOHN. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 182, $1.00.

Dr. Bell was the founder of the Monitorial System that swept over England and America in the early part of this century, and was at that time the most famous teacher in the world.

5. Pestalozzi; his Aim and Work. By Baron DE GUIMPS. Translated by MARGARET CUTHBERTSON CROMBIE. 12mo, pp. 336. Manilla, 50 cts.; Cloth, $1.50.

6. Autobiography of Friederich Froebel. Translated and annotated by EMILIE MICHAELIS and H. KEATLEY MOORE. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 183, $1.50.

7. The Educational Labors of Henry Barnard. By WILL S. MONROE. Leatherette, 16mo, pp. 35. 50 cts.

8. Essays on Educational Reformers. By R. H. QUICK. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 331, $1.50. Its vivacity makes it the most interesting of educational histories. C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N. Y.

Special Helps in Primary Teaching.

1. Primary Helps. A Kindergarten Manual for Public School Teachers.

By W. N. HAILMANN, Sup't of Indian Schools. Boards, 8vo, pp. 58, with 15 full-page plates. 75 cts.

Sup't Hailmann is undoubtedly the best exponent of kindergarten principles in this country. Thoroughly pervaded with the spirit of Froebel, he is also a public-school man of long experience, as member of the Detroit Board of Education, and as superintendent of the schools at La Porte. For years it has been his purpose to harmonize all who are engaged in the work, and especially to establish a connection between the kindergarten and the public schools. This book is the fruit of his efforts in this direction. It makes the principles of Froebel applicable in primary schools. Take for instance Chapter IV., on the use of sticks in teaching arithmetic. The general principles here laid down have been applied in many of the public schools, but the method has never before been so thoroughly systematized and perfected. There is no primary teacher who would not profit by the careful study of this work; there is no teacher who could not herself use in her school very many of the appliances here suggested. It shows how to make work pleasant for the child and yet a factor in education, developing the artistic sense, and arousing the powers of observation, imagination, and invention.

2. Autobiography of Fredrick Fræbel. Translated and annotated by EMILY MICHAELIS and H. KEATLY MOORE. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 185. $1.50.

3. Child and Child-Nature. Contributions to the understanding of Fræbel's Educational Theories. By the Baroness MARENHOLZ VON BUELOW. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 207. $1.50.

4. A Kindergarten System. By EMILY SHIRREFF. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 200. $1.00.

5. Essays on the Kindergarten. Being a selection of lectures read before the London Froebel Society. Cloth, 12mo, pp. 175. $1.00.

6. The New Education. By Prof. J. M. D. MEIKLEJOHN. Paper, 16mo, pp. 35. 15 cts.

7. The First Three Years of Childhoood. BY B. PEREZ, with an introduction by Prof. Sully. Cloth, 16mo, pp. 295. $1.50.

The most marked educational characteristic of the present decade is the study of children, which is everywhere becoming recognized as of fundamental importance. This is unquestionably the most helpful book in this direction that has been published. It is of such general interest that it is included by the American Library Association in the list of books to be contained in every library. No primary teacher can afford to be without it.

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher, Syracuse, N.Y,