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ICK'S EDUCATIONAL REFORMERS. Essays on Educational Reformers. By Robert Herbert Quick, M. A., Trinity College, Cambridge. 12mo. Cloth.

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CONTENTS.-Schools of the Jesuits; Ascham, Montaigne, Ratich, Milton; Comenius; Locke; Rousseau's Emile; Basidow and the Philanthropin; Pestalozzi; Jacotot; Herbert Spencer; Thoughts and Sugges tions about Teaching Children; Some Remarks about Moral and Religious Education; Appendix.

[From John Hancock, Esq., Supt. Public Schools, Cincinnati.]

"I know of no educational work in English of equal value. No teacher who has an ambition to emancipate himself from a servile adherence to the traditional methods of teaching, can read the book without profit.

"The book is not limited to a discussion of theories of education, but on almost every page may be found most valuable suggestions on matters of practice in teaching. Indeed, I know of no work in which theory and practice are so skillfully blended."

[From Miss D. A. Lathrop, Prin. Normal School, Cincinnati.]

"I am confident that all who study it carefully will lay it aside with a deep conviction that education is not a merely empirical science, but that it has scope for, and demands the broadest and most profound philosophy of which the human mind is capable."

[From the Illinois Schoolmaster.]

"We have been better pleased with this than with any solid work on education that has been placed in our hands for the last two years. Not a page can be turned without disclosing to the teacher For class work in normal schools seldom that we so unhesitatingly

valuable principles of his profession. we believe it to be superior. It is recommend the purchase of a book."

[From the National Normal.]

"This is a readable book. There are many young teachers who desire to make themselves familiar with the past of their profession. To them, and to all our readers, we can recommend this work most heartily."

[From the Maine Journal of Education.]

"The principles which underlie all correct modes and methods of teaching, must and will be sought after by those who are determined to place themselves in the advanced line of teachers. To those who desire to have, in a brief form, the statements and works of those who have been the foremost in changing the ideas of teaching from time to time, we cheerfully recommend this work."

[From the College Courant.]

"The essays are finely written, in classic English, and in the true professional spirit of an experienced and accomplished teacher."

[From the Literary World.]

"This book supplies information that, so far as we know, is contained in no other single volume, touching the progress of education in its earliest stages after the revival of learning. It is the work of a practical teacher, who supplements his sketches of famous educationalists with some well-considered observations, that deserve the attention of all who are interested in that subject."

[From Yale Literary Magazine.]

"The author's style is clear, easy, and agreeable.

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believe the work well fitted to do a good work in irrigating the desert wastes, which too often appear in the minds of teachers."

[From the Chicago Teacher.]

"It is the most catholic, readable, and valuable work on matters educational that has yet been published. For the honor of our craft, teachers, do buy it, and come to know a little about the business in which you are engaged."

[From the Common School, Davenport, Iowa.]

"We are professionally under great obligations to the publishers of this work. It supplies a want we have felt for an outline of educational literature and opinions. It is an intelligent resume of some of the doctrines of modern culture, rendered interesting to the reader by its biographical plan."

[From the Massachusetts Teacher.]

"Such books are very much needed among us. If we are to have a science of pedagogy, it must be based not entirely on theory, but we must have important lessons from experience. We know of no book more suggestive and instructive on this subject "

[From Wisconsin Journal of Education.]

"The author has given us a mass of facts and philosophy in education such as we believe can nowhere else be found, either in like compass or in similar style. ... The book deserves and will receive a wide circulation among the better class of teachers-those who sincerely desire to be intelligent and efficient workers in their profession."

[From Ohio Educational Monthly.]

The work is one of the most valuable contributions to pedagogical literature in English, and it will be welcomed by hundreds of thinking teachers who desire to know what the great educational writers of the past have said on the subject now under vigerous discussion. All interested in the improvements of method of elementary teaching, will find this book a rich mine of information.

KLIPPART'S LAND DRAINAGE. The Principles and

Practice of Land Drainage; embracing a Brief History of Underdraining; a detailed examination of its Operations and Advantages; a Description of Various Kinds of Drains, with Practical Directions for their Construction; the Manufacture of Drain Tile. Illustrated with nearly 100 engravings. By John H. Klippart, Author of the "Wheat Plant," Corresponding Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, etc. Second edition. I vol. 12mo. $1 75

Within the last few years the subject of drainage has been thoroughly studied, and its importance and advantages practically demonstrated by the agriculturists of Europe, and particularly of Great Britain; while in this country it has received but little attention from farmers generally-so little, indeed, that when occasionally intelligent men undertake the thorough drainage of their farms, they usually get credit from their do-as-myfather-did neighbors, of burying their money with their tiles. The resulting improved appearance of their farms, and the increased quantity and superior quality of their crops, however, soon convince even the least observant of the profit of burying money in this way. No doubt much money may be and has been expended fruitlessly in ill-applied drainage. The subject must be understood, both in theory and application, before any of the great practical results which have been attained, can be secured by every one who undertakes the drainage of his farm. The purpose of this work is to supply that information, in a plain, practical way, easily understood by any intelligent farmer. It tells him the properties of his soil, and how it is affected by drainage; what kind of land needs drainage; when and why it will pay. Some of the advantages of underdraining are summed up and thoroughly explained under the following heads: 1. It removes stagnant waters from the surface. 2. It removes surplus waters from under the surface. 3. It lengthens the working season. 4. It deepens the soil. 5. It warms the undersoil. 6. It equalizes the temperature of the soil during the season of growth. 7. It carries down soluble substances to the roots of the plants. 8. It prevents "freezing out," "heaving out," or "winter killing." 9. It prevents injury from drouth. 10. It improves the quantity and quality of crop; it increases the effect of manures. 11. It prevents rust in wheat and rot in potatoes. These advantages are not suppositions, but are proved by the actual experience of intelligent men, which is given in detail.

In the second part of the book are given practical directions for the location, cutting, and laying of the various kinds of drains, according to the position and quality of the land; modes of preventing and removing obstructions in drains; descriptions of the tools, the various improved plows, and other inventions used in the operations; and of the several

kinds of tile, their respective advantages, and minute directions for their manufacture, including the selection and working of the materials, molding, drying, and baking of the tile, etc.

The whole is illustrated with nearly a hundred engravings of sections of drains, tile, implements, etc.

The work is thorough and comprehensive, and supplies the farmer with all the information which he must possess before he can intelligently and profitably commence operations. It ought to be in the hands of every farmer in the country.

[From the Northwestern Farmer, Indianapolis.]

In answer to a query from a subscriber, on the subject of drainage, the editor says:

"Underdraining is a pet theme with us. We advise our subscribers to get a copy of John H. Klippart's work on Land Drainage, which is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and reliable work on the subject extant. The publishers, Robert Clarke & Co., of Cincinnati, have just issued a new and improved edition of the book, which anticipates and answers every question our subscriber has, or can well raise, on the subject of drainage, and no farmer can well afford to be without a copy."

[From the Chicago Farmers' Advocate.]

"We hail with pleasure the appearance of this work. The authorwho, by the way, is one of the most distinguished agriculturists of the West-has taken great pains to show the cost and comparative value of different kinds of drains,-open, mole, tile, brush, etc., etc.,-and their effect on the different kinds of grain, roots, etc. We advise the farmers

of the West. to procure the above work, and in perusing its pages, they will gain what years of experience alone can give."

[From the New England Farmer.]

"This is an excellent work upon the subject of drainage, written by a person conversant with the subject, and who was willing to go so far into details, as to give the reasons why withdrawing water from the soil tends to make the soil deeper and warmer, and more moist in a dry time, than an undrained soil. It is written in a plain, candid manner, and can not fail to be of essential service to those who will read and practice its precepts. The subject is one of great importance to our farmers, and demands of them more attention than it has yet received."

[From the Illinois Farmer.]

"We have given this work a pretty thorough perusal, and must say that we are highly pleased with it. It is eminently practical, and well adapted to the soils of the West. No nurseryman, gardener, or farmer can afford to do without it; certainly, no man having unimproved land worth twenty dollars an acre, should attempt its improvement without its aid."

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ARDER'S DU BREUIL'S VINEYARD CULTURE. Vineyard Culture Improved and Cheapened. By A. Du Breuil, Professor of Viticulture and Arboriculture in the Royal School of Arts and Trades, in Paris. Translated by E. and C. Parker, of Longworth's Wine House. With Notes and Adaptations to American Culture, by John A. Warder, Author of "American Pomology." With 144 illustrations. I vol. neatly printed and bound. Cloth.

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This volume contains the substance of the lectures delivered by direction of the government, in the vine districts of France, by A. Du Breuil, Professor of Viticulture in the Royal School of Arts and Trades. They are eminently practical, and are a thorough exposition of the most approved methods of culture of the vine, as practiced by the most intelligent vineyardists in Europe, with full details of all operations from the preparation of the soil till the gathering of the vintage.

The work has been carefully edited by Dr. John A. Warder, an acknowledged authority, and the American variations of practice noted and explained in full, adapting the work to the different soils, the more extensive range of climate, and the varieties of grapes most esteemed here. Dr. W.'s list of American vines and their characteristics, and the methods of pruning, are particularly valuable.

The illustrations in the volume are those of the original work, imported expressly for it.

[From the American Journal of Horticulture.]

"Aside from the reputation of the author of this book, the mere fact that Dr. Warder has seen fit to edit it, and introduce it to the American horticultural public, is sufficent proof that the work has intrinsic value.

"We value the work for two reasons: First, it gives us a clear and comprehensive idea of the methods of cultivation approved and practiced by the highest authorities in Europe; and, second, the notes interspersed correct what might mislead us, and of themselves form an excellent vine manual. Dr. Warder can not treat any subject superficially, or so as to

make it dull.

"The book is finely printed on tinted paper, well illustrated, and, in gentral, very creditable to the enterprising firm by which it is published.”

[From the Cultivator and Country Gentleman, Albany, New York.] "Every intelligent vine-grower must be profited by the perusal of such a book. It seems to have no special theories to support, but simply to record the facts derived from observation, with attendant circumstances on which they are based. Dr. Warder's annotations are often of considerable length, and appear to be exactly what such a work requires to suit it to the wants of an American reader."