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Practice Lessons in English. By Willis L. Uhl and Luzia E. Hatz. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. Paper bound. Pp. viii + 91.

Chemical Calculations. By Ernest L. Dinsmore. Yonkers, N. Y.: Globe Book Co., 1927. Pp. vi + 182. Price, 90 cents.

Our Surroundings. By Arthur G. Clements, Morton C. Collister, and Ernest L. Thurston. Syracuse, N. Y.: Iroquois Publishing Co., 1928. Pp. xii + 628.

Do Americans Really Value Education? By Abraham Flexner. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927. Pp. 49.

Study‐Guide Tests in American History. Parts I and II. By M. J. Stormzand, New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. Paper bound. Pp. 110.

The Social Composition of Boards of Education. By George S. Counts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1927. Pp. x + 100.

New York at School. By Josephine Chase. New York: Public Education Association, 1927. Pp. xii + 268.

Measuring Motor Ability. By David K. Brace (University of Texas). New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1927. Pp. vii + 138. Price, $2.

A Brief History of Physical Education. By Emmett A. Rice (Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union). New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1926. Pp. xxiv + 176. Price, $2.

George Rogers Clark. By Ross P. Lockridge. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1927. Pp. xxii + 210. Price, $1.20.

The Earth and Its Rhythms. By Charles Schuchert (Yale) and Clara M. Le Vene (Yale). New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1927. Pp. xvi + 410. Price, $4.

The Boy's Book of Experiments. By A. Frederick Collins. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. xi + 315. Price, $2.

The School Board Member. By John C. Almack (Stanford University). New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. Pp. xii + 281. Price, $1.50.

Human Waste in Education. By Anna Yeomans Reed (New York University). New York: The Century Co., 1927. Pp. xxviii + 449. Price, $2.50.

Days Before History. By H. R. Hall. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1927. Pp. 159. Price, $1.25.

Newson Readers—Primer; Books I, II, III; Teachers' Manuals for¹ the Primer and Book I. By Catherine T. Beyce, Rose Lees Hardy, and others. New York: Newson & Co., 1927.

Good English in Speaking and Writing. By Nell, J. Young and Frederick W. Memmott. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1925–1926. Five volumes.

Your School and You. By Walton B. Buss. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1927. Pp. x + 248. Price, $1.20.

Modern Experimental Chemistry. By Herbert R. Smith and Harry M. Mess. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1927. Pp. xviii + 204.

The Organization of State Departments of Education. By Henry B. Schrammel. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1926. Pp. xiv +166. Price, $1.50.

Teacher's Manual for History of America. By Carl Russell Fish. New York: American Book Co., 1927. Pp. viii + 56.

The Nature Almanac. By Arthur Newton Pack and E. Laurence Palmer. Washington, D. C.: The American Nature Association, 1927. Pp. viii + 312. Price, $1.

Introductory Chemistry. By Neil E. Gordon (University of Maryland). Yonkers, N. Y.: The World Book Co., 1927. Pp. xx + 608.

The Science of Animal Life. By William M. Barrows. Yonkers, N. Y.: The World Book Co., 1927. Pp. x + 389.

Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Edited by Elizabeth Nitchie (Goucher College). New York: Macmillan Co., 1928. (The Modern Readers' Series.) Pp. 378. The twelve Idylls, with notes. Illustrated. An attractive text.

Contemporary Essays. Edited by William Thomson Hastings (Brown University). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1928. Pp. 417.

America's Roots in the Past. By Daniel J. Beeby and Dorothea Beeby. New York: Charles E. Merrill & Co., 1927. Pp. vii + 424.

The Book of Games. By William Byron Forbush and Harry R. Allen. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1927. Pp. 327.

Minimum Essentials of Mathematics. By Daniel W. Werremeyer and Charles H. Lake. Newark, N. J.: Silver, Burdett & Co., 1927. Pp. x + 244.

Conduct of Physical Activities. By Wilbur P. Bowen (Michigan State Normal College). New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1927. Pp. iv + 173. Price, $2.

Soil Mineralogy. By Frederick A. Burt (A. and M. College of Texas). New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1927. Pp. vii + 82. Price, $1.50.

“One Thousand and One”—The Blue Book of New Theatrical Films.” Edited by Nelson L. Greene and others. Chicago: The Educational Screen, 1927. Pp. 132. Price, 75 cents.

Hygiene. By Florence L. Meredith, M.D. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. Pp. 732.

Science of Animal Life. By William Morton Barrows. New York: World Book Co., 1927. Pp. x + 389. Price, $1.76.

A Modern School Atlas. By George Philip and W. R. McConnell. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1928.

The Junior College. By William Martin Proctor. Stanford University, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 1927. Pp. x + 226. Price, $2.50.

Animals We Know. By Bess M. Young. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1927. Pp. 96.