THE Committee of the British and Foreign School Society having resolved to send the Educational Record gratuitously to the teachers of British Schools, any who may not receive it are requested to communicate with the Secretary. Mrs. Wilson having been obliged to resign through ill-health, a Lady Superintendent is wanted for the college at Darlington. Information may be obtained from the Secretary, British and Foreign School Society, Borough Road, London, S.E. All communications, and books for notice, should be addressed to the Editor, British and Foreign School Society, Borough Road, London, S.E. RECENT EDUCATIONAL WORKS. THE books mentioned in the subjoined list possess excellence of various degrees and kinds. Those marked * either are, or will be on a future occasion, noticed more in detail on another page. The New Reading Sheets. Home and Colonial School Society. in book form First Reading Book. 2nd edition The Useful Knowledge Reading Books. Standard I. for girls. Standard I. for boys. Edited by STEVENS & HOLE. Longmans. Primer Spelling and Reading Lessons, adapted to New Code, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Standard Reading Books, do. By JAMES COLVILLE, M.A. Oliver & Boyd. First English Grammar. By ALEXANDER BAIN, LL.D. Longmans. Rudiments of English Grammar. By ALEXANDER REID, LL.D. 21st edition, revised. Oliver & Boyd. Dryden's Virgil's Eneid. Book III. W. & R. Chambers. This little manual has in addition to a narrative written, on the whole, in a pleasant style, a few illustrations, and list of words with their etymology and meaning. Its value is considerably marred by occasional inaccuracies, such as the following:-Death of Alfred, 897, instead of 901, the date given in the Saxon chronicle; House of Commons," used incorrectly instead of "archbishops, earls, &c., and commonalty," in giving of one of the clauses of the Confirmation of Charters; and the" duke" for the "earl" of Northumberland in 1408. *Geography of Great Britain and Ireland. By J. C. CURTIS, B.A. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. Rudiments of Modern Geography. By ALEXANDER REID, LL.D. 36th edition, revised and enlarged. Oliver & Boyd. Geographical Primer, adapted to New Code, Standard IV.; and Geography of England, Standard V. By WM. LAWSON. Oliver & Boyd. Poesies Francaises pour Recitations Journalières. Par AD. DUHARTFOUVET. 2nd edition. Longmans. *MASON'S Euclid Explained. Books I. and II. Bell & Daldy. Choice Poems sung by the Scholars attending Chapel Street British School. The Times office, Blackburn. Lessons for Infants. Part I., 4th edition. Part II., 3rd edition. Part III., 3rd edition. Home and Colonial School Society. Bible Training. BY MARY ANNE ROSS. Thomas Laurie. *Hints on Nursing the Sick, and other Domestic Subjects. By S. E. PEASE. Partridge & Co.; F. B. Kitto. *Work for Ladies in Elementary Schools. By LOUISA M. HUBBARD. Longmans |