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JIM SKEEVERS' OBJECT LESSONS. On Railroading for Railroaders. By John A. Hill New York: The American Machinist Press. 1899. Pp. 157. Price 1, The page is 2J4 inches wide and 8 inches high, a decided novelty. As a general thing, knowledge conveyed by way of story ot dialogue is either badly conveyed or is not worth the telling. The present tall and narrow volume is an exception, and the little prsachments are admirable. The author knows his subject and can write upon it withal. It is a safe book. How TO USE PORTLAND CEMENT. By I L. Golinelli. Translated by Spencer B. Newberry, E.M., Ph.D. Chicago: Cement and Engineering News. 1899. 16tno, Pp. 29. Price 50 cents. DIE FLSSIGKEITS-SCHRAUBE. Wind-druck, Luftschiffs- und 8 c h i ff-sohraube, Kanalschiffs Luftschraube, Niederdruck-Windrad, Graf Zeppelins Luftschiff. Von Paul Pacher. Vienna: A. Amonesta. 1900. Octavo. Pp. 66. Paper. Price 50 cents. SCHILLINGS SPANISH GRAMMAR. Trans-] lated and Edited by Frederick Zagel. I New York and London : Cassell & I Company. 1899. 12mo. Pp. iv, 340. Considered purely as a grammar, it cannot be denied that this book had been prepared with scholarly understanding and painstaking care. Considered as a means of acquiring a knowledge of Spanish (and this, we take it, is the main purpose of the work) the Grammar it not eseentially different from a horde of similar publica tions. It i doubtful whether a language should be taught on the principle of compelling a pupil to memorize disconnected words, which are to be applied in translating meaningless sentences constituting Exercises. In the more modern methods of language instruction, the pupil learns whole sentences, in which the words are idiomatically grouped to convey complete thoughts. The pupil, therefore, thinks of a word as a member of a com- plete sentence, and not as an isolated symbol. The work of Mr. Zagel has been conscietiously performed. The book in its English dress bears all the marks of an original work, which is, perhaps, the greatest compliment that can be paid to a translator. DIE ENTWICKELUNG DER ASYMPTOTISCHEN TELEGRAPHIE (ELECTRI- SCHEN TELE GRAPHIE OHNE DRAHT). Von Dr. Rudolph Bloch mann. Mit 17 Skizzen. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn. 1898.
