A "Home Geography," by Harold W. Fairbanks, has just been published by the Educational Publishing Company. This book is well written, well arranged, and well illustrated. It should take the place of the majority of primary geographies now issued. Why school boards will persist in having a child study a primary geography for two years, then take up an advanced geography that covers the same subjects exactly in the same way, only a little more so, is hard to understand. The introduction of such books as Fairbanks' in primary grades and of science works in upper grades will knock most of the text-books on geography into pulp. DURING THE WINTER TERM, READ That Charming Story of THE CHILDREN By Lieut. FREDERICK SCHWATKA Fully Illustrated. 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