“Both from the pedagogical and the research points of view the volume deserves unqualified commendation. It is intelligently discriminating in its selections, liberal and mature in its comment, and in its arrangement it shows the results of thoro scholarship and fruitful classroom experience. It should save both teachers and students of English history a vast amount of labor and time.”
“Even outside Mr. Beard’s own classroom it is an open question how far such a collection will find a following. We are inclined to think his selections somewhat severe for college freshmen.”
“The good effect of its use would probably overbalance any counter tendencies.”
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“Time alone can demonstrate the success of his experiment from the pedagogical point of view, but there can be no doubt as to the value.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 360w.
=Beard, Daniel Carter.= Field and forest handy book: new ideas for out of doors. $2. Scribner.
In furnishing to boys a year-around guide for equipping themselves for out-of-door pursuits Mr. Beard has drawn only upon his own outing experiences. “The book is not a ‘re-hash’ of old ‘stunts,’ but is full of brand-new things, cleverly arranged according to the seasons to which they are appropriate.” Some of the problems solved are: How to cross a stream on a log, How to make a bridge for swift waters, How to make a real hunter’s clothes and moccasins, and How to build a real log house.
“It is simply indispensable to any wide-awake, _real_ boy.”
“There is nothing, from airships to flying birds, from boating to camping, from loghouse to snowhouse, that has escaped this born sportsman of our time.”
“A treasure for all boys and not without its use for men.”
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“The boy or man who has heard the ‘call of the wild’ will do well to entrust himself to Mr. Beard’s guidance.”
=Beard, Lina, and Beard, Adelia Belle.= Things worth doing and how to do them. $2. Scribner.
Clear directions accompanied by pen drawings are given for all manner of clever things at home. The book is designed for girls, and one part is devoted to things for parties, shows and entertainments, and the other to things for home, gift days and fairs.