from their Lending Library for Teachers Now Ready. Super Royal 4to. Price 7s. 6d. GIRLS' PHYSICAL TRAINING BEING A SERIES OF HEALTHY AND ARTISTIC BY ALICE R. JAMES PRINCIPAL OF THE NORTH HACKNEY HIGH SCHool, registERED KINDERGARTEN, AND London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Preface, by A. Symons Eccles, M.B., etc., Author of The Practical of Massage, The Advantages of Oxidation, etc. Introduction, Explanatory, Exercises with Dumb-Bells, Exercises with Balls, Exercises with Plumes, Leg Exercises, Ring Exercises, Exercises with Cymbals, Marches. EXTRACT FROM INTRODUCTION IN publishing the following exercises I hope to place in the hands_of every teacher who may use them the means of giving the children under her care healthy and pleasant daily drill, and thereby developing not only the bodily organisms, but indirectly, though no less surely, the intellectual and moral life. "Life without health," says Longfellow, "is a burden, with health is a joy and gladness;" and again another writer, "The body must be healthy in order to obey the soul," and this is proved most forcibly by the fact that the mind cannot during this life exercise its powers or express itself except by means of the bodily organs; and in proportion as these organs are made by health the faithful and helpful servants of the soul and brain, do they minister to the healthy growth of the highest life of man, enabling him to accomplish his life's work, through the means of which he finds his highest happiness and truest good. It is in the realisation of this interdependence of body, mind, and soul training, and the intelligent use of activity in all these directions that the newer education consists, as opposed to the suppression by neglect of one and the exaltation and simulation of another. If we will only learn from Nature we shall say with Browning— "All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more now than flesh helps soul!" No good work in education can be done except in so far as we put ourselves completely in accordance with the divine arrangement. The body the servant of the mind-subject to it but inasmuch as it serves, demanding and deserving the greatest consideration and care from the one it serves. All will admit that regular and suitable exercise is as essential to perfect health as is nutritious food, fresh air and cleanliness; and it is not only expedient but the bounden duty of every head mistress and master to make the school years of those entrusted to their care the healthiest as well as the happiest period possible. Children under fourteen should not be confined longer than an hour at a time, nor more than four hours a day, and all the serious mental work should be got through in that time. I believe in this statement I should be supported not merely by a majority of our medical men, but unanimously. For vigorous growth, absolute freedom is essential; and if the blood is pure and rich the brain will be the first organ to derive benefits, and the four hours carefully planned and used will bring forth more valuable fruit than the orthodox five hours of school with the two or three hours for home lessons. THE SCHOOL WORLD A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF EDUCATIONAL WORK AND PROGRESS London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY THE SCHOOL WORLD is a monthly illustrated Periodical designed to interest and assist all who are engaged in educational work. Its essential object is to afford a practical aid in teaching, and all other matters are strictly subordinated to this end. Among the subscribers to THE SCHOOL WORLD are professors, lecturers, and demonstrators in University Colleges, Training Colleges, and Technical Institutes; schoolmasters and schoolmistresses in the great Public Schools, Grammar Schools, High Schools, Private Schools, Higher Grade Schools, and Public Elementary Schools; as well as private tutors and others employed in educational pursuits. The Magazine has found its way into every English-speaking country in the world, and is everywhere accepted as the medium for the expression of the views of leading British educationists upon the aims and methods of teaching. Some reasons why THE SCHOOL WORLD merits the attention of the teaching profession are: 1. The subjects dealt with in its pages form an important part of the work of every school. 2. Its articles are written by experienced teachers and are, therefore, practicable as well as practical. 3. Difficulties of organisation and administration are discussed by writers who have overcome them. 4. Helpful suggestions are given in notes on lessons, and test-papers are provided as a convenient and time-saving means of periodically examining the work of forms. 5. All important changes affecting the work and position of teachers are recorded. 6. Every contribution is of direct interest and service to all who are engaged in educational work. As examples of articles which have already appeared, on various sides of educa tional work, the following may be mentioned:— I. EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND PROBLEMS. Pioneers in Education. I. Richard Mulcaster; II. John Dury; III. John Locke; IV. Rousseau; V. Kant; VI. Herbar. By Prof. FOSTER WATSON, M.A. 'Chapters in School Hygiene. I. Diet; II. Dormitories; III. Class Rooms, Lecture Rooms, and Studies; IV. Work and Sleep; V. School Punishments; VI. Exercise, Games, and Leisure. By Dr. C. E. SHELLEY, M.A. I. Syllabus and Time Tables. BARNETT, M.A. II. Spelling: Procedure and Process. By P. A. The Parent and the Secondary School. A Practical Contribution to the Problem. By Dr. J. J. FINDLAY, M.A. Use of the Voice in Teaching. By PATRICK KIRWAN. I. The Ideal Head Master. II. The Ideal Assistant Master. By Rev. Canon FOWLER, M.A. Leisure Hour Pursuits in Boarding Schools. By FREDERICK Andrews, B.A. Syllabus and Examinations in the Theory of Teaching. By Prof. JAmes Welton, M.A. I. The Curriculum for Boys compared with that for Girls. II. Home Work in Girls' Day Schools. By SARA BURStall, B.A. I. Re-classification. II. Form Masters and Specialists. By F. E. KITCHENER, M.A. Commercial Education in the Secondary School. By Rev. W. H. K. KEELING, M.A. Secondary School Libraries. By JOHN J. OGLE. Physical Observations of Brain Conditions of Boys and Girls in Schools. By Dr. FRANCIS WARNER, L. R. C. P. Geography as a Means of Education. By GEO. G. CHISHOLM, M.A., B.Sc. Winter Games for Girls. By JANE FRANCIS DOVE. Difficulties of a Day-School Headmaster. Some Modern Experiments in Education. By E. SHARWOOD SMITH, M.A. By A. T. SIMMONS, B.Sc., A.R.C.Sc. Marks and Marking. By HAROLD W. ATKINSON, M.A. |