Acadiensis/Volume 1/Number 1/Recent Publications
Recent Publications.
"The Art of writing English, a Manual for Students, with chapters on Paraphrasing, Essay Writing, Punctuation, and other matters, by J. M. D. Meiklejohn, Professor of the Theory, History and Practice of Education, in the University of Saint Andrews," is the title of a work which has been written for the purpose of guiding the young student into the right path. In it the writer has not worried his pupils with a large number of rules, but has tried to set their feet in a plain path, and to show them the road to freedom and power. Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. 334 pages. Cloth, boards. Price $1.50.
Mr. George U. Hay has completed his first series of twelve readings from Canadian History, and has just issued, in one volume, the entire group, which form a most valuable addition to Canadian historical literature. Their publication has been extended over a period of about two years, and many of the ablest writers in Canada have contributed to the success of Mr. Hay's undertaking. Barnes & Co. printers, St. John, N. B. 350 pages. Cloth, boards. Price $1.15.