hey are taught how to draw from plaster casts, can draw after a
fashion, and often they can draw remarkably well. The product of their
pencil may look a bit prehistoric. It may even resemble the work of
certain native tribes from the upper Congo. But the child is quite
frequently prehistoric or upper-Congoish in his or her own tastes, and
expresses these primitive instincts with a most astonishing accuracy.

The main thing in teaching history, is that the pupil shall remember
certain events "in their proper sequence." The experiments of many years
in the Children's School of New York has convinced the author that few
children will ever forget what they have drawn, while very few will ever
remember what they have merely read.

It is the same with the maps. Give the child an ordinary conventional
map with dots and lines and green seas and tell him to revaluate that
geographic scene in his or her own terms. The mountains will be a
bit out of gear and the cities will look astonishingly mediaeval. The
outlines will be often very imperfect, but the general effect will be
quite as truthful as that of our conventional maps, which ever since the
days of good Gerardus Mercator have told a strangely erroneous story.
Most important of all, it will give the child a feeling of intimacy with
historical and geographic facts which cannot be obtained in any other
way.

Neither the publishers nor the author claim that "The Story of Mankind"
is the last word to be said upon the subject of history for children. It
is an appetizer. The book tries to present the subject in such a fashion
that the average child shall get a taste for History and shall ask for
more.

To facilitate the work of both parents and teachers, the publishers have
asked Miss Leonore St. John Power (who knows more upon this particular
subject than any one else they could discover) to compile a list of
readable and instructive books.

The list was made and was duly printed.

The parents who live near our big cities will experience no difficulty
in ordering these volumes from their booksellers. Those who for the
sake of fresh air and quiet, dwell in more remote spots, may not find it
convenient to go to a book-store. In that case, Boni and Liveright will
be happy to act as middle-man and obtain the books that are desired.
They want it to be distinctly understood that they have not gone into
the retail book business, but they are quite willing to do their share
toward