-W. S. Goodnough, in charge of the art department of the Columbus schools, has received many high compliments for the excellence of his work, but none more flattering than that recently received from Thomas F. Harrison, superintendent of the grammar schools of New York City. At the request of Mr. Harrison, the exhibit of work in drawing and modeling by pupils of the Columbus schools, made at the meeting of the National Educational Association last summer at Chicago, was sent to New York, where it drew crowds of visitors. A letter recently received by Prof. Goodnough from Supt. Harrison contains this very high compliment: "In the twenty-two years I have been in the superintendent's office, no exhibition of school work of any kind has received so wide attention or met with so much admiration." MAGAZINES AND PAMPHLETS. The Atlantic Monthly is bright and sparkling as usual. For the story reader, Henry James, E. H. House, Charles Egbert Craddock, and others furnish a full share; and there are historical and biographical sketches, poems, valuable book reviews, etc., etc. The Atlantic is now in its thirty-first year, and holds its place well in the hearts of lovers of fine literature. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 35 cents a number, or $4.00 a year. The North American Review, now in its seventy-third year, glories in the strength and buoyancy of young manhood. It has the eourage to grapple with the most difficult problems in science, politics, religion, and social life. It is issued from No. 3 E. 14th St., New York, at 50 cents a number, or $5 00 a year. The Popular Science Monthly for April has a very rich and widely varied table of contents. Education, social science, law, psychology, zo-ology, geology, botany, mineralogy, and other topics come in for a share of attention. This number completes the thirty-second volume. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Fifty cents a number, $5.00 a year. The Library Magazine, published by John B. Alden, New York, is a marvel of cheapness and excellence. The March number contains 200 pages of choice matter, mainly reprinted from foreign magazines. Published monthly, at $1.00 a year. The Health and Home Library, for April, is the second number of a new quarterly magazine, published by the Health and Home Publishing Co., Chicago. Its name indicates its character. It is designed for the people and not for the doctors. The number before us contains a great deal of common sense about the preservation of health and the treatment of disease. Annual Report of the Public Schools of Birmingham, Alabama. J. H. Phillips superintendent. Population, 34,000. Pupils enrolled, 2,500. High School pupils, 96. Whole number of teachers, 37. Annual Report of the Public Schools of Dayton, Chio. James J. Burns, superintendent. Population, 48,000. Pupils enrolled, 7,759. High School pupils, 318. Whole number of teachers, 175. |