BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. SCHOOL TEXTS

A Practical Spanish Grammar

by Ventura Fuentes and Victor E. François of the College of the City of New York.

XV + 313 pages. This grammar is one of the best that have been recently published. In the preface the authors state that it is a practical book with a minimum of rules and a maximum of exercises, and the principle is followed throughout. The exercises are practical and furnish good material for learning the essentials of Spanish grammar, but the composition exercises are too diffuse. Review exercises add to the value of the book. Special features are the extended treatment of the subjunctive and the commercial lessons.

1916-Macmillan Co. $1.00.

Fundamentals of Spanish Grammar

by Alice Huntington Bushee of Wellesley College.

XII 124 pages. In twenty fine lessons this book covers the essentials of Spanish grammar. The book is not burdened with a multiplicity of exercises, but enough are given for thorough drill. The book is not intended for young beginners, but rather for those who have already studied one or more foreign languages.

1917-Sanborn & Co. 80c.

First Spanish Course

by E. C. Hills of the Hispanic Society and J. D. M. Ford of Harvard University.

IV + 330 pages. A carefully graded, clear and simple yet complete manual for beginners. Contains enough grammatical material to occupy high-school pupils at least two years. The vocabulary is well chosen and practical, the sentences unusually sensible. The book contains maps of South America and of Mexico and Central America.

1917-Heath & Co. $1.25.

A Trip to Latin America

by Ventura Fuentes and Victor E. François, both of the College of the City of New York.

X+ 196 pages (136 text and exercises, 12 appendix and verb, 48 vocabulary). The text is given in the form of narrative, letters and dialogues. After each Spanish section is a series of exercises; questions in Spanish, grammatical drill, and sentences for translation into Spanish. The simple nature of the text has made notes unnecessary. The vocabulary is full and complete. The book is well illustrated. Suitable for first-year work. 1917-Holt & Co. 80c.

Spanish Composition

by Charles Dean Cool of the University of Wisconsin. VI + 156 pages (120 pages, text and exercises, 36 pages vocabularies). The plan of the book is the familiar and approved one of furnishing a Spanish text for each lesson, with exercises based on the text. The Spanish text gives an account of a trip through Spain. The more important cities and places of interest are visited and described. The vocabulary of ordinary Spanish life and the vocabulary needed in traveling are pretty thoroughly covered. The book is suitable for college classes and advanced classes in high school.

1917-Ginn & Co. 80c.

Spanish-American Composition Book

by J. Warshaw of the University of Missouri.

VII 156 pages (108 text, 49 vocabularies). The text consists of thirty lessons which may for our purposes be divided into two parts, the first comprising Lessons I-XXII, the second XXIII-XXX. In part I each lesson contains a suggested grammar review, Spanish text, English sentences, and a connected passage in English for translation into Spanish, and a set of questions in Spanish. Brief hints, notes and directions are given when necessary. The last eight lessons omit the Spanish text. 1917-Holt & Co. 90c.

Elementary Spanish Prose Book

by Lawrence A. Wilkins of the DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City.

XIV 482 pages (275 text and exercises; 4, proverbs; 14, tables of verbs; 188, vocabulary). Each of the first 31 lessons consists in general of Spanish text, outline of grammar review, important expressions or idioms to be memorized, sentences for oral translation into Spanish and connected passages for written work. From lesson XXXII on, the suggestions for grammatical review are dropped. The vocabulary contains both English and Spanish words listed together in alphabetical order.

The book will undoubtedly prove useful, but it can hardly be considered an "elementary" composition book.

1917-Sanborn & Co. $1.24.

Advanced Spanish Composition and Conversation.

by Aurelio M. Espinosa of Leland Stanford Junior University. XIII + 314 pages (200 text, 114 vocabularies). In part I the lessons with odd numbers consist of (1), an outline for grammar review, (2), Spanish text, (3), questions in Spanish based on text, (4), suggested topics for original work. The lessons with even numbers contain various groups of English sentences and long connected passages for translating into Spanish, ali based on the preceding lesson. In the second part of the book the lessons contain selections from Spanish authors and questions in Spanish based on the text and English passages for translation into Spanish.

The grammar reviews have been so well planned and the English exercises furnish so much simple, thorough drill on essentials, that the book

can be used at an early stage of Spanish study. It should prove to be well adapted to the needs of second-year college classes and third-year high school. The book is well illustrated.

1917-Sanborn & Co. $1.24.

España Pintoresca-(Spain in Story and Legend)

by Carolina Marcial Dorado.

X + 332 pages (164 text, 21 Spanish songs with music, 21 Spanish questions based on the text, 22 English exercises for translating into Spanish, 27 notes. 80) vocabulary). Very attractively illustrated.

This is a well-planned and well-executed book, easy enough for secondyear work, perhaps for first-year work in most schools. 1917-Ginn & Co. 96c.

A Spanish Reader for Beginners

by M. A. de Vitis.

XIV 431 pages (193 prose text, 26 verse, 32 songs with music, 21 pages notes, 25 appendix, 126 vocabulary, 15 index). The very easy Spanish text covers the geography, history, and literature of Spain and Spanish-America. The verse selections are in the main by Spanish-American writers. The narrative style has made it possible to practically eliminate the subjunctive, thus making the book satisfactory for first-year reading. The appendix contains various grammatical lists and tables and a good deal of statistical information. It is richly illustrated. 1917—Allyn & Bacon. $1.25.

A First Reader in Spanish

by Rudolph Schevill of the University of California.

X + 181 pages (110 text, 12 notes, 59 vocabulary). The text consists of easy selections in prose and verse-fables, fairy stories, historical narratives, dialogues, short stories. The notes explain the difficulties in the text and incidentally show that from the outset the verb forms are somewhat varied and difficult for a reader for beginners, but the material in the little book is all interesting and should be very suitable for the second semester in schools. 1917-Ginn & Co. 64c.

Elementary Spanish-American Reader

by Frederick Bliss Luquiens of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University.

XI + 224 pages (98 text, 40 notes, 81 vocabulary). The eighteen prose selections, for the most part by Spanish-American writers, deal with Spanish-American history, biography and legend. The nineteenth selection is the translation of Longfellow's "Village Blacksmith," by Juncos, and the twentieth is the National Hymn of Argentina. The notes in this volume deserve special mention. Grammatical notes can be handled in only two ways; by referring to a good grammar or by giving a full explanation. Professor Luquiens,-probably wisely,-has chosen the second method.

Most schools cannot use it to advantage before the second year. The illustrations are numerous and varied.

1917-Macmillan Co. 90c.

Elementary Spanish Reader

by Eduardo Bergé-Soler and Joel Hatheway, both of the Boston High School of Commerce.

XIV + 460 (308 text, 32 Spanish questions, and English exercises, 118 vocabulary, 3 lists of numerals used in the text). A very easy reader suitable for first- and second-year work in high schools. The text describes the trip of an American family through the principal countries of South America. The text is carefully graded, no subjunctives being used in the first fifty pages, but the whole text has been made simple in order to furnish a large amount of easy reading. The book is well illustrated. A map of South America is included.

1917-Sanborn & Co. $1.24.

An Intermediate Spanish Reader

by E. S. Harrison of the Commercial High School, Brooklyn, New York.

VI + 234 pages (120 text and questions, 12 notes, 26 exercises, 71 vocabulary, 5 class-room Spanish, etc.). The text consists of anecdotes, fairy tales, legends, and short stories, in part by Spanish authors, in part translated into Spanish and adapted by the editor. The notes, while compact, are fairly numerous and some of them might well have been placed in the vocabulary. Teachers who like to use this type of reader with its somewhat unpractical literary vocabulary will find this a very usable book.

1917-Ginn & Co. 72c.

Spanish Reader of South American History

by Edward Watson Supple of the Sheffield Scientiuc School, Yale University.

XI + 375 pages (258 text, 21 notes, 95 vocabulary). Nine selections by distinguished Spanish-American writers. Each selection is followed by several sets of exercises. Brief introductions and foot-notes in easy Spanish explain and supplement the text. The book fills a long-felt need by furnishing us accounts of some of the most important events in South American history, from the standpoint of the South Americans themselves. The book is suitable for advanced pupils in schools, and for the second year in college. It is appropriately illustrated and contains several maps.

1917-Macmillan Co. $1.00.

Viajando por Sud America

by Edward Albes.

Edited by J. Warshaw of the University of Missouri.

VII+ 226 pages (133 text, 26 questions in Spanish, 18 notes, 48 vocabulary). The text describes a journey through a large part of South America made by Dr. Albes of the editorial corps of the Bulletin of the Pan-American Union. Dr. Warshaw has provided three or four sets of questions on each chapter, brief notes, and a vocabulary. Colleges could use this book to good advantage in the second semester, schools in the third year. 1917-Holt & Co. 80c.

Spanish-American Life

by E. L. C. Morse of the Phil Sheridan High School, Chicago. 369 pages (197 text, 86 notes, 70 vocabulary). The text consists of articles taken from the Spanish-American press. It gives an interesting picture of life in the Spanish-speaking countries of America. The articles from Chilean newspapers reproduce the peculiarities of Chilean orthographyan interesting feature but pedagogically questionable. The very full notes deal with difficulties of grammar and peculiarities of style, and admirably explain and supplement the text.

1917-Scott, Foresman & Co. $1.25.

Easy Spanish Plays

by Ruth Henry of the State Normal School, Los Angeles.

VII + 84 pages (47 text, 4 notes, 10 "Hints on Spanish Club Work and Games," 4 "Parliamentary Terms for Spanish Clubs," 18 vocabulary). The text consists of eight original playlets. The pages dealing with "Spanish Club Work" (53-66) will be welcomed by many teachers. 1917-Allyn & Bacon. 65c.

La Navidad en Las Montañas

by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano.

Edited by Edith A. Hill of the University of Redlands, and Mary Joy Lombard of the High School, Redlands, Cal.

VII 107 pages (64 text, 3 notes, 39 vocabulary). The introduction gives an outline of the life of Altamirano, a Mexican writer of the last century. The story gives an interesting picture of certain phases of Mexican life. Brief notes and a select vocabulary complete the book. The text is of moderate difficulty.

1917-D. C. Heath & Co. 45c.

El Capitán Veneno

by P. A. de Alarcón.

Edited by Guy Everett Sanvely of Allegheny College.

VII + 161 pages (85 text, 8 notes, 10 questions and exercises, 57 vocabulary). The introduction gives a short account of the life of Alarcón. The notes deal pretty fully with matters of history, biography, etc., and explain numerous points of grammar.

1917-Allyn & Bacon. 65c.

La Conjuración de Venecia

by Martínez de la Rosa.

Edited by Arthur L. Given of the University of Kansas, and John Thomas Lister of Olivet College.

XXXVII + 191 pages (135 text, 55 vocabulary). The rather elaborate introduction gives a good biography of the author and the historical matter necessary for understanding the play. A good bibliography follows. Footnotes deal with difficulties of grammar and style and carefully explain the