"First Steps for Little Feet," by Charles Foster. Charles Foster Publishing Co. 50 cents. Bible stories told in simple language for the youngest children. Fair outline pictures. "The Story of Jesus," by Louisa T. Craigin. Illustrated with one hundred full-page illustrations from the designs of Alexander Bida, together with many other pictures of the Holy Land. Fords, Howard & Hulbert. $10.00. A beautiful and sympathetic account of the life of Jesus, especially rich in descriptions of Palestine and in other materials for word-pictures. The numerous pictures of landscapes and scenes from the life of Christ are helpful. The same in paper covers in 15 numbers, 50 cents each. "From Olivet to Patmos." The First Christian Century in Picture and Story. By Louisa Seymour Houghton. American Tract Society. $1.50. "The Life of Christ in Picture and Story," by Louisa Seymour Houghton. American Tract Society. $1.25. The last two books contain some poorly executed but well-chosen pictures of Bible lands, showing architecture, costumes, street scenes, etc. _Books About Palestine._ "The Land and the Book," by W. M. Thomson. Harper & Bros. $8.00, $6.00. Recommended by a high authority as the best book on Palestine for a teacher who can own only one. "Boy Travelers in Egypt and the Holy Land," by T. W. Knox. Harper & Bros. $3.00. "Sinai and Palestine in Connection with their History," by Dean Stanley. A. C. Armstrong. $2.50. An excellent standard work. "Pictured Palestine," by James Neill. Anson D. Randolph. $2.25. Shows the contrast between eastern life and our own. Very good pictures illustrating many phases of oriental life. "In Scripture Lands." Scribner's. $3.50. Beautiful pictures. "Earthly Foot-Prints of the Man of Galilee," by Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D., Jas. W. Lee, D.D., Robert E. M. Bain. New York and St. Louis: N. D. Thompson Publishing Co. $4.75. Four hundred fine, large photographic views and descriptions of places connected with the earthly life of our Lord and his apostles. _Books on the Use of Stories and Illustrations._ "The Use of Stories in the Kindergarten," by Anna Buckland. Ginn & Co. 15 cents. "The Place of the Story in Early Education," by Sara E. Wiltse. Ginn & Co. 132 pp., 50 cents. Two suggestive and helpful essays that every teacher should read. "Yale Lectures on Preaching," by Henry Ward Beecher. Fords, Howard & Hulbert. $2.00. An inspiring book. The chapter on "Rhetorical Illustrations" is especially applicable, but the entire work, although written for preachers, has rich stores of instruction and guidance for teachers. "The Art of Illustration," by C. H. Spurgeon. Wilbur B. Ketchum. $1.25. A book by a master giving the secret of his art. _Stories and Themes._ "Parables from Nature," by Margaret Gatty. Macmillan & Co. 2 vols., 18mo, $1.50. A wonderful book, in which nature is used to typify spiritual truths. It should be owned by every mother and teacher.