It is impossible to teach effectively unless one knows his pupils. This book will be an aid to the teacher not only as it outlines the characteristics of the period, but as it presents the attitude which every teacher should have toward his work. A CHART OF CHILDHOOD. E. P. St. John. In this chart the main characteristics of the different periods are concisely stated and carefully grouped. THE PUPIL AND THE TEACHER. Luther A. Weigle. This book should be owned and read by every Sunday school teacher. It is not a large volume, but there is a great deal of information in it. The teacher who studies it cannot fail to understand his pupils better and teach them more effectively than he otherwise would. TELLING BIBLE STORIES. Louise Seymour Houghton. This book is written primarily for mothers, but is of equal value to teachers. It is written “in the light of to-day’s science and exegesis,” and shows how the children may be helped to get the great truths of the Old Testament Stories without learning anything which must later be unlearned. BOOKS FOR JUNIORS TO READ Sunday-school teachers are often asked by parents to suggest gift books for the children at Christmas time. The following are all books that Juniors will find pleasure in reading, and will delight to own: THE OTHER WISE MAN. Henry van Dyke. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE. Henry van Dyke. THIS WAY TO CHRISTMAS. Ruth Sawyer. JOEL, A BOY OF GALILEE. A. F. Johnson. APPENDIX C LIST OF STEREOGRAPHS LESSONS 1 TO 7. No Stereographs. LESSON 8 “FOUR THOUSAND YEARS UNCHANGED; PATRIARCHAL LIFE IN PALESTINE TO-DAY” This big, grassy plain is in a part of Galilee which Abraham and his emigrant party probably crossed when they were moving into Palestine. These people whom we see now are Bedouins. They live in almost the same way as Abraham’s family, moving from one place to another, wherever they can find plenty of pasturage for their animals. The Bible tells (Genesis 12:16) how Abraham owned camels like these. Abraham’s wife, Sarah, used to spin coarse yarn out of the wool of her sheep and the hair of her goats, and then weave the yarn into cloth for clothing and tents. These tents before us were made in that way by Bedouin women. In the nearest tent we can plainly see a piece of striped cloth hung up so as to divide the tent into two rooms. Abraham’s camp home was like that, and one of the two rooms was specially for Sarah. The clothes of these Bedouins are much like the ones that Abraham and his men wore. Notice how each Bedouin has, instead of a hat, a large piece of cloth to protect the top of his head and the back of his neck from the hot sun. LESSON 9 “HEBRON, THE HOME OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB”