24 SEPTEMBER 1927, Page 20

Avec l'Oncle Emile a (ravers la France (Harrap, 3s. 6d.)

is a new and revised edition of a delightful way of learning French and French geography and politics, and a good deal of other useful information, all in one jolly meal, so to speak. This salad method of education has much to commend it in our opinion. In his French lesson, the child reads a bright and well-written newspaper article about Marseilles, for instance, and learns of the soap industry there. In another chapter he reads of the rebuilding of the devastated regions and the trade of Rouen, or of radiology or of Notre Dame. How much better than considering with 011endorff that devastating knife of his uncle !