WARROCH STREET. CLAREMONT UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MISSION HALLS AND CLASS-ROOMS. cooking class-room. This form of instruction is likely to prove most two large fire-places, is fitted up so that it may be used on week-days as a The hall for younger children (K) will accommodate about 140. It has -that on the first floor (No. 8)-is set apart for the advanced girls' class. CHEAPSIDE STREET. PLAN OF GROUND FLOOR. HALL, 49 feet 4 inches by 40 feet, with 14 separate Class spaces, a, a, a. B-Missionary's Vestry, and Teachers' Cloak-room. -Staircase leading to Boys' Class-room. D-Janitor's Rooms. E-Hoist, connected with Kitchen or Cooking Class-room on Top Flat. G-Staircase leading to Girls' Class-rooms on Upper Floors. H-Lavatories. I-Western Entrance. J-Eastern Entrance. M M-Lobbies. N-Presses. a a a-Class spaces. useful to the class of girls attending the school. This scheme has been most energetically carried on by the ladies who have charge of it. There are open fire-places in many of the rooms, and the whole building is warmed by a hot-water heating apparatus. Very special attention has been given to the ventilation of both halls and all the class-rooms. Lavatories (H), caretakers' rooms, store-rooms, &c., have also been provided. CHEAPSIDE STREET. The heating apparatus and store-room are placed in the basement storey; and by means of trap doors in the floor of the large hall, soiree tables, The cost seats, &c., are very conveniently stowed away when not in use. of the buildings has been,-Buildings, £3,212; fittings and furniture, £355; making a total of £3,567. PLAN OF ROOF AND UPPER FLOOR OF CHEAPSIDE STREET BUILDING. G-Staircase to Top Flat. K-Kitchen and Cookery Class-room, with two Fire-places; also used for a Junior Girls' Class. N-Presses. THE SENIOR SCHOLARS.-How to retain the senior scholars, is being discussed once again in the religious press. A teacher writes: "Some years since I was surrounded by a class of youths whose ages varied from fourteen to seventeen years, and as they entered into business life it was a matter of deep concern how to retain them in my class. I cannot claim complete success; but I found my close sympathy with them, not only in spiritual but temporal affairs, gained an influence which has never been entirely lost. Not only on Sabbaths, but during the week, they were welcome to my home; and when any subject of difficulty presented itself in their daily experience, I did my best to assist them. They would frequently ask my counsel about taking or changing a situation, or the selection of a business; and thus there grew up between us a confidence and love that made us brethren, I taking the place of the eldest in the family. I feel sure that this close relation between teacher and class is one means to the desired end; and while it may not be immediately successful in winning souls to Christ, yet it is most helpful in the struggles and temptations of daily life. It is a great joy to know that most of the class gave themselves to Christ, and several are working earnestly in His vineyard." Notices of Books. THE CHILDREN OF CHINA. By the WRITTEN expressly for children, and circulation of this pretty volume will be such as to encourage the authoress to prepare something that may be equally suitable for presentation to our young friends at next Christmas season. THE ORIENT BOYS: A Tale of School Life. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 408 pp. (Cloth, 3s. 6d.) THIS is a capital book. Its authorship is not stated; but as a literary production it is more than creditable. Boys will read it with avidity; but the general reader also will enjoy it. "The Orient" is an American boarding school for boys. Its Principal and several of his pupils are sketched with considerable power. The scenes and incidents described by the author strikingly set forth the individuality of some of the lads; and one of the best features of the book is the prominent place given to one of them, Maurice Wylde, whose manly conduct on many occasions earns for him the respect of his companions. The salutary influence of Wylde's mother upon his Spanish room-mate, Carlos, also adds materially to the interest the homes of the poor, cannot fail to and value of the volume. be impressed with what is the main cause of so much misery and poverty. They may have many opportunities the subject, and it is often their duty of speaking pointedly to parents upon to do so; but sometimes it is not advisable to refer to it, even in the these publications of the Temperance most indirect way. By means of League, however, teachers may do and the well-being of the careless. much to promote temperance, thrift, A glance at "The Adviser" or the "Mirror" for 1884 should decide teachers to use them as monthly appeals to their scholars' parents and others at home. As rewards or library books, the yearly volumes are calculated to do a great deal of good. They are very attractive, and full of pictures and wholesome reading. The other volumes which we Arnold's Resolve" and " have bracketted along with them, Queensford," we also recommend. We should encourage the publishers of their circulation as widely as possible, such excellent books by promoting and yet we cannot avoid saying that "Queensford," as a literary composition, is not exactly what we can admire. FOR NANNIE'S PICTURE CARD-NELLIE'S HALF CROWN SEEKING HEAVEN-THE DIVINE PROMISE. Glasgow: John J. Rae. We thank Mr. Rae for issuing these interesting narratives in such readable type, and in a style which will secure for them a wide circulation. specially suitable for the young. They consist of 24 pp., and are They may be had for distribution at 8s. 4d. per 100. It is the publisher's intention to issue similar stories under the name of the " Snowdrop Series;" and he promises that none but books of high tone, pure morals, and of snowdrop character, will be admitted into the series. |