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January, 1932 Page 1$ dents prepare their own lantern slides. This activity arouses greater interest and results in quicker learning of the illustrated subject. Educational Focus is a quarterly publication issued by Bausch and Lomb Optical Company to all those requesting it: Parents' Magazine (November) Dr. Fred East- man's second article entitled. "What Can We Do about the Movies?", discusses the methods whereby the motion picture trust gained complete and auto- cratic cunt ml of the industry, and the possible remedies to defeat this trust. An excellent article for our read- ers who may need reminding of this crucial and ever- nt situation. The Oklahoma Teacher (November) "The Magic Carpet of Visual Education," by Mary Pruitt of Web- ster Junior High School, Oklahoma City, is an extended account of the tests made at Washington last summer to determine the value of visual education through the use of sound motion pictures. International Review of Educational Cinematog- raphy (September) In this issue we find another in- stallment of the investigation by Mr. Lucien Viborel in the Departments of France. Again we emphasize the importance of this writing to our readers. Prof. Lio- nello Petri's "Utilisation of the Moving Picture for Agriculture", supplemented by F. W. Albertson's and H. B. Reed's enquiries into this same field, offer a mass of vital reading. M. P. DeVuyst's "The Im- provement of Rural Life and Cinema" is of particular interest to teachers employed in rural districts. Walter Cumber's, "The Film Lecturer in the Country" is, al- so, valuable to this group. ■ The report on "The Cinema and the School" is con- cluded in the November issue of this worthy maga- zine. The conclusions derived from the teachers' re- plies to the questionnaire are summarized briefly and offer a valuable contribution to the data on this field. Book Reviews The jargon of certain film critics indicates their sat- isfaction at crusading: they have founded their line of patter on the one word, Job. Probably, they experi- ence a nice warm sensation of fearless virility each time they employ their pet "key-word:" and how they must feel "in the movement" by not shirking what they love to call the social urgencies! Cinema (By C. A. Lejeune. London: Alexander MacLehose & Co. Price 5s.) is an honest job of criti- cism out to tackle honest jobs of cinema! Well, well! Do You Teach Geography? IM F >-«n teach or direct the teaching of Geography, you Will I want to investigate The Journal of Geography, an illustrated m monthly magazine owned by the National Council of Geogra- phy Teacher*, and published especially for teachers. THE JOURNAL GIVES YOU—Supplementary material for stu- dents and teachers . . . confidence by enabling- you to know the best and thus keep several leagues ahead of the non-sub- scribers . . . success to teachers and students who sincerely want it. If you are not familiar with this splendid magasine pin this ad to your letterhead and the next copy will be sent to yoti FREE of charge. THE JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY 3333 Elston Ave. Chicago, 111. C-9 It's quite neat to believe in the film as only a celluloid job, but I happen also to believe in it as magic. What of the dark theatre, the hypnosis of the light oblong, the beams of the projector's lens tangling and twisting in space before they fall onto the screen? It is important that our critics should learn that, so often, the actual images do not matter: it is what they suggest that counts. Poetically, cinema can be made into a far surer formula for strange loveliness than crystal gazing. In other words, can the true poetry of cinema be covered by the Job heading? Stargazing (By June Head. London: Peter Davies. Price 5s.) is a most joyous work written with a genu- ine love of the "screen magic." It is a great relief after a glut of books which are so true that one is puzzled to know what they are all about. Other new film books over here include: Talking Pictures by Bernard Brown (Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. 12/6.) which is a sound if customary technical manual, Walking Shadows by Eric Walter White (Published by The Hogarth Press. 2/6.) which is a long essay on the silhouette films of Lotte Reini- ger, and Celluloid by the excellent Paul Rotha (Pub- lished by Longmans. 7/6.) Oswell Blakeston.