Chapter VII: Appendix: B

BOOK LIST

THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE. Rev. W. R. Nicoll, editor.

THE NEW CENTURY BIBLE. W. H. Bennett, editor.

These are both commentaries, though the first, as the name
implies, gives an exposition of the truth rather than an
explanation of the text. The New Century is a small volume. The
Expositor’s Bible is larger. For these lessons one would need the
volume on Genesis.

THE ONE VOLUME COMMENTARY. Rev. J. R. Dummelow, editor.

This is a most remarkable one-volume commentary containing 1,092
pages, and any teacher who cannot gain access to one having a
volume for each book should by all means get this one if possible.

OLD TESTAMENT CHARACTERS. Cunningham Geikie.

These are well written character studies and will be a help in
getting in mind a rounded picture of the various characters.

A DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE. One Volume. James Hastings, editor.

A Dictionary of the Bible is well nigh indispensable for a Sunday
school teacher, and this is as complete as one could be made
within the limits of a single volume.

HISTORY FOR GRADED AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS. Ellwood W. Kemp.

Besides the chapter referred to in Lesson 8 the one on “How the
World Came to have Books” and many other stories would be helpful
to a Sunday school teacher.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION. Herman H. Horne.

The section on Religious Education, pages 333 to 527, is worth
the price of the book.

TALKS ON PSYCHOLOGY AND LIFE’S IDEALS. William James.

The chapters on Laws of Habit, Association of Ideas, Interest,
Attention, Memory and the Will are specially valuable.

STORIES AND STORY TELLING. Edward P. St. John.

The best Sunday school teachers in the Junior and younger grades
are those who know how to tell stories well. This little book
will be a great help if carefully studied, and its precepts
practiced.

THE UNFOLDING LIFE. Antoinette A. Lamoreaux.

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.