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Children Plating with Dogs. 



things, is of the greatest consequence. The underlying philosophic basis 

 of comparative anatomy and physiology is kept in mind in the selection 

 of the series of types. There is a necessary dependence upon the season 

 for the observation of many of the plants and animals examined; yet 

 the course should never lose its general theme and become a desultory 

 consideration of unrelated forms. Always freeing the descriptions from 

 unnecessary technicalities and Latin names, the more notable facts are 

 presented in such form, that all children may comprehend them. In the 



Observation at the Live-box. 



