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There are indexes to common and scientific names, a synopsis of plant 

 families and definitions of terms used. 



Nature-Study and Literature. By Anna E. McGovern. Chicago: 

 Flanagan. 1905. Pp. 332. 



This is a series of type lessons for primary teachers. Its aim is to cor- 

 relate nature-study with literature, language, and picture study. The book 

 contains such a large number of suggestions for correlations that no 

 adequate review can be given in a limited space. The book is one 

 of the best available for selections to be read, and moreover its sug- 

 gestions will be helpful. It should be in the possession of all teachers who 

 are trying to work out correlations of nature-study with literature. 



Report of Winnebago County, 111., for 1905. As one looks through 

 this annual report just issued by Superintendent O. J. Kern, 111., it is hard to 

 believe that one is ' ' Not among the Swiss Alps, but in Winnebago County. 

 It would almost appear that Superintendent Kern is in the midst of a second- 

 edition of the Garden of Eden and that he and his people had been placed 

 there by the " Lord God to dress it, and to keep it," and that all signs 

 seem to indicate that they are doing their work well. 



The report is rich in illustrations, especially on the side of the school- 

 garden, practical agriculture and the school environment. Superintendent 

 Kern is to be congratulated upon the success that has been attained in the 

 rural schools of Winnebago County along the line of school-gardens and in 

 the practical work done by the boys in The Boys' Experiment Club in 

 elementary agriculture. Such work as this counts. It will create a body or 

 intelligent, wide-awake voung farmers in Winnebago County who will make 

 life on the farm worth living. May the day hasten when more work of this 

 character may be done in our rural schools. L. A. Hatch. 



Teacher's Course in Nature-Study. By F. L. Stevens and Mrs. 

 Stevens. Raleigh, N. C: State Dep't of Public Instruction. 



The first eighteen pages of this pamphlet give an outline by months for 

 seven grades, and cover a wide range of living and lifeless nature. It is 

 planned for four lessons per month. The second part gives sugg- stions for 

 elaborating the outline. 



Industrial Education for Rural Schools. Report of Committee to 

 National Educational Association, |uly, 1905. Pp. 97. For sale by Irwin 

 Shepard, Winona, Minn. Price 10 cents. 



This report, signed by L. D. Harvey, Chairman, L. H. Bailey, Alfred 

 Bavliss, W. T. Carrington, and W. M. Havs, is such a comprehensive 

 survev of everything important connected with the subject that The Nature- 

 Study Review can best serve its readers by calling attention to it and suggest- 



