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into the kitchen to take orders; you must stay here in the dining 

 room," he invariably does so, although he is always very eager to see 

 and jump upon any person who enters the house. The simple words, 

 "Grocer! stay here!" will have the same effect in keeping him out of 

 the kitchen. He has likewise learned to associate the words, "He is 

 coming," with the approach of anyone to the house. I generally go 

 home only on Sundays and at variable hours, and if the house is quiet 

 my mother sitting in the drawing room can say quite softly. "I believe 

 he is coming," when the dog, two or three rooms distant and appar- 

 ently asleep, will start up and run from window to window, looking 

 up and down the street. He will do the same on any other day and 

 for any individual, but with some variation in the rapidity of his 

 response I record these acts merely to show that while they might 

 superficially appear to be the result of reasoning processes, they are 

 doubtless only instances of memory and the association of spoken 

 words with the objects or acts. [From Science, X. S.. Vol. XIX.. 



No. 495, Pages 955-957. J une 2 4< i9°4- 



Boston Univkrsitv. Arthur W. Weysse. 



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NATURE-STUDY LEAFLETS 



In reply to several letters the managing editor has written that The 

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 leaflets are usually intended for beginners in nature-study teaching. 

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 for those who are working for the progress of nature-study, it can 

 not undertake to give to beginners the detailed instruction, which they 

 need. This is the field of leaflets for local use. the existing books, 

 and the educational journals published in each State. 



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