BOOK REVIEWS 271 



mar and first high-school years the book will be a strong competitor 

 for the existing books intended for school use primarily. 



M. A. B. 



The Nature-Study Course. By John Dearness. Toronto : Copp, 

 Clark Co. 1905. Pp. 206, ill. 60 cents. 



The full title of the little guide from the pen of the vice-principal 

 of the normal school at London, Ontario, is " The Nature-Study 

 Course, with Suggestions for Teaching." It is based on notes of 

 lectures to teachers-in-training. 



The first thirty-three pages are concerned with the aim and method 

 of nature-study, including topics such as : nature-study and science, 

 object lessons, value and aims, modes of expression, correlations, 

 selection of topics, and arranging courses of study. This part of the 

 book is of general interest and will well repay reading by all who 

 are seriously interested in the educational problems of nature-study. 



The greater part of the book is filled with suggestions for teaching 

 the course adopted for the public schools of Ontario and Manitoba. 

 This part of the book contains an abundance of information, notes 

 on methods, references and altogether it constitutes a very practical 

 series of lessons for teachers-in-training. One feature not common 

 in nature-study guides is a series of very practical lessons on the 

 stars and constellations. We have drifted too far away from the 

 old-time popular astronomy and this suggestion for a turn backward 

 will be welcomed by many. 



M. A. B. 



Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets. Albany: Lyon Co. 1904. Pp. 607, 

 382 figs. $1.25. 



This is a selection, with revision, from the Teachers' Leaflets, 

 Home Nature-Study Lessons, Junior Naturalist Monthly and other 

 publications issued from the College of Agriculture of Cornell Uni- 

 versity in the years 1896 to 1904. Altogether there are eighty leaflets 

 in the collection. Forty-nine of these are " designed to aid the 

 teacher with subject-matter, to indicate the point of view, and to 

 suggest a method of presentation " ; and the others are children's 

 leaflets, " designed to open the eyes of the young." Comment on these 

 world-famous leaflets is unnecessary here, and this notice is placed 

 under book-reviews in order to call attention to the fact that the 

 leaflets which have for some time been out of print are again 

 available. M. A. B. 



