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Oklahoma City, took the position that while the teachers will not be ex- 

 pected to teach the practice of agriculture, they should be familiar with 

 this side of the question and should also inform themselves on the work 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the experiment stations, and 

 the agricultural colleges. They should be up to date in their ideas of 

 farm methods, improved implements, etc. To secure this training he 

 recommends that they read farm journals and the publications of this 

 Department and the experiment stations. {Experiment Station Record] 



LIST OF NEW BOOKS RECEIVED 



Evolution and Animal Life. By David Starr Jordan & Vernon 

 Lyman Kellogg. "An elementary discussion of facts, processes, laws 

 and theories relating to the life and evolution of animals." Pp. 489, 

 illustrated. Xew York: Appleton & Co. 1907. $2.50. 



Elements of Biology. By George William Hunter. A practical 

 text-book for high schools, correlating botany, zoology, and human phy- 

 siology. Pp. 445, illustrated. Xew York: American Book Co. 1907. 

 $1.50. 



Darwinism To-Day. By Vernon L. Kellogg. "A discussion of 

 present-day scientific criticism of the Darwinian Selection Theories, 

 together with a brief account of the principal other proposed auxiliary 

 and alternative theories of species-forming." Pp. 403. New York: 

 Holt & Co. 1007. 



Walking: a Fine Art. By Edward F. Bigelow. "As practiced by 

 naturalists and explained by original contributions to this volume and by 

 quotations from the published works of those who love to dally along 

 country lanes." Pp. 164, illustrated. Salem, Mass.: Cassino & Son. 1907. 



The Spirit of Nature-Study. By Edward F. Bigelow. "A book of 

 social suggestion and sympathy for all who love or teach nature." Pp. 

 222, illustrated. New York: Barnes & Co. 1907. 



Mosses and Lichens. By Nina L. Marshall. A popular guide to the 

 identification and study of our commoner mosses and lichens, their uses, 

 and methods of preserving. Pp. 327, illustrated. New York: Double- 

 day, Page & Co. 1907. $4.00. 



Stories Retold from St. Nicholas. Six new volumes: Sea Stories, Island 

 Stories, Stories of the Great Lakes, Strange Sights, Southern Stories, 

 Western Frontier Stories. New York: Century Co. 11)07. Each 200 

 pages, illustrated. 65 cents. 



Gray Lady and the Birds. By Mable Osgood Wright. Stories of 

 the birds for home and school. New York: Macmillan Co. 1907. Pp. 

 435, 48 full-page illustrations. $1.75. 



