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With roistering rounded harmony, 

 Vibrating every chord and note 

 That gushes from his throbbing throat. 



Perhaps the best poem in the volume is that on Birds' Beatitude. 

 I think we have all wondered what heaven would be like if there 

 were no birds there, and in the paradise the poet pictures, the 

 beloved birds dwell. 



Nature-Study for Boys and Girls, John Bradford Craig, Fifth 

 Ave. High School, Pittsbuigh, Penn. Five volumes, illustrated. 

 Mclndoo Pub. 



Four of these volum.es aie readers for the third, fourth, fifth 

 and sixth grades and have about 150 pages each. The other 

 volume contains 224 pages and is a Teacher's Manual, giving 

 assistance for each of the lessons in the other books. While 

 these little volumes are essentially readers, they are planned to 

 stimulate the children to observe for themselves and to interest 

 them in the common animals and plants of their environment. 

 Each lesson begins with a list of words that may be used for a spelling 

 lesson if the teacher so desires and each lesson is foil owed by a list of 

 questions concerning the facts brought out in the texts. To make 

 these readers of greatest use the subject matter of each 

 lesson should be under the direct observation of the pupils. It 

 will take an out-of-doors loving teacher to get the best results 

 in using these books, for they are not meant for mere readers and 

 should not be allowed to degenerate into such. For such a teacher 

 they will be most helpful, for they cover a wide range of subjects and 

 the style and plan of each book are adapted for the grade for 

 which it was written. The illustrations are many and attractive. 



