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"Science" Course for Elementary Schools. Papers by O. C. Kenyon, L. 

 S. Hawkins and others, in Education Dept. Bulletin No. 459, Albany, N. Y. 

 Also contains papers on high-school biology and agriculture. 



Tree Observations. The U. S. Forest Service appeals for cooperation in 

 observing the time of leafing, blossoming and fruiting of the most impor- 

 tant forest trees. On request blanks and pamphlets will be sent. 



Administration of Agricultural Instruction. A suggestive paper by C. H. 

 Robi-son, of the Montclair (X. J.) Normal School, is reprinted from the 

 Proceedings of the Agricultural Conference, published by Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. 



Nature-Study at DeKalb, 111. The bulletin of the State Normal School 

 gives a course in Nature-Study for Grades I to IV. It properly includes 

 plants, animals, human body and health, weather, minerals and soils, 

 physical and chemical phenomena, agriculture and other applied science 

 for elementary grades. 



Garden Work in California. A helpful 98-page bulletin by Prof. E. B. 

 Babcock, of the College of Agriculture, University of California. 



Elements of Agriculture. By G. F. Warren, of Cornell University. 

 New York: ]\Iacmillan Co., pp. 437, ill. $1.10. 



Practical Arithmetic. By F. L. Stevens, T. Butler and Mrs. Stevens. 

 (Applied especially to agriculture.) New York: Scribners. 



Practical Agriculture. By John W. Wilkinson, A.M. Assistant State 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oklahoma. Pp. 383. $1.00. 

 American Book Co. New York. 



Life of a Fossil Hunter. By Charles H. Sternberg. New York: Holt 

 & Co. 1909. 



College Geology. By T. C. Chamberlin and R. D. Salisbury. Pp. 978, 

 ill. New York: Holt 8z Co. 1909. (A valuable reference book for 

 teachers of biology and earth science in high schools.) 



Reproduction and Sexual Hygiene. By Winfield Scott Hall, of "the 

 Northwestern University Medical School. Chicago. Wynne wood Pub. 

 Co. 150 pp. $1.00. Sixth edition. (This is the most sane, sensible and 

 scientific book for young men which, among many dozens of similar books, 

 has come to the attention of the writer of this book note. It has the 

 scientific atmosphere of university lectures in science, and is entirely free 

 of the appeals to the emotions which repel so many^ readers of the most 

 common books in the same line. Dr. Hall's book should be read by every 

 young man over eighteen years old.) 



Geology of City of New York. By L. P. Gratacap. Third and enlarged 

 edition. New York: Holt & Co. $2.50. (Popular in style and valua- 

 ble for local study.) 



Human Body and Health. By A. Davison. Intermediate Book. New 

 York: American Book Co. 1909. (The second book of a verv practical 

 series by Professor Davison, of Lafayette College.) 



Introduction to Study of Biology. By J. W. Kirkaldy and I. M. Drum- 

 mond. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1909. (A high-school book, pri- 

 marily for schools in England.) 



