32 THE NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [ 4 : i-jan., 1908 



and control, made necessary by the financial problems to be 

 solved, have in some cases worked against The Review and 

 support has sometimes been withheld because it was essentially 

 a private journal. Such an objection can no longer obtain, and 

 complete cooperation is to be expected. 



According to the constitution of the A. N.-S. S., the Council of 

 the Society will hereafter be the advisory editorial committee in 

 place of the original committee. The editor takes this oppor- 

 tunity to express his appreciation of the help and encouragement 

 which, in the founding of The Review and in the editorial work 

 on the three volumes published, has been given by his colleagues 

 ■of the original editorial committee: Professor Bailey, Professor 



Hodge, Dr. Fairbanks, and Professor Woodhull. 



M. A. B. 



It has proved impossible to publish in this issue all the papers 

 and discussions presented at the first meeting of the American 

 Nature-Study Society; and the fourth paper, by M. A. Bigelow, 

 and the discussions by many members will be published in the 

 February issue, which will be mailed next week. 



The attempt to begin the fourth volume with a full report 

 of the meeting of the A. N. S. S. has led to an unexpected delay 

 in publication. This issue should have been mailed in the third 

 week of January, but it was impossible for the editor to get all 

 the manuscripts before January 16th. It seems certain that the 

 printer will be able to mail the February and later issues in the 

 months of date. 



A series of special issues edited by members of the A. N. S. S. 

 are being prepared for publication. The March number is con- 

 tributed by Ohio teachers, and edited by Professor Guyer, of 

 Cincinnati; and the May number will be edited by Dr. Fair- 

 banks, of California. Six other specially edited numbers are in 

 1 (reparation for next autumn and winter. 



The managing editor asks for suggestions regarding topics 

 which deserve special attention, especially on practical lines. 

 We must have more practical material for teachers. 



