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a net return of less than $130,000. Aside from such financial facts, the 

 pamphlet contains many others, especially pointing out the value of 

 forests as protective covering for the soil and relation to water conserva- 

 tion. It will be a valuable pamphlet for teachers who deal with principles 

 of forestry in their nature-study work. 



Farmers' Bulletins. The Department of Agriculture has published an 

 index to these valuable bulletins and thus the contents are made available 

 for school or practical use. 



High-School Agronomy. A recent circular of the Department of Agri- 

 culture outlines a high-school course for one of two years recommended for 

 agriculture in high schools. The pamphlet gives a syllabus and outlines of 

 work, general instructions to teachers, and references. A teacher of 

 general science who carefully reads this outline will note the numerous 

 duplications of work already done in the regular science courses, and it 

 becomes evident that the problem of articulation between existing courses 

 in biology, chemistry and physics and proposed courses in agriculture ought 

 to be carefully considered in these early days of high-school instruction in 

 agriculture. Otherwise it is quite probable that in our enthusiasm for 

 agriculture we will attempt to do some work which in later years will have 

 to be decidedly changed. 



Poison Ivy and Swamp Sumach. This is the title of a beautifully printed 

 little book of 58 pages written by Annie Oakes Huntington, author of the 

 well-known "Studies of Trees in Winter." The book is intended for people 

 who indulge in an out-of-door life and therefore need to know these poison- 

 ous plants. The descriptions and the pictures make it possible to recog- 

 nize the plants at any season of the year. There is an interesting account 

 of the latest studies regarding the poisonous effects of these plants. The 

 price of the book is 75 cents and it may be obtained from the author at 3 1 

 Glen Road, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



Insect Manuals. The Funk 8z Wagnalls Company of New York has 

 recently sent to the office of The Review two small Manuals of Insects 

 prepared by Dr. Beutenmueller of the American Museum of Natural 

 History- One of these small hand-books deals with common butterflies 

 and moths; the other deals with other insects. The booklets consist 

 entirely of colored pictures cf insects and about 120 species are -figured in 

 each book. Thev ought to be very useful for teachers who do not have the 

 larger books with colored plates. The booklets referred to sell at 25 cents 

 each. 



NEW BOOKS RECEIVED 



Nature Study Made Easy. By Edward B. Shallow and Winifred T. 

 Cullen. Pp.. 136, illustrated. A guide for teachers and pupils. New York : 

 The Macmillan Company, 1908. $.40. 



Nature Study. By David Worth Dennis. "One hundred lessons about 

 plants." Marion, Ind. Teachers' Journal Printing Co., 1906. 



American Birds. By William Lovell Finley. "Studied and photo- 

 graphed from life." Pp. 247, illu. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1907. 

 $1.50. 



