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BIOGRAPHICAL 



History of Astronomy. By George Forbes, 

 with illustrations. New York: G. P. 

 Putnam's Sons. 



This monograph explains how the prin- 

 cipal scientific discoveries have been arrived 

 at and the names of the workers to whom 

 such discoveries are due. 



A Text-Boob of Field Zoology. Insects and 

 Their Near Relatives and Birds. By 

 Lottie E. Crary. With one hundred and 

 seventeen illustrations. Philadelphia: 

 P. Blakiston's Son & Company. 



This is a book for beginning students of 

 zoology — mostly devoted to insects, but with 

 a few pages on birds. 



Elementary Zoology. By Vernon L. Kellogg, 

 M. S. New York: Henry Holt & Co. 



This is a convenient and well arranged 

 book for use in field or laboratory, thougn 

 the references to field work consist chiefly 

 of suggestions to teacher and student re- 

 garding the character of the work and the 

 opportunities for it. 



Progressive Poultry Culture. A Text-hook 

 of Study and Practice in tlie Keeping of 

 Poultry for Profit and Pleasure. By 



Arthur A. Brigham, B. S., Ph. D. Illus- 

 trated. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Torch 

 Press. 



This volume will have fulfill^- 1 the pur- 

 pose of its publication if it proves helpful 

 to many practical poultrymen and poultry- 

 women, beginners and veterans alike, and 

 provides instruction for numerous students 

 of poultry culture in college, school and 

 home. 



Chats about Astronomy. By H. P. Hollis, 

 B. A., F. R. A. S. Philadelphia: J. B. 

 Lippincott Company. 



This little book has not been written for 

 astronomers, but there are many persons 

 who ask questions of this type: "Is Venus 

 bright once a year?" "Does the Moon always 

 shine in an East window in the evening as 

 the Sun does in the morning?" "Will it do 

 me harm if the Moon shines on my bed when 

 I am asleep?" "You ought to know because 

 you are an astronomer." To answer some 

 such questions as these, and to give a little 

 information about a misunderstood occupa- 

 tion, these few chapters have been written. 



How to Keep Hoes for Profit. By D. Everett 

 Lyon, Ph. D. New York: The Mac- 

 millan Company. 

 Here the reader is given an insight into 

 the life history of the bee family, and has 

 pointed out the various methods by which 

 they may be made of increased interest and 

 profit. The author, a minister, like many 

 others of the profession, has become enthus- 

 iastic and an expert. 



Poems. By William Whitman Bailey. Prov- 

 idence: Preston & Rounds Company. 

 As Agassiz combined intense amateur en- 

 thusiasm with the extensive scientific know- 

 ledge, so Professor Bailey has combined the 

 poetic "fine fancy" with a life's work in 

 technical botany. He is well known to our 

 readers, and we are glad to have this mem- 

 ber of the Council of The Agassiz Associa- 

 tion thus invoke the poetic muse in bring- 

 ing us nearer to nature. 



Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees. 



By George Massee. New York: The 



Macmillan Company. 

 This is' an excellent collection of litera- 

 ture gathered from many sources pertain- 

 ing to plant diseases. Previous to the pub- 

 lication of this work there has been a great 

 lack of compact general review of the actual 

 state of affairs, and the practical man was 

 at a loss as to how matters really stood. 

 This' book provides an excellent arrange- 

 ment of the results of a large number of 

 workers in various phases of plant diseases. 



A White-Paper Garden. By Sara Andrew 

 Shafer. With Four Plates in Color, and 

 Other Illustrations from Photographs 

 by Frances and Mary Allen. Chicago. 

 Illinois: A. C. McClurg & Company. 

 This is a novel idea and well worked out 

 — a garden of paper for those who have not 

 an actual garden. As the author well ex- 

 presses it in the following: 



"The joy and the beauty of the whole earth 

 ought to be for all of Earth's children, but, 

 alas! for how many lips is a cup prepared 

 into which bitter herbs are pressed! Coun- 

 try-born, village-bred, how many eyes are 

 there heavy with longing for the world they 

 once knew, and dim with tears for the old 

 days, and the old ways', yet for whom there 

 is nothing but the pitiless glare of the city 

 streets. Gardens they have to remember, 

 gardens to dream of, but even in gardening 

 days, that is all." 



