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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



life, 1 would commend to you this para- 

 dise where all things are intended to 

 satisfy the mental hunger and thirst of 

 those who seek to solve the enticing 

 riddle of living things. 



A small group of buildings make the 

 outward seeming, on one of which we 

 read the hopeful legend, "Botany Bun- 

 galow." Further on are the main office, 

 and the "Three Kingdoms" entrance 

 hall where plants and aquaria and 

 curious shells, minerals, etc., greet the 

 eye on every side. Still on beyond is 

 the laboratory for the student and the 

 microscope. Below stairs the young 

 raccoon scolds you soundly for you 

 have not brought the expected meal. 

 The large tanks, cages and terraria all 

 invite you to come and bring your 

 specimens here and work. Above 

 stairs the photographic outfit, a marvel 

 of completeness and ingenuity in its 

 mechanical arrangement, fills you with 

 joy on account of its convenience and 

 the work that it can do. Imagine 

 further the books that line the walls 

 of these rooms, all the books you have 

 wanted on your own shelves, indeed, 

 almost it gives the impression, all that 

 have ever been published — on botany 

 arranged on the one side, on biology on 

 the other side, on general zoology upon 

 the third side, and upon all sides ap- 

 paratus of every description to sup- 

 plement your reading and your study. 

 Is it not the nature student's paradise 

 for a summer holiday? 



You go on to the bee bungalow. Bees 

 and bees and bees, and lining these 

 walls all the best works upon bees that 

 have ever been published. Outside the 

 buildings with their remarkable equip- 

 ment of specimens and aoparatus, the 

 countryside invites the nature lover. 

 The woods are at hand, the swamp, 

 Xvmphalia, beckons at your back door 

 and for the collector there is no better 

 stamping ground than just outside 

 these open doorways. The seaside i<* 

 just beyond the swamp thus giving the 

 final touch to this Arcadia ; — woodland, 

 swamp, roadside and seaside — all fur- 

 nishing their quota of specimens to en- 

 tice the student. For anyone who 

 longs to spend his summer days close 

 to the heart of nature, no better place 

 can be found. The energy and enthu- 

 siasm of Dr. Bigelow who has made 

 possible this Arcadia, cannot be too 

 highly commended. With an Assem- 



bly Hall and a dormitory on the 

 grounds for workers, Sound Beach 

 should become the Mecca for nature 

 lovers seeking inspiration in their work, 

 as well as a playtime in their summer 

 holiday. 



The Influence of Nature. 



BY BERTHA E. WALES, FORMERLY OF NA- 

 TURE STUDY DEPARTMENT, STATE 

 NORMAL SCHOOL, ATHENS, GEORGIA. 



It is not necessary to enumerate the 

 glories of any one phase of nature in 

 order to show its influence in the world. 



Nature really means creation, and the 

 student of nature cannot but feel the 

 close relationship existing between 

 God and nature. In fact he will see 

 that nature is God's fulfillment of His 

 blessed Word. 



Nature presents us with so many 

 phenomena and these are to all rightly 

 constituted minds so full of awe, beauty 

 and charm that not to appreciate "the 

 wonder and wealth of the Universe" 

 means a great mental and spiritual loss, 

 to the individual so unfortunate. 



To me nothing can be more beauti- 

 ful than the thought that "God is love" 

 breathed to us by all nature's min- 

 strelsy in deep swelling notes on earth, 

 in air and upon the murmuring sea; it 

 is His voice that inspires the day's 

 dawn and gives us the glories of the 

 sunrise ; it is His love which is manifest- 

 ed to us in the quivering song of the 

 care free bird, in the beauty of the blos- 

 soming flower, in the delight of the 

 sun's golden beams, in the ecstasy of 

 the rippling brook, in the grandeur of 

 the lofty mountain ; it is "He who 

 walketh in His garden in the hush of 

 the eve" and who giveth the soft twi- 

 light air the poetry of the eventide. 



Many people are satisfied with the 

 beauty of the picture in the margin or 

 with the brightly colored vellum of the 

 binding belonging to this treasure 

 book called nature, and care not to or 

 know not how to turn the golden leaves 

 and learn the valuable lessons written 

 therein. 



Tell me of delight more keen or more 

 real than that felt when the gentleness 

 of heaven lies all around and fair na- 

 ture answers the call of one who loves 

 her. Who is he who comes most close- 

 ly in communion with our loving 

 Father, who forgets most readily the 

 perplexing and harassing cares of the 



