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In the Welcome Reception Room. 



September 24. — Mr. Charles B. 

 Allyn of Riverside entertained a party 

 of friends in the Welcome Reception 

 Room. An extended and very enjoy- 

 able musical program was provided. 

 Some of the special features were solos 

 by Mr- Arthur Dorland, solo by Mr. 

 Brush, and a duet by Messrs. Dorland 

 and Brush. Miss Edith Wasman of 

 New York City was the accompanist. 

 October 26. — Farmers Club of Green- 

 wich. 



"The Child's World" and the Poet's 



World. 



"One of my latest paintings is called 

 'A Child's World.' I see that to the 

 child the whole world is unadulterated 

 magic and pure mystery. My little boy 

 hasn't classified anything as yet. The 

 butterflies, the birds, the flowers are all 

 miracles to him. It is a notable fact 

 that the same state of mind concern- 

 ing Nature has been held by the great- 

 est poets in their maturity. They 

 come to a point where they refuse to 

 classify any further. They refuse to 

 allow the mystery to be withdrawn 

 from an object by the naming of it. 

 Their minds are one with children's in 

 this matter. We have become so 

 scientific that we are superficially sci- 

 entific. We take a seed, for example, 

 and we realize that there are certain 

 elements in it. But, while we know 

 that there are certain and definite 

 amounts of chemical substances in the 

 seed, it is not often that we stop to 

 think that it contains the completed 

 tree. You never know or understand a 

 subject by learning its elements and 

 ingredients. You have to learn its 

 tendency as well. And that is where 

 the minds of children are far superior 

 to those of their average elders." — Van 

 Dearing Perrine. 



A Boston lady attended a funeral in 

 a country church a short time ago. 

 After the singing of a hymn which was 

 strikingly melodious and appropriate, 

 a rustic male friend who was seated 

 beside her remarked, with an air of in- 

 tense local pride : 



"Beautiful hymn, isn't it? The 

 corpse wrote it." — Selected. 



For Blackboard Work. 



Isn't it curious that among all the 

 improved methods for schoolroom 

 work, there has not been until quite 

 recently adequate provision made for 

 the most conspicuous of all school- 

 room work, namely, blackboard work. 

 Plain white crayons have long been in 

 the market, but for the teacher and 

 pupil desiring colored crayons, we have 

 had nothing but the poor little affairs 

 in poor little packages sold for a cent 

 or two, and worth no more But the 

 Binney & Smith Company, of New 

 York City, now offer a first-class set of 

 such crayolas and at a moderate price. 

 The set includes a variety of qualities* 

 colors and shapes, well adapted to 

 every conceivable form of color decora- 

 tion and color work on the board. Ad- 

 dress the company at Fulton Street for 

 particulars, and do not forget to refer 

 to The; Guide to Nature. 



New Catalogue of Photographic 

 Lenses. 



Never mind if there is a war in 

 Germany. Do not forget that photo- 

 graphic lenses which originated in Ger- 

 many are made by good Americans. 

 The Bausch & Lomb-Zeiss Protars and 

 Tessars are m anufactured at 

 Rochester, New York. The Bausch & 

 Lomb Optical Company will be glad 

 to send you a catalogue. These lenses 

 are all perfect; they are first-class in 

 every respect. Some of the finest pho- 

 tographs in The Guide to Nature that 

 have received much favorable com- 

 mendation were made with the Protar. 

 Some photographers perfer the Tessar, 

 but for all-round work, it in my opinion 

 has not the availability of the Protar. 



A new edition of the Naturalists' Directory 

 has just been published by S. E. Cassino. 

 Salem. Mass. This directory is invaluable 

 to naturalists since it is the means of bring- 

 ing together students and collectors in all 

 parts of the world through correspondence. 

 The directory contains an alphabetical list 

 of English speaking professional and amateur 

 Naturalists in all parts of the world, also a 

 lists of Scientific Societies and Periodicals. 

 The price of the Directory is $2.50 in Cloth 

 Binding and $2.00 in Paper Binding. Sent 

 postpaid. As only a limited edition has been 

 printed it is advisable for any one wishing 

 a copy to order at once. 



