LITERARY AND BI( )GRAPHICAL. 





physicians) arc alumni of the State Uni- 

 versity, and a fourth son is now a student 

 in the College of Medicine. Another 

 daughter, Mrs. Mary Rogers Miller, of 

 New York, has also distinguished her- 

 self as a lecturer and author. 



Miss Rogers' preparatory education 

 was obtained in the Adel High School 

 Callanan College of Des Moines, and the 

 Iowa City Academy. She entered the 

 University in 1888, selecting the Philo- 

 sophical course, and graduated with hon- 

 or in [892, being one of the six speak- 

 ers. She gained membership in Phi 

 Beta Kappa in 1902. During her entire 

 college course she was an active member 

 of Pi lieta Phi. She subsequently be- 

 came a special student of Agriculture 

 and Entomology for two years at Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, X. Y., taking the de- 

 gree of M. S. in Agriculture in 1902. 



Miss Rogers has achieved notable suc- 

 cess as a teacher. Before entering the 

 University she taught in country schools, 

 and in the primary grade in Dallas Cen- 

 tre, Iowa. After leaving the University 

 she served as principal of the high school 

 in Worthington, Minn., for two vears, 

 then as teacher of biology in the East 

 Des Moines High School for five years, 

 and in the Cedar Rapids High School 

 for one vear. Later she was instructor 

 in the Cornell Summer School of Xa- 

 ture Study in 1900, and in the Chatau- 

 qua, X. V., Summer Schools in 1903 and 



1904. She has also been a most suc- 

 cessful lecturer on nature study at teach- 

 ers* institutes since 1900, chiefly in Xew 

 York and Pennsylvania, but also in 

 Michigan and in the Summer School 

 of the South at Knoxville, Tennessee. 

 Her first work of this kind, however, 

 was done in city institutes in Iowa, with 

 Hon. Henry Sabin. 



Notwithstanding her success as a 

 teacher. Miss Rogers is more widely 

 known as an author through her two 

 most notable productions, "Among 

 Green Trees," published in 1002, and 

 "The Tree Book," which appeared in 



1905. Into these two volumes the auth- 

 < ir has gathered nearly eight hundred 

 pages of interesting information, pre- 

 sented in pleasing form, and illuminated 

 with a healthv. infectious enthusiasm 



which betokens a profound love for the 

 natural world. Throughout these hooks 

 the spirit of the teacher is displayed, and 

 indeed they seem to have been suggested 

 by the author's experience as a teacher 

 of nature study. They have also been 

 eminently satisfactory to those who love 

 and appreciate trees, as well as to those 

 who take a purely practical interest in 

 their care and preservation. 



"The Shell Book," Miss Rogers' latest 

 achievement, is unique among contem 



MISS ELLEN ROGERS. 



Author of "The Shell Book" and other 

 booKS of nature. 



porary nature books. It is the first pop- 

 ular book on the subject, gives a de- 

 scription of the species, the growth, food, 

 habits and homes of living mollusks, 

 industries such as pearl fisheries and 

 snail- farming, the cultivation of oysters 

 and other shell fish, instructions for 

 making and maintaining aquaria with- 

 out running water, and while scientifi- 

 cally accurate, is likewise charmingly 

 simple, and will interest beginner and 

 expert alike. The book contains eight 

 plates in color besides ninety-six half- 

 tones from photographs — mostly the 

 work of A. Radclyffe Dugmore. 



