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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



terchange of observations for all stu- 

 dents and lovers of nature." We want 

 not merely the thing but we want you 

 with it. 



A scientist went to Woods Hole 

 biological laboratory for the further 

 study of earthworms, his specialty for 

 years. He expected to meet specialists 

 with an extensive knowledge of earth- 

 worms and thereby be benefitted. He 

 met, however, a man who had thor- 

 oughly studied dogfish and knew al- 

 most nothing of earthworms. As good 

 luck would have it, the two students 

 became chums, and each benefitted by 

 the other's enthusiasm. Inspiration is 

 always worth more than facts. 



And most of our inspiration is: 

 "omne vivum ex vivo," which means 

 that we are inspired by the other fel- 

 low. 



Spontaneous generation is not a pre- 

 sent day theory, but fire may still be 

 produced by striking flints. We want 

 to know what others are doing, and 

 even if not along the reader's imme- 

 diate line, the inspiration will be catch- 

 ing, — the spark will be seen. 



SNOW A>D FROST. 



Have you studied the snowflakes and 

 the frost forms during the past winter? 

 If you have, you can appreciate the 

 joy and enthusiasm of Air. Wilson A. 

 Bentley whose article with its beautiful 

 illustrations begins this number of The; 

 Guide to Nature. 



The snowflakes and the frost forms 

 which you failed to see will never come 

 again. Nature never repeats. We 

 should read this lesson of the disap- 

 pearing snowflakes and frost forms and 

 profit by it. 



But other beautiful am 

 things are drawing near. 

 them. 



"The frost is coming 

 ground," the farmer and 

 rambler tell us as their feet crush the 

 filamentous ice beneath decaying leaves 

 and pulverize those frost-formed stal- 

 agmites that rise below the loose earth. 



"But what matters that?" you in- 

 quire. 



Really not much, indeed, unless it 

 gets a little of the frostiness out of you. 

 Thaw out! The naturalists' New 



interesting 

 Do not lose 



out 



the 



of the 

 nature 



THE FROST IS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND. 



