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be obtained by addressing Mr. and 

 Mrs. C. A. Roys. Directors, id Bow- 

 doin Street, Cambridge, Massachu- 

 setts Both camps will open June 29th 

 and Close August 30th. The term- for 

 the season are $-'50. or $130 for one- 

 half of the season. 



A Primer of Bird-Study. 

 Mr. Ernest [ngersoll, whose address 

 is 304 West [2ist Street, New York 

 City, has published a small pamphlet 

 giving an account of the structure and 

 functions of hirds. It seems to the edi- 

 tor to contain a great amount of valu- 



COMPARING AND TALKING OVER "FINDS" ['.V T1IK ROADSIDE. 



The camp spirit is well shown in the 

 followingquotationfrom the Catalogue 

 It was written by Bishop J. L. Spauld- 

 ing in his "Education and the Highest 

 Life." 



"To run, to jump, to ride, to swim. 

 to sit in the shade of trees by flowing 

 waters, to look on orchards blooming, 

 to dream in the silence that lies amid 

 the hills, to feel the solemn loneliness 

 of the deep woods, to follow cattle as 

 they crop the sweet-scented clover, to 

 learn, too, as one knows a mother's 

 face, every change that comes over the 

 heavens from the dewy freshness of 

 the early morn to the restful calm of 

 evening, from the overpowering mys- 

 tery of the starlit sky to the look with 

 which the moon smiles upon the earth ; 

 all this is education of a higher and 

 more real kind than it is possible to 

 receive within the walls of a school, 

 and lacking this, nothing shall have 

 power to develop the faculties of the 

 soul in symmetry and completeness." 



Twin-flowers. 



A rosy cloud of delicate bloom 



Hung over the leaflets green; — 



We'd surprised the little twin-flower vine 

 In its transformation scene. 



— Emma Peirce. 



able material in a small compass. We 

 advise our readers to send fifteen cents 

 to Mr. Ingersoll and receive a copy of 

 this interesting little book, which is 

 not intended for the identification of 

 the birds but for the proper understand- 

 ing of their structure, adaptability, 

 faculties, nests, purposes, etc. Mr. 

 Ingersoll is well known throughout the 

 country as one of our most careful 

 scientific ornithologists. He also is 

 skilled in the popular treatment of the 

 subject and probably has done as much 

 as any other man in popularizing and 

 stimulating the study of birds and 

 mammals. He is the author of "The 

 Life of Mammals," "Wit of the Wild" 

 and "Wild Neighbors." 



The book contains not only the 

 name of the bird — that detail is good 

 so far as it goes but it is a superficial 

 part of ornithology, and no real teach 

 er of this beautiful science would be 

 willing to stop there. In a study of 

 plants one is supposed to know every 

 detail of structure, but there are too 

 many people who seem perfectly con- 

 tented in the study of birds to know 

 only the name. One should know the 

 structure of the bird, its nest and its 

 general habits. Teachers of nature 

 study, scout masters, amateur and pro- 

 fessional naturalists will find this a 

 helpful book. 



