EDITORIAL AND GENERAL 



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AN ATTRACTIVE SHELF OF VARIOUS PREPARATIONS. 



grow, and to see this or one similar to with happiness and pleasure never to 

 it in connection with the work of The be enjoyed by those who follow the 

 Agassiz Association. At present what usual narrow path of existence. I re- 

 is needed by Air. Howes, and also by member once seeing a squad of pris- 

 Tie Agassiz Association, is more room, oners being led by their keepers to 



There are plenty of enthusiastic col- 

 lectors to obtain good material, and 

 the satisfaction of the public in exam- 

 ining such material, when properly dis- 

 played, is all that could be asked. 

 However, the one thing needed is a lo- 

 cal Institution where the efforts of 

 nature lovers may be concentrated, 

 each contributing his own share for 

 the good of others, the whole to be 

 under the management of one as enthu- 

 siastic as is Mr. Paul G. Howes. 



Long live The Maplewood Museum ! 

 May it soon greatly increase its ca- 

 pacity so that this section of the Con- 

 necticut coast may have a museum in 

 size and equipment worthy of the local 

 material to be obtained so abundantly 

 and so easily. 



A Personal Letter from Mr. Howes. 



In response to an inquiry regarding 

 his earliest interests in nature, and the 

 establishment and work of the mus- 

 eum. Mr. Howes writes to The Guide 

 to Nature as follows : 



Just when and how I became inter- 

 ested in the many varied, and wonder- 

 ful fields which nature affords, is more 

 than I or anyone can rightly say. In 

 some people this love for the natural 

 beings which surround them is an in- 

 stinct, it is born in them, and it re- 

 mains indefeasible, to enrich their life 



their daily toil. Always in a line they 

 moved, never glancing to the side, 



embryological development 



CHICKEN. 



OF THE 



