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of the horn, back come all the children 

 with baskets, boxes, bags and pockets 

 full of the treasures of the wood. They 

 spread out their trophies and decide 

 who has found the most and who the 

 rarest. They get the teacher to name 

 their specimens if he can, and laugh in 

 good-natured triumph if he fails. As 

 the shadows lengthen, the children go 

 home, and arrange their mosses, ferns 

 and flowers, their pebbles and butter- 

 flies and beetles in cabinets, and declare 

 that they have had a glorious time. 



Many teachers who have not been 

 able to find room for natural science in 

 the course of study, and who have felt 

 that their pupils ought not to grow 

 up strangers to flowers, trees and birds, 

 have been glad to give- an hour once a 

 fortnight to a meeting devoted to these 

 studies and to an occasional excursion. 

 Most school committees will grant the 

 use of a room for such meetings, and 

 many will provide cases for the speci- 

 mens. In hundreds of schools, cabi- 

 nets have been filled with specimens 

 collected by the pupils within five miles 

 of the schoolhouse door. 



In 1892 the Association was incor- 

 poiated under the laws of Massachus- 

 etts. It still lives and prospers. Its 

 President is Edward F. Bigelow, Ph. 

 D., himself one of the older AA boys. 

 Its home is Arcadia: Sound Beach, 

 Connecticut. There is a wonderful 

 esprit dn corps among its members. 

 Boys and girls everywhere are proud 

 to wear its beautiful badge. The of- 

 ficial organ, The Guide to Nature, is 

 a beautiful illustrated magazine. Every 

 lover of nature, or of children, is most 

 cordially invited to join The Agassiz 

 Association. The cost is nominal. Full 

 particulars may be had by addressing 

 Dr. Bigelow at the address given above. 



Literary Note. 



"Bird-Lore" for December contains col- 

 ored and uncolored plates of birds and 120 

 pages filled with matter of interest to bird- 

 lovers. Of especial importance is the An- 

 nual Report of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies, which, in securing legis- 

 lation for bird protection and introducing 

 bird study into the schools, closes the most 

 successful and encouraging year of its exis- 

 tence. 





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