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cents for each 36 pages if they were. At such a price we fear 

 that mycology stands in no danger of being popularized from 

 this source. Dr. W. A Murrill is the editor of the new maga- 

 zine which also has a list of thirteen associate editors in this 

 and foreign countries. The first number contains a colored 

 plate of fungi and five articles of interest to mycologists. 



Doubleday. Page & Co., the well known publishers have 

 recently decided, in the interests of their readers, to print no 

 more books in type smaller than 11-point, the type in which 

 this magazine is set. This is a commendable move and we 

 hope to see other publishers soon follow so good an example. 

 The American people are a nation of readers and should not 

 be obliged to injure their eyes in trying to read fine print. 



Everywhere the interest in the teaching of agriculture in 

 the public schools is on the increase and books intended for 

 pupil and teacher are appearing in constantly growing num- 

 bers. Many of these books appear to be written to meet a 

 fancied demand for teaching certain phases of the subject, and 

 while possessing many good points are not adapted to use in 

 the average school. This criticism, however, cannot be brought 

 against a recent volume entitled "One Hundred Lessons in 

 Agriculture" by Aretas W. Nolan. This strikes the reviewer 

 as an extremely practical and practicable book. Instead of 

 studying descriptions of farming operations, the pupil is set 

 to studying them at first hand. At the beginning of each 

 study is given the object of the study and a list of necessary 

 materials and then a series of questions guides the pupil to his 

 results. These questions we rejoice to see are not such as can 

 be answered except by a study of the materials. In addition 

 to giving the pupil a knowledge of farming, this book seems 

 likely to make him a pretty wide-awake and observant indi- 

 vidual. Although a book for schools, most of the studies are 

 intended for work out-doors which is exactly as it should be. 

 We are gradually getting over the notion that the only leam- 



