ADVERTISEMENTS. 



XI 



J. H. Riddick, Superintendent of 

 Schools of Pulaski County. 



WINIMAC, INDIANA. 



Dr. Edward F. Bigelow's work as 

 Instructor in our County Teachers' In- 

 stitute was most heartily received and 

 brought the teachers in closer touch 

 with the beauties and usefulness of na- 

 ture than they had ever been. 



Dr. Bigelow has a style peculiarly his 

 own, that compels attention and awak- 

 ens sympathy for his subject which is 

 brimful of interest to all. 



hearers a deeper reverence for Na- 

 ture and her wonders and a determina- 

 tion on the part of those who heard 

 them to go to the great book of Nature 

 rather than to the text-books of scien- 

 tists for their instructions in this sub- 

 ject. In my judgment, any conductor 

 of an institute or school would do well 

 to secure your services for a course of 

 lectures. 



Quishipaug Woman's Club. 



MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. 



BELLE R. MANCHESTER, CORRESPONDING 



SECRETARY. 



The lecture recently delivered before 

 the Quishipaug Woman's Club by Ed- 

 ward F. Bigelow, of Sound Beach, Con- 

 necticut, proved to be one of the most 

 satisfactory in the entire course. Dr. 

 Bigelow showed a thorough knowledge 

 of his subject, "The Child and Nature," 

 and the large audience gave the closest 

 attention for an hour and a half. Many 

 helpful suggestions were given by the 

 speaker and we feel that much good 

 may result. 



John Harrington Cox. 



PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH PHILOLOGY. 

 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY. 



It has been my privilege to do Insti- 

 tute work in conjunction with Dr. Bige- 

 low. In my judgment, he is a master of 

 his subject, Nature Study. He is emi- 

 nently practical and his presentation is 

 interesting, forceful and original. He 

 emphasizes the sacredness of the child's 

 natural bent and demonstrates conclu- 

 sively the feasibility of his methods. 

 Teachers listen intently to what he says 

 and fill their notebooks with his words. 



Miss Low and Miss Heywood's Board- 

 ing and Day School for Girls. 



STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT. 



Ur. Edward F. Bigelow gave his 

 lecture on California before the pupils 

 of our school. It was one of a course 

 of several lectures and perhaps the one 

 most enjoyed. Dr. Bigelow is always 

 full of enthusiasm for his subject and 

 is always followed with interest by his 

 audience. At this lecture there were 

 .several pupils from California present 

 who listened with delight to his sympa- 

 thetic presentation of his subject. The 

 slides were extremely clear and beauti- 

 ful and selected with great judgment. 



A. S. McPherron, Superintendent San 

 Bernardino County Schools. 



You certainly brought us all "near 

 to nature's heart." Your lecture was 

 an inspiration to those who are inter- 

 ested in nature study, and especially to 

 those who are endeavoring to introduce 

 their pupils to nature and to cause 

 them to fall in love with nature. We 

 are all glad that we were permitted to 

 listen "to him who in love of nature 

 holds communion with her visible 

 forms," and hope that we. may be so 

 imbued with your spirit that nature 

 may also speak to us in as varied a lan- 

 guage. 



Covington State Summer Institute. 



COVINGTON, VIRGINIA. 



JOSEPH H. SAUNDERS, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 



CONDUCTOR. 



I am writing to express to you my 

 appreciation for the services rendered 

 in your lectures on the Pedagogy of 

 Nature Study before our State Sum- 

 mer Institute at Covington, Virginia. 



These lectures were both entertain- 

 ing and inspiring and cannot fail to im- 

 plant into the minds and hearts of the 



"Park Life" School, Dubuque, Iowa. 



BY. J. HORCHEM, DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF. 



Dr. Edward F. Bigelow can supply 

 anything in Nature Study that one 

 can wish. He teaches the natural ob- 

 jects in their own environments — the 

 stars in the heavens, the fishes in the 

 water, the leaves and the flowers and the 

 fruits on the plants that bear them, 

 the bees and the ants when they are all 

 around him, and the animals in their 

 native haunts. 



The boys in Park Life are naturally 

 active. Work and play and eating and 

 sleeping coming in their due time, each 

 bringing enjoyment with it, there is an 

 element" of Crusoe life in connection 



