192 The Ottawa Naturalist. [January 



REVIEW. 



The Nature Study Review. Published at 525 West 120th St., 

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•' Devoted to all phases of Nature Study in elementary 

 schools," is the comprehensive sub-title of this new periodical, 

 the first number of which has just been issued. In the introduc- 

 tion the editors say that their " plans are based upon an interpre- 

 tation of Nature Study in its literal and widest sense as including 

 all phases, physical as well as biological, of studies of natural 

 objects and processes in elementary schools." This interpretation 

 of Nature Study includes all the "natural science" studies of the 

 lower grades in the public schools, and it is with Nature Study in 

 relation to elementary school work that The Review will chiefly 

 deal. 



The Nature Study articles published in The Ottawa Natur- 

 alist cover much the same field, but important features of The 

 Nature Study Review are its Book Reviews, Notes on Recent 

 Literature, and Guide to Periodical Literature. These depart- 

 ments will keep both student and teacher posted as to the litera- 

 ture of a subject in which they must perforce interest themselves. 

 The chief Articles in the January number are " Nature Study and 

 Natural Science — a Symposium," " Physical Nature Study," 

 " Nature Study and Elementary Agriculture in Canada," ' Some 

 recent criticisms of Nature Study," " Agriculture in Southern 

 Schools,' "School Gardens," and "Ant Nests in the School- 

 room." These titles indicate the scope of The Review, sample 

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The Club's soiree season opened Dec. i6th, when Mr. Andrew 

 Halkett lectured on " Animal Life in the Hudson Bay Region." 

 Jan 17th, Prof. Prince, Mr. A. P. Low and Mr. J. M. Macoun 

 talked to the members of the Club on Mammals. Reports of 

 these meetings will be published in the next number of The 

 Naturalist. 



