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THE GUIDE TO NATURE LITERARY NOTES 



York State Rural Problems. II. By L. H. 



Bailey. Albany : J. B. Lyon Company. 



Every lover of the out of doors will hail 

 with delight this collection of Professor 

 Bailey's addresses to various companies of 

 students, farmers, and others. He speaks 

 clearly and effectively on many aspects of the 

 farm and of life in the countrv. 



Money Talks. By Eleanor Baldvirin. Holy- 

 oke. Mass. : The Elizabeth Towne Company. 

 This is the New Thought on money, what 

 money really is, what the function of money 

 really is, what money must have through 

 which to perform that function, and how these 

 three may be applied to solve the problems 

 of our present conditions. "Money will mas- 

 ter mankind until mankind masters money," 

 says the author. 



Spencer Fullerton Baird : A Biographv. By 

 William Healey Dall, A. M., D. Sc. Phila- 

 delphia : J. B. Lippincott Company. 

 Natural history in America is most of all 



indebted to two remarkable men, Professor 



Louis Agassiz and Professor Spencer F. 



Baird. 



Their activities in a public sense in this 

 country began about the same time, Agassiz, 

 the enthusiastic inspiring teacher, and Baird, 

 the efficient, hard-working and lovable organ- 

 izer, complemented each other. 



Professor Baird was a born naturalist and 

 organizer of methods and men. His biography 

 is not a history of explorations nor a record 

 of technical investigations ; but an account of 

 the life and relation to them of a singularly 

 eminent, able, efficient and modest devotee 

 of the natural sciences. 



Apart from the scientific side of the activi- 

 ties it endeavors to make the reader ac- 

 quainted with the characteristics of a pure and 

 lovable leader of men to whose modesty and 

 self-sacrifice the country owes a debt which 

 is still appreciated only by a select few. 



Handbook of Medical Entomology. By Wm. 

 A. Riley, Ph. D., and O. A. Johannsen. Ph. 

 D. Ithaca, New York : The Comstock Pub- 

 lishing Company. 



This work treats of poisonous and parasitic 

 insects and their allies, and especially of those 

 which transmit and disseminate disease. It is 

 fully illustrated and contains keys for deter- 

 mining the principal species noxious to man. 

 .An extended bibliography, alphabetically ar- 

 ranged adds greatly to the value of the work. 

 The "Handbook of INIedical Entomology" 

 will prove invaluable for medical men, stu- 

 dents of entomology and to all interested in 

 public health questions. 



The Well-Considered Garden. By Mrs. 



Franci^s King. New York: Charles' Scrib- 



ner's Sons. 



This volume by the president of The 

 Women's National Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Association contains the results of a 

 large gardening experience set forth with that 

 "knowledge, insight, and splendid enthusiasm" 

 which, as Miss Jekyll writes in the preface she 

 contributes, "combine to make her one of 

 those most fitted to direct energy, to suggest 

 and instruct." Harmony in color and design 

 may be said to be Mrs. King's central theme, 

 but there are few aspects of gardening prob- 

 lems which she does not touch informinglv. 



A Field Book of Stars. Bv William Tvler 

 Olcott. New York City: G. P. Putna'm's 

 Sons. 



To facilitate the fascinating recreation of 

 star gazing, the author has desigrned this field 

 book. All matters of a technical or theoreti- 

 cal nature have been omitted. Only what the 

 reader can observe with the naked eye or 

 with an opera glass have been included in it. 

 Simplicity and brevity have been aimed at, 

 the main idea being that whatever is bulky 

 or verbose is a hindrance rather than a help 

 when one is engaged in the observation of tlie 

 heavens. 



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