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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



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LITERAM© e NOTICES 



Natural Education. By Winifred Sackville 

 Stoner. Indianapolis, Indiana: The 

 Bobbs-Merrill Company. 



The author tells in a simple and direct man- 

 ner just how she educated her daughter, Wini- 

 fred Sackville Stoner, Jr., from the cradle up 

 to her tenth year. In her choice of topics she has 



with Winifred in an extraordinary way by 

 following the laws of a natural education. 

 She contends that there should be schools for 

 mothers rather than for children, and that 

 love combined with intelligence and ingenuity 

 can work wonders in making so-called "dry" 

 studies interesting and valuable. She de- 

 scribes games through which children may 



Miss Winifred Sackville Stoner 

 SHE AND HER MOTHER ARE MEMBERS OF THE AGASSIZ SOCIETY 



been guided by the many letters received from 

 mothers and teachers asking how she succeed- 

 ed in training her little girl so she could speak 

 several languages and write for periodicals 

 at the age of five years, and yet retain all the 

 characteristics of a healthy, playful child. 

 Mrs. Stoner shows that she has succeeded 



learn to read, write, spell, acquire different 

 languages, and gain a general knowledge of 

 history, geography, physiology and mathemat- 

 ics. And she attributes the remarkable re- 

 sults she has achieved to the help of the "good 

 giants. Observation and Concentration," and 

 the "little fairy. Intense Interest," led by "Im- 



