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SOME OF PROFESSOR BROWN'S BOYS COOLING OFF AFTER A HIKE. 



troduce the camper to the common things 

 about him in such a natural and friendly 

 way as shall make him love them at sight. 

 From two to five hundred objects are 

 readily listed and learned, under the sys- 

 tem, in a single season. Of course such 

 an accomplishment is of vast importance 

 as an accessory to school and college 

 studies ; but the boy does not have this 

 value in mind. He is required to do 

 nothing; for that reason he wants to do 

 everything. He takes pride in his increas- 

 ing attainments aii.d soon becomes an en- 

 thusiastic teacher of others. The instruc- 

 tion is wholly personal. There are no 

 books, no recitations, no collections to 

 make, no examinations to pass. The cer- 

 tificate of membership is awarded only 

 on manifest merit and the proved abilit}' 

 to recognize and name at least two-hun- 

 dred objects of every-day observation. 

 Seals are attached to the diploma to indi- 

 cate advanced work. Fifty simple ex- 

 periments in out-door chemistry consti- 

 tute one of the features of such work, 

 as it is carried on from year to year. 



The club is as simple in its plan and 

 establishment as it is in its working. 

 Each chapter is organized by the Na- 

 tional Counselor (the writer), registered 

 by him, and furnished with information 

 concerning its formation and work. The 

 Counselor supplies the certificates and 

 signs them. There are no fees, no 

 charges, no salaries. Each camp pro- 



cures its own Director for its work. A 

 small gratuity, the amount being deter- 

 mined by the camp itself, is welcomed 

 by the founder to cover the expenses of 

 a large correspondence, printing, etc. 

 Apart from this contribution, the work of 

 the writer is entirely a labor of love. 



The love of nature is a great source of 

 happiness for cai.aren, happiness of the 

 best kind in taking possession of a world 

 that seems to be in many ways desig"ned 

 especially ior them. It brings their minds 

 to a place where many ways meet; to the 

 confines of science, for they want to know 

 the reasons of things ; to the confines of 

 art, for what they can understand they 

 will strive to interpret and express ; to 

 the confines of worship, for a child's soul, 

 hushed in wonder, is very near to Gad. 

 — [anet Erskine Stuart in "The Educa- 

 tion of Catholic Girls." 



Verandahs and porches are all very fine. 



But they "can't hold a candle," I say, 

 To a nook in the heart of the sweet pine 

 woods. 

 Which temper the heat of the day. 



— Emma Peirce. 



The edible crib of the Pacific coast lays 

 each fall from three-ouarters of a million 

 to a million and a half egs^s. These she 

 carries attached to her abdominal legs 

 four months, until they hatch. 



