DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF NATURE 



III 



A DELE(;ATI0N of young naturalists from the CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, BROOKLYN, 



CAMPING IN THE AGASSIZ GROVE. 



institution for purposes of nature study 

 and the realization of the exaltation 

 springing from intimate association with 

 nature, lies in the thoroughness of me- 

 thod which rules its ways. It leaves the 

 ohvious and superficial to those who are 

 satisfied with these for knowledge, and 

 with its keys of science goes to the heart 



of things and unlocks the secrets that 

 give new vision and passports to the bet- 

 ter side of life. 



Doctor Bigelow issues an attractive 

 little magazine which brings regular mes- 

 sages of the doings at ArcAdiA and is 

 as full of the call to nature as the song 

 of the wood thrush or the riot of beauty 

 in an autumnal landscape. 



DR. UIGELOW PRESENTING A CHARTER TO A NEW CHAPTER. 



