LITERARY NOTICES 



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No must be a collector. A real lover 

 of birds never desires to collect unless 

 he is entering- upon some special part 

 of the scientific tield. Some of our best 

 ornithologists are content to observe 

 and record. The idea of collecting is 

 repugnant to them. But the collecting 

 spirit must accompany the study of 

 minerals as it accompanies the student 

 or collector of postage stamps. The 

 principle of studying the bird without 

 a gun or admiring the rose without 

 picking it seems inapplicable to miner- 

 als. Yet there is no part of nature 

 study in which the mineralogist may so 

 freely exercise his collecting instincts 

 or exhaust his pocketbook as in the ob- 

 servation of minerals. To those who 

 are entering into the subject deeply we 

 heartily recommend this new semi-pop- 

 ular magazine, "The American Minera- 

 logist." 



Lectures by Edward F. Bigelow. 

 State Normal School, Athens. Pro- 

 fessor D. L. Earnest, Department of 

 Elementary Science. 



With some this subject is a book ; 

 some talk about it, but you deal with 

 things alive, where they live. This is 

 pedagogy, sense. 



C. S. Ryan, Executive Committee Clark 

 County (Ohio) Teachers' Institute. 



As the teachers of Clark County were 

 imanimous in praise of their Institute 

 this year, I wish to speak a word in 

 commendation of your work as In- 

 structor. We have had no Instructor 

 for many years who gave more general 

 satisfaction. Your clear, strong voice, 

 your pleasing manner and your ear- 

 nestness of expression carried convic- 

 tion to every listener. 



You did nothing which was not 

 worth while. Through the strength of 

 your personality, the sincerity of your 

 purpose, and the simplicity with which 

 you imparted your messages, you left 

 an impression not soon to be forgotten. 



Your instruction along Nature's lines 



was of infinite value to our teachers 



and will be the means of stimulating 



them to much greater effort in such 



*^ study. 



The Twenty-first Week within Twelve 

 Years in Pennsylvania. The Gigan- 

 tic Institute of over 2,000 Teachers 

 in Allegheny County. 



Samuel Hamilton, Superintendent Al- 

 legheny County Schools, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., September 8, 1915. 



To whom it ma}' concern : 



Dr. Edward F. Bigelow was one of 

 the Instructors of our County Institute 

 at Pittsburgh, 1915. Our teachers 

 were very much pleased with his work. 

 Dr. Bigelow is an ardent lover of Na- 

 ture and presents her beauties in such 

 an attractive manner as to interest and 

 inspire any audience. His subject mat- 

 ter is crisp and new ; his point of view, 

 admirable, and his presentation, in- 

 tense. 



Claude E. Cogswell, Superintendent of 

 Schools of Orange County, Paoli, 

 Indiana. 



Dr. Edward F. Bigelow lectured in 

 the Orange County Teacher's Institute, 

 during our session, September 7 to ii, 

 1914. In his lecture of Pedagogy he 

 pleaded for the recognition of the per- 

 sonality and individuality of a child 

 while he is being trained to make him- 

 self a fit member for society. 



His method of approaching the ob- 

 ject and subjects of nature and agri- 

 culture is unique. He has studied these 

 subjects not as a profession so much as 

 from a standpoint of interest which will 

 appeal to you. This enables him to 

 appeal to all teachers instead of merely 

 to those who desire to know nature as 

 it surrounds them and they recognize 

 the beauty of the commonplace. 



In his lecture on Agriculture and 

 Horticulture he shows how to present 

 these subjects so that the pupils Avill 

 be interested in the subjects. 



All of his work is very practical. 



H, D. Clarke, County Superintendent. 

 Ashtabula County Schools (Ohio.) 

 Dr. E. E. Bigelow was instructor at 

 the Ashtabula County Teachers' Insti- 

 tute this year. He immediately se- 

 cured the attention and sympathy of the 

 audience and kept it throughout the 

 week. The teachers of the county are 

 enthusiastic in their praise of his work. 



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