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THE GUIDK TO NATURE 



1"R(JM A PHOTOCIRAPH INSCRIl'.El ), -'TO KDWARl) F. iUGKLOW , PRESIDENT OF THE 

 AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. THOMAS A. EDISON." 



instrument will save some of our 

 readers from misspending their monev 

 in the purchase of another make. Said 

 a friend soon after the announcement 

 in local papers of the gift, "So I see 

 you have secured a phonograph for 

 your Welcome Reception Room." 

 "No," I replied, "you are in error. We 

 have secured the phonograph." 



Bird Lovers' Club of Brooklyn. 



George A. Schoonhoven, a good 

 Member of The Agassiz Association, 

 has associated with him in Brooklyn 

 several bird lovers who are holding 

 meetings on the first Saturday of each 

 month during the season. The club 

 has done good work and is ambitious 

 to increase the extent of its usefulness. 



