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mention would be invidious and out of place, as their 

 exhibits were not entered for competition. 



Summary. Taking the Exhibition as a whole, it may 

 be said that it clearly showed the very great 

 tendency which exists to present Nature-study in school 

 as definite lessons. On the other hand, as a contrast 

 to this, there came the informal field-work and the special 

 cases in which Nature-study is either looked upon as an 

 influence to affect the whole school-work, or forms a pleasant 

 relief to the lessons set down in the time-table. 



The practical effects of the Exhibition have already been 

 considerable, and the Committee are gratified to notice how 

 much attention has been directed, both at home and abroad, 

 to determining the exact aims of Nature-study and its place 

 in education. 



Local exhibitions or conferences have been held, since the 

 close of the Exhibition, at Cambridge, Liverpool, Aylesbury, 

 Beverley, Dover, Stepney, Dulwich, Manchester, and the 

 College of Preceptors. Other meetings have been arranged 

 and will be held in the near future. 



A Nature-study Section has also been organized in 

 connection with the "Arts and Crafts" Exhibition to be 

 opened by H.R.H. Princess Louise, at Hammersmith, in 

 the Spring. 



The Bath and West of England Agricultural Society has, 

 moreover, suggested a scheme of a more permanent nature 

 in accordance with which local exhibitions may be organized 

 annually under the auspices of its Science and Art Depart- 

 ments, at its migratory shows. It is proposed that the first 

 of these exhibitions should be held at the Bristol Show of 



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 Several other conferences and exhibitions are being ar- 

 ranged in London, and all the evidence goes to show that 



