OPINIONS CONCERNING 



From the New York World. 



We hare seen no book of the kind for a long time which is so well calcu- 

 lated to be an aid to the teacher and a delight to pupils. 



From War. C BOWEN, A. M., Principal of STcaneateles Academy. 



Should I speak as strongly as my approbation of Miss Youmans's object 

 and method would warrant, I might be thought extravagant This book 

 should be introduced into every primary and common school, and into every 

 family, in the land. 



From W. JOHNSON, Superintendent of Schools of the State of Maine, 



As a text-book for beginners, Miss Toumans's work is almost faultless. 

 The arrangement and development seem to me most natural. 



From the Galaxy. 



Miss Toumans's elaborate essay cannot fail to attract the attention of 

 thoughtful teachers, as it not only goes to the root of educational questions, 

 but is an admirable example of lucid and forcible presentation. It is no 

 vague and aimless criticism of existing school methods. Nothing is easier 

 than to point out defects ; nothing harder than to remedy them. But the author- 

 ess not only shows what is lacking ; she offers what is wanting. She has de- 

 veloped a plan of botanical study in which there are no " lessons " to be learned, 

 but which carries the pupil straight to the living objects, and secures the con- 

 tinuous action of the mind upon them. MissYoumans has rendered a very 

 important service to elementary education in the preparation of her book. 



From SAMUEL Q. Low, Superintendent of Schools, Jamestown, N. Y. 



I am greatly pleased with this work. It is a wonder that some one did not 

 think to treat the subject of botany in the same way long before this. 



From G. C. PIOKABD, Principal High School, Milwaukee, Wis. 



Miss Youmans's Botany is a book long needed, and ought to come at once 

 into popular use and be made a text-book in all our primary schools. The 

 advantages of making botany a fourth study if not too many to be enumerated 

 are, it seems to me, too great to be measured. 



From the Christian Union. 



No greater service can be rendered to education than to rescue it from the 

 Btupefying routine of mere verbal acquisition by any method that will stimu- 

 late the curiosity, arouse inquiry, awaken observation, and provoke inde- 

 pendent thought. Miss Youmans has skilfully adapted her book to the at 



