PERIODICAL LITERATURE «I 



study, and naturally most of these papers have been contributed 

 by writers who have approached nature-study from the viewpoint 

 of the broader questions of education which appeal especially to 

 college men and school officials. This represents, however, but 

 one side of the problem. We must have the opinions of those 

 who are able to observe and reason concerning nature-study ; but 

 we must give an equally prominent place to the results obtained 

 by teachers who are actually at work in the elementary schools. 

 As an example, we have one such paper (on school-gardens) in 

 this number, and will have several in the next. Teachers who 

 work out even minor points which may interest others are invited 

 to send concise accounts of their results to the editors of this 

 journal. We can not promise to publish everything ; but we want 

 to have available a generous supply of material from which to 

 make selection guided by our best judgment as to what best repre- 

 sents actual doing in the field of nature-study. 



ORIGINAL OBSERVATIONS 



Very frequently in connection with the nature-study work in 

 schools there is observed some interesting point which is' appar- 

 ently new^ or at least not mentioned in the books commonly 

 accessible. Records of several such observations have already 

 been sent to the editors, and some of them will be published with 

 critical notes by experts. Teachers are invited to send brief 

 accounts of observations which they think may prove to be new. 



BOOK REVIEWS 



Animal Stories Retold from St. Nicholas. Six volumes 

 planned, two published. Edited by M. H. Carter, of New 

 York Training School for Teachers. N. Y., Century Co. 

 1904. About 200 pages each, illustrated. 65 cents each. 

 The introductory volume of this series is entitled '' About Ani- 

 mals." The aim of the series as therein stated is to give young 

 readers " some idea of the great animal world, and to set them 

 thinking about our relation to it." In consequence the informa- 

 tion and anecdotes selected for this volume cover a wide field. In 

 addition to narratives and some rhymes about animals, certain 

 sections are introduced to awaken scientific interest and to empha- 



