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EDITORIAL COMMITTEE 



L. H. Bailey, Dean of College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 

 H. W. Fairbanks, Geologist and Author of Text-books of Geography, 



I3erkeley, Cal. 

 C. F. Hodge, Professor of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 

 J. F. WooDHULL, Professor of Physical Science, Teachers College, Columbia 



University, New York City. 

 M. A. BiGELOW, Adjunct Professor of Biology, Teachers College, Columbia 



University, Managing Editor. 



ADVISERS AND COLLABORATORS 



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FROM GREAT BRITAIN 



L. C. MiALL, Professor of Biology, Yorkshire College. 



C. L. Morgan, Principal of University College, Bristol, England. 



J. A. Thomson, Professor of Natural History, University of Aberdeen. 



FROM UNITED STATES AND CANADA 



E. A. Andrews, Professor of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. 



D. L. Bardwell, District Superintendent of Schools, New York City. 



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E. F. Bigelow, Departmental Editor of St. Nicholas and Lecturer, 



Stamford, Conn. 

 A. C. BOYDEN, Vice-Principal of Bridgewater (Mass.) Normal School. 

 E. C. Branson, Principal of State Normal School, Athens, Ga. 

 Bertha M. Brown, Department of Biology, Hyannis (Mass.) Normal School. 

 ( Continued on tJie third cover page.) 



