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But these are minor defects in a volume that will be read with 

 pleasure by very many to whom Dr. Bailey's argument for coun- 

 try living and thinking will come as a personal appeal, on every 

 page reminding of those '' enviable early days," for too many of 

 us long gone by. But 



" Whosoe'er in youth 

 Hath felt his soul to such delights give way 

 Shall fell congenial stirrings late and long." 



NOTES ON NEW BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS 



Nature-Study. By F. Overton and Mary E. Hill, N. Y. Ameri- 

 can Book Co. Pp. 140. 40 cents. 



This book consists of about thirty model lessons designed for 

 pupils between eight and eleven years. The authors have care- 

 fully planned for the correlation of language with the nature 

 work. The book is to be placed in the pupil's hands, and the 

 questions for independent work are framed to call for immediate 

 observation only — a plan which is more adapted to form a basis 

 for English composition than to develop a scientific attitude. 



The " Supplementary " work is unusually wide in its range and 

 should form the major part of the work, as it demands continued 

 observation and more reasoning than the '' Observation " work. 

 It will need a wealth of material as well as careful explanation on 

 the part of the teacher. 



The illustrations lack detail too often to be of themselves of 

 educative value. There is a question whether the drawing de- 

 manded may not become monotonous. 



As a rule technical terms have been avoided. Fewer incorrect 

 or unscientific statements are given than in most books on ele- 

 mentary science, but most of us will take exception to such state- 

 ments as "the bill of the housefly" (p. 16), "the petal and its 

 seed " (p. 35-36), and " the sap is the blood " (p. 66). 



Many familiar objects are interestingly treated, and the book as 

 a whole is very suggestive. If science books are to be given to 

 young pupils this is one of the best yet published. 



Jean Broad hurst. 



State Normal Model School, 

 Trenton, N. J. 



