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Jackman from his work for natnre-stiuly. His wife (Ellen Reis 

 J.) writes: "He loved this work and gave it up reluctantly; 

 and in the last year he was delighted with the field for study 

 opening before him." 



Professor Jackman's leading contributions to the nature- 

 study movement are the following books : ''Nature-Study for 

 Common Schools," 1891 ; "Number Work in Nature-Study," 

 1893; "Field Work in Nature-Study," 1894; "Nature-Study 

 and related subjects," 1898; "Nature-Study for Grammar 

 Grades," 1898; "Nature-Study Record," 1895; and numerous 

 articles in educational journals. Most of these are so well 

 known to all who have followed the advance of nature-study 

 that mention of the titles is here sufficient. Whatever changes 

 in view^point have come, or are still to come, in nature-study 

 as a phase of education, the critical student of Professor Jack- 

 man's writings must recognize the great value of his pioneer 

 work. The name of Jackman must always stand pre-eminent 

 in the first chapter of the history of educational nature-study. 



Such in brief review is the record of Professor Jackman's 

 achievements in the educational world. But no biographical 

 sketch is satisfying which omits all reference to a man's life as 

 a man, for we instinctively consider the human side in estimat- 

 ing a completed life. 



"But Professor Jackman was more than a great teacher and 

 an incisive writer ; he was a noble man, nobly planned, and the 

 educational world has sustained a large loss in his death. He 

 stood for all that was best in both his personal and his profes- 

 sional life, and he was so highly esteemed because of the splen- 

 did qualities of his character. Character in its best sense was 

 the golden thread in his brief but honored life, and it gave unity 

 to his thpughts, perpetual sunshine to his temperament, and 

 constancy to his friendship." — W. S. Monroe in Journal of 

 Education. 



M. A. BiGELOW. 



