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an interesting manner. This volume gives the student a good general idea 

 of the structure of the mammalia, the principal species, their geographical 

 distribution, and their relative economic importance. Many notes and 

 incidents from personal experience are introduced. The book has numerous 

 illustrations. 



Forest Friends. By j. Madden, Chicago: McClurg. 1907. 



A story of a boy pioneer whose parents emigrated from the East to a forest 

 home on the shores of Lake Michigan. Of course there were numerous 

 opportunities to observe wild animals and to make friends with many of them. 

 Human interpretation of animal behavior is prominent throughout ihe book, 

 but it will probably interest many boy readers. 



Water Wonders. By Jean M. Thompson. New York: Doubleday, 

 Page, 1907. pp. 233, 152111. $1.10. 



The new book in the "Every Child Should Know" series deals with 

 dew, frost, snow, ice and rain. On the whole, it is suitable and interesting 

 reading tor children, but rather long drawn out. The photographs of snow 

 crystals and other water forms are excellent. It will suggest some interes;ing 

 lessons for nature-study in schools. 



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[Editor's Note. This department will be conducted by Chester A. 

 Mathewson, of the High School cf Commerce, New York City. . Notes 

 and suggestions may be sent to him in care of the editor of The Review.] 



Results of Animal Study. School Science for October contains a stereo- 

 typed article on the "Study of Animal Life," by A. P. Froth of the Spo- 

 kane High School. It calls attention to the educational value of zoology, 

 showing the importance of first-hand knowledge and laboratory training, 

 but winds up with the paradoxical statement: "An interest results lead- 

 ing to a desire to read with something more than mere entertainment such 

 books as Kipling's 'Jungle Books,' Seton Thompson's 'Wild Animals I 

 Have Known,' 'Lives of the Hunted' and others of similar" nature." 

 The article is mentioned here merely to call attention to the fact that if 

 our nature work is to have only the ephemeral results mentioned in the 

 above quotation it is quite fruitless. 



Insect Collecting. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has 

 issued a twenty-page pamphlet on insect collecting which will prove use- 

 ful to teachers. It deals in a practical way with the various questions con- 

 fronting the teacher who has had little or no experience in insect work. 



New Botanical Garden. The American Botanist for September contains 

 an interesting account of the establishment of a botanical garden on 

 rather new lines in the city of Minneapolis. The teachers have ex- 

 perienced increasing difficulty from year to j^ear in obtaining suitable 



