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the purpose of protecting wild life. In this state [New York] alone there 

 are over fifty. Since 1880 the aspect of hunting and sportsmanship has 

 completely changed. The time was when every sportsman felt that it was 

 right to kill as much game as he pleased. Today it is only the pot hunter 

 and game butcher — but no sportsman worthy of the name — who feel that 

 way. The real sportsman takes toll of the wilds, but now he kills very 

 sparingly, and often hunts harder with his camera than with his rifle. 

 Fifty years ago there were no game laws in America. Today there are 

 hundreds in force. When game is seriously threatened, who is it who first 

 proposes better and more stringent laws ? The sportsmen. Who does the 

 work necessary to secure them ? The sportsmen. Who pays out cash for 

 game-protection campaign work? The sportsmen, and their personal 

 friends. 



Where is the nature faker who ever lifted one finger to secure the pro- 

 tection of any wild life? So far as I can learn, nowhere! 



"Cecropia's Love Story." A well known zoologist has called attention 

 to an article with this title in a recent issue of a normal school magazine. 

 The zoologist wants to know whether this is approved nature-study. 

 We have advised him to call it literature, and that not for schools. We 

 quote the first paragraph which is typical. Perhaps it is all right; but 

 such things make an unfortunate impression on the men of science whose 

 hearty approval nature-study must have before it can be considered 

 established. 



"The night was fit for lover's dreams. The moonbeams from a widen- 

 ing eresent fell slantwise through the lattice of clustered blossoms, whose 

 fragrance distilled into the gentlest of spring breezes. It was no wonder 

 that the rapture of mere existence merged into passion, or that Samia's 

 whole being thrilled at the touch of her handsome suitor. His strength, 

 dash and hardihood were quite enough to please so fair a mistress, al- 

 though his beauty was scarred with the marks of gallant frays. From 

 Samia the bloom of youth had not begun to disappear. She was clothed 

 in all the exquisite freshness and elegance of a debutante. As she lightly 

 moved or poised in graceful attitude, her whole being seemed the incarna- 

 tion of radiant beauty and perfect happiness. The world was full of charm 

 for this winsome child of the sunbeams and zephyrs ; life was pulsing with 

 unabated energy and zest; suitors were all g::llant lovers and she care- 

 free." 



NATURE-STUDY AND SCIENCE BOOKS RECEIVED 



Good Health. By Frances Gulick Jewett. A Primer of hygiene. Pp. 

 172. Boston: Ginn & Co. igo6. 



The Spirit of Nature-Study. By Edward F. Bigelow A series of very 

 .readable essays full of inspiration. Pp. 222. New York : A. S. Barnes & 

 Co. 1907. 



Fingerposts to Children's Reading. By Walter Taylor Field. For 

 parents, teachers and librarians. Pp. 276. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & 

 Co. 1907. 



Elements of Agriculture. By J. H. Shepperd and J. C. McDowell. A 



