EDITOR'S NOTE: SUGGESTIONS WANTED 



With this number The Nature-Study Review begins its 

 fifth year, and the second as the official journal of the American 

 Nature-Study Society. A glance back over the indexes of the 

 past four years shows that, true to its sub-title, The Review 

 has been "a journal devoted to all phases of nature-study in 

 schools." It is certainly difficult to think of many topics con- 

 nected with any school studies of nature which have not been 

 touched upon in articles published in this journal. All this 

 which is very gratifying to the editor is also perplexing. Is it 

 advisable to keep to the lines laid in the past four years? Is 

 there too much discussion of science and nature-study problems ? 

 Should there be more attention to the subject-matter which 

 deserves to be taught; and if so, how should it be done? Will 

 more notes and reviews be welcomed? Has any reader missed 

 the "Guide to Periodic Literature on Nature-Study" which was 

 contributed to Volume I and then discontinued ? 



These are some of the questions which the editor must decide. 

 The evident truth is that The Review has not yet struck a popu- 

 lar note, else it would be indispensable to at least 10,000 readers. 

 Is the failure to reach such a large group of readers the fault of 

 The Review in its editorial policies, or is it due to limited interest 

 in the field which the magazine represents? If desirable, edi- 

 torial policies can be adjusted ; but how stimulate interest in the 

 field of general nature-study and elementary science ? 



The above questions suggest some of the greatest problems 

 which the A. N. S. S. must face, and they are printed with the 

 hope that various members of the Society will make suggestions 

 or at least help indirectly by pointing out mistakes made in the 

 past. The editor will gladly get an abundance of advice and 

 criticisms, especially the constructive form of the latter. 



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