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of unusual merit contributed by members of the Postal Photographic- 

 Club. Printing and binding are beautifully done, in keeping with the 

 character of the text, and suggesting the use of the volume as a gift 

 book. The last chapter, "Suggesting Some Practical Applications", 

 gives detailed outlines for the use of teachers, based on the author's 

 experience in organized landscape lessons for the schools. The book 

 is a contribution to the literature of nature-study and of art. 



F. L. C. 



Wilderness Pets at Camp Buckshaw. By Edward Breck. Houghton 



INIiffllin Company, Boston, 1910. Pp. 240. $1.50 net. 



Those in whom the race instinct for domesticiation of wild animals 

 still lingers — and their numbers is legion — will be interested in this 

 new book of pets, which tells the story of bear, moose, gull, loon and 

 other friends invited in from the wild. The chapters are well written, 

 and there is every evidence that the author is both a naturalist and 

 essayist. The illustrations are admirable and the volume is in every 

 way attractive. Young and old will enjoy it. 



The Teaclier and the School. By Chauncey P. Colgrove. Charles 

 Scribner's Sons, N. Y., 1910. Pp. 406. 



More than ever before, the "loving guild of teachers" is taking up 

 the serious study of its professional problems and endeavoring to make 

 genuine scientific advance. Either as cause or effect, or as both, we 

 note an increasing number of books dealing with the various phases 

 of educational effort. The author of this book is the head of the De- 

 partment of Professional Instruction in the Iowa State Teachers Col- 

 lege. He addresses those who aspire "to become good teachers, and 

 always better teachers". The aim of this volume is not technical, but 

 practical, and the book is already recognized as a useful contribution 

 to the literature of education. 



Methods of Attracting Birds. By Gilbert H. Trafton. Houghton 

 Mifflin Co.. Boston, 1910. Pp. 171. $1.25 net. 



Birds are probably the most attractive of all our wild creatures. 

 They have coaxed many a person into field and woods who had hitherto 

 never responded to any of nature's appeals, — but here is a book which 

 gives us full directions for bringing the birds to our very doors and 

 windows. The author, who is the Supervisor of Nature-Study in the 

 schools of Passaic, New Jersey, has long been prominent in the nature- 

 study field, and this volume represents his especial interest. It will be 

 of particular service to teachers, as the author has had much experience 

 in encouraging and directing school children to make genuine invitation 

 to feathered friends. The work is thorough, the material concrete, 

 the illustrations appropriate. The chapter headings are: "The Need 

 and Value of Attracting Birds"; "Nesting-Houses"; "Attracting the 

 Winter Birds"; "Drinking- and Bathing-Fountains"; "Planting Trees. 

 Shrubs, and Vines"; "Bird-Protection in Schools"; "Bird Photography" 

 An index is a useful feature. 



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