NOTES ON PERIODICALS AND BOOKS 



School Agriculture, Domestic Science and Manual Training is the 

 title of a four-page semi-monthly text published by the Orange Judd Co. 

 It gives practical suggestions for school work in nature-study-agriculture. 



Tree Growing in Public Schools. By E. B. Babcock. Calif. State 

 Exp. Sta. Cir. 59 (1911). Pp. 19. 



All the necessary directions for tree growing are clearly given from 

 the standpoint of the public school, and may be readily followed by any 

 teacher. B. M. D. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College, Department of Agricultural 

 Education, Circular 10, 1910. In August, 1910, the third annual con- 

 ference on Agricultural Education was held at Amherst, Massachusetts. 

 Seven of the papers upon school and home gardens are published in this 

 bulletin. The first and last of these papers deal respectively with the 

 place of garden work in education and suggestions as to how the work 

 should be done. All the other articles are descriptions of what has al- 

 ready been accomplished, and because of their direct, concrete statement 

 of actual occurrences in garden work, are of much value. O. W. C. 



Elementary Horticulture for California Schools. By Clayton F. 

 Palmer. Los Angeles: State Normal School Bulletin (1910). Pp. 76. 



Although written for California conditions, this bulletin has much of 

 interest for other sections of the country. The following subjects are 

 discussed: The School Garden; the Lath-house; Seed-sowing in Boxes; 

 Transplanting ; Propagation of Plants ; Potting and Repotting of Plants ; 

 House Plants; Window Boxes and their Care; The Planting and Care 

 of Bulbs ; The Inside Miniature Farmstead ; Lawn-making and Care ; 

 Ornamental Gardening ; Where to Obtain Seeds and Plants ; Publications 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. B. M. D. 



Agricultural Instruction in the Public High Schools of the 

 United States. By C. H. Robison. New York: Columbia University 

 Press. 1910. Pp. 200. 



This book deals with the present status of agricultural education in 

 the schools mentioned in title. Some idea of the thorough treatment of 

 the subjects is indicated by the chapter headings : The Public High School ; 

 Some Types of High Schools Teaching Agriculture; Administration, 

 Equipment and Methods; Preparation and Salaries of Teachers of Agri- 

 culture in High Schools; Special Secondary Schools of Agriculture; 

 Problems of Agricultural Instruction in the Secondary Schools. Two 

 apendices, one on legislation, the other giving a very complete list of 

 references, are added. 



It is impossible in a brief notice to do justice to this book. The 

 author has rendered great service to agricultural education by bringing 

 together an immense amount of valuable data hitherto inaccessible. 



B. M. D. 



Huxley's Autobiography and Selected Essays. Edited with intro- 

 duction and notes by Sarah E. Simons. New York, Chicago: D. Apple- 

 ton and Co. 1910. Pp. 208. Price, 40 cents. 



This handy volume, from the series of "Twentieth Century Texts", 

 will be welcomed by all interested in placing the classics of science in 

 the hands of young people. The selections "show how the facts of science 



