BOOK REVIEWS 20«J 



J. H. Prost, Landscape Gardener for the Board of Education. 



Several short speeches followed the above program. Officers 

 were also elected at this meeting. They were, Mr. Grant Smith, 

 President; May R. Spensley, Secretary; and J. W. Shepherd, 

 Director, in the National Society. 



Nature Articles ix March M.\gazixes. 



Craftsman: 



Price. O. W. — "Conservation — The Great Principle of Nat- 

 ional Thrift." 



"Planting Large Spaces for Homelike Gardens." 

 "The Return of the Birds: Feathered Wardens of Our 

 Fields." 



Mind and Body: 



Moore. H. T. — "Bovs Camp of the Playground Association 

 of Philadelphia." 



Popular Science Monthly: 



Pool, Prof. R. J. — "Glimpses of the Great American Desert." 



World's Work: 



Oyex. Hy. — "Cleaning Up A State." 



"Choosing A Farm." — 1'.. C ( "ki;( i:Lirs. 



Book Reviews 



A Guide to Nature Study. By W. S. Furneaux ; F. R. G. S. 

 Longmans, Green and Company, London and New York. 1912. 

 Net $1.35. Cloth. Pp. X\'. + 293. Figures 225. 



"The purpose of this book is not to supply the teacher with 

 information on all the various aspects of Nature. The aim is 

 rather to lead the teacher to the best methods of treating his sub- 

 jects, and to supply him with such practical suggestions as will 

 help him in providing and maintaining a suitable supply of 

 material for both occasional and continuous observations." 



The body of the book is devoted to a discussion of nature 

 study materials arranged by seasons. The author gives 75 pages 

 to plants and 72 to animals, distributed as follows : spring studies, 

 plants 25, animals 55 ; summer studies, plants 33. animals 12 : 

 autumn studies, plants 10. animals 2 ; winter studies, plants 7. 



