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Vol. 10 vSeptember. 1914 No. 6 



Foreword 



With this September number we begin another improvement in 

 The Review, an enlargement of the magazine. We have averaged 

 more pages per volume the last three years than ever before. But 

 we want to give the members of the American Nature-vStudy 

 Society all we can for their money. The financial returns do not 

 justify the added expense. In fact, the Comstock Publishing Co. 

 is sure to lose money on the venture. But they believe the mem- 

 bers of the Society will cooperate in securing new subscribers to 

 the improved magazine so much more heartily that the added 

 expense will soon be justified. If the experiment is to prove 

 successful we must have your heartiest help. Let your friends 

 know about The Nature-Study Review. Boom it! The 

 Editor gives his services gratuitously. The Comstock Publishing 

 Co. promises to put all income in excess of actual expenses into the 

 betterment of the magazine. Will the members do their best to 

 help proclaim the nature-study idea? The movement is growing 

 splendidly. We see it in the increased demand for Nature-Study 

 courses in the Normal Schools and Teachers Colleges. There 

 never have been so many students or such enthusiastic ones. 

 Three years ago the editor begged for articles. Now he returns 

 half of those sent in and has a supply three months in advance. 

 The readers are getting selected material. Please push hard while 

 things are moving well. It is our opportunity. (Sec special 

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