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and practical, and Dr. John Dearness, head of Normal School, 

 London, Ontario, whose noble work in nature-study through 

 many years has been of the greatest influence in the Dominion, 

 and has reached out into the United States in a thousand practical 

 and helpful ways, were elected as associate editors. Miss Cora 

 Smith, teacher of Biology in the high school of Erie, Pa., was 

 elected news editor. Miss Smith is an admirable teacher in 

 Biology and an enthusiastic nature student, and she is perhaps 

 more remarkable still for her human interests; she likes people 

 because she is genuinely interested in them; she has an out- 

 reaching and sympathetic spirit, and we hope through her to keep 

 the Review in close touch with the everyday work of many 

 teachers and nature-study clubs throughout the land. 



It is the present plan to have each number of the Review 

 specialize in some general subject. Dr. Downing found the bird 

 number a great success and this encourages us to get together all 

 the subject matter available on some phase of nature-study for 

 each number. Thus the teacher can have in condensed form the 

 work on trees, flowers, birds, etc. The March number will be 

 given to the study of animals including fish, etc. The April 

 number is to be devoted to spring wild flowers, and the May 

 number to birds. If this plan proves successful it will be carried 

 to a farther degree next year. 



If any of our readers have any notes on birds, we hope they will 

 send them to us by April first; the notes on wild flowers are due 

 March first. We hope that each teacher receiving the Review 

 will feel that it is his or hers and will respond with notes to help 

 make the magazine alive and of use. 



Winter Twilight 



"No summer sunset afterglow 

 Can match the soft rose of the snow 



Upon the pure-browed hill: 

 Blue shadows fill the dells below, 

 Sweet airs from fields of silence flow, 



And earth and sky are still. 



Between the outer deeps of night 

 And this low vale, the lingering light 



Builds of the evening mist 

 High walls of glory fair and far; 

 And in the glory shines a star 



Through trembling amethyst." 



— Anna Boynton Averill. 



