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pine, meadow mice, fox, otter or weasel or of many another little brother of 

 the field and wood and his delineation of trees is quite as perfect. There is in 

 every picture fidelity to nature and fidelity to art ; each one invites to study 

 and happiness. 



In Berkshire Fields is the kind of book that one wishes to keep always at 

 hand, so that during any spare moment a page may be read and a picture 

 contemplated. If we are not privileged to wander through the beautiful 

 Berkshires on our own feet, we can make refreshing daily excursions with these 

 two nature lovers who have so happily combined their art in one volume. 



Trees, Stars and Birds — Edwin Lincoln Moseley, A.M., Head of Science Dept. 

 State Normal College of Northwestern Ohio — 404 pp. illustrated. World 

 Book Co. 



This belongs to the New World Science Series edited by John W. Ritchie, 

 published by the World Book Co. This is essentially a Nature Study book 

 and a helpful one and is written for pupils of sixth or seventh grades but is 

 quite as interesting to older people. It is planned for a year's work. The 

 trees in the fall, the stars in the winter and the birds in the spring. The work 

 on trees begins with a chapter on Becoming Acquainted with Trees which 

 includes methods of making a herbarium of trees, leaves, twigs, fruits and 

 woods. Then comes a clear chapter on the structure of a tree and then 

 follows interesting accounts of the different kinds of trees with chapters at the 

 end on Transplanting and the Care of Trees and an appendix containing a key 

 for identifying the hard woods. 



The part on Stars is particularly well arranged and developed, and up-to- 

 date and in our opinion is one of the most valuable parts of the book. We 

 very much approve of this being a part of the year's work for sixth and seventh 

 grades. It has always seemed such a pity that the ignorance of the stars is so 

 widespread and dense, a condition that this book is well calculated to alleviate . 



The part on Birds is especially valuable in discussing the bird families, their 

 characteristics, habits and relationship, giving a coherent outlook over the 

 bird world. Interspersed are chapters on Classification of Birds, Feeding 

 Birds in Winter, Migration of Birds, Making Grounds Attractive to Birds, 

 with an Appendix on dimensions of nesting birds. After each part is a list of 

 reference books that is well chosen. 



The book is well illustrated in every part and the colored pictures of 58 

 common birds by Fuertes obtained from the Bureau of the Biological Survey 

 of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture brings these beautiful and most useful pictures 

 within the reach of all pupils, a most desirable thing in itself for it has seemed a 

 hardship that these pictures should be allowed to go out of print. 



American Boys' Handy Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft, by Dan Beard, 

 270 pp. with 377 illustrations by the author, J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1:3.00. 

 Dan Beard has spent his years and energies making life interesting to boys 

 and this volume is a good climax to this most valuable work. No one can open 

 its pages without longing to be a boy and go camping and do everything so 

 fascinatingly described and pictured. The following are the chapter headings : 



