An ancient English, vertical 



sun dial in the garden of 



the Editor 



INvSCRIPTION 



Beata 



vSola 



vSolitudo O 



Beatitude 



Mihi Opidum Career est 



et Solitude Paradisus 



W. H. 



Deus Nobiscum 



et Corona Manum Opus 



Nostrum 



1663 



Vivat Carolus Secundus 



Translation 

 Happy solitude, O, only- 

 happiness to me the city a 

 prison is and solitude is 

 paradise 

 W. H. 

 God be with us 

 and crown the work of our 

 hands 

 1663 

 Long live Charles the Second 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



A Sun Dial in the School Garden 



The Sun ----- - 



The Moon. E. Cubii.los ... 



The Moon Landscape . . . . 



Eclipses ------ 



The Tides ------ 



The Constellations by a Nature Study Class - 

 An Astronomy Note Book - ' - 



Sunset over the Pacific Ocean. I. C Shedd - 

 A Voyage of Discovery. K. R. Rogers. 

 An 111 Wind. W. G Vinal 

 Editorial ----._ 



Bookshelf 



Anna B, Comstock, Editor 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS 



Susan Sipe Alrertis 

 Prof. (. Andrew Drushel 

 Prof. foHN Dear NESS 

 Miss Cora A. Smith 



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Washington, D. C. 



St. Louis, Mo. 



London, Ontario 



Erie. Penna. 



Enterd as second-class matter at the Post Office at Ithaca. N Y 

 under the A ct of Marrl- .?, 1870 



