SEPTEMBER 17 



Rain; 



Take advantage of a rainstorm, either this month or 

 in October, to call attention, not only to the shape, vary- 

 ing size, and impression made on the window pane and 

 on the soil by the falling drops, but also of the effect of 

 the rain on soil in general, as shown by its action in the 

 school yard and street. Let the children observe that, 

 while some of it sinks into the earth, a great deal of it 

 collects together in pools, which, in the descent, tear out 

 small gullies, then join other streams, until, finally, they 

 rush in a torrent down the gutter into the drain. Collect 

 some of this water and allow it to settle. Observe the 

 amount of dirt carried along by this small stream. Ob- 

 serve, too, that the finer sediment falls to the bottom of 

 the glass, while the coarser soil settles above it. 



LITERATURE 



Miss Rice's '' Course in the Study of History and Lit- 

 erature" (20 cents) gives many valuable suggestions for 

 language and literature work, and is, moreover, well 

 graded. 



In addition to the myths and poems given for the first 

 two years, I would recommend the following : 



Stories and 3Ii/ths : 



Odysseus and the Bag of Winds, | 



Phseacian Land, j j j- 



iEneas and the Winds, ^Eneid. 



The North Wind and the Sun, ^sop. 



Four Winds, "» ^^. 



„, ,,, „ . , y Hiawatha. 



Story ot the ItainDow, i 



A Drop of Water, Andersen. 



Challenge of Thor, Tales of a Wayside Inn. 



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