iSooft J^etos and 9^ei)ietD0 



Manual of Moral and Humane Edu- 

 cation. By Flora Helen Krause. 

 Chicago. R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1910. 

 i2mo., 271 pages, 25 full-page plates. 



The connection between humane and 

 nature studies is presented by the author 

 of this volume in a reasonable and hence 

 convincing manner. "Humane Educa- 

 tion," she remarks (p. 22), "should be 

 outlined for presentation in Elementary 

 Schools along three lines: (a) Study which 

 connects the child with his natural envir- 

 onment, or nature study; (b) study which 

 connects the child with his social environ- 

 ment, or civics; (c) study which promotes 

 character-growth by appealing to the 

 esthetic and ethic nature of the child 

 through art, legend, history, poetry, lit- 

 erature, music, and the sense of right and 

 wrong — the elements of which study may 

 be classified under the educational agencies 

 art and literature." 



On these lines, "A Graded Course of 

 Study for Humane Education in Elemen- 

 tary Schools" is presented (pp. 31-195), 

 in which the educational value of bird 

 study is acknowledged by the inclusion of 

 much material related to this branch of 

 nature study and by the addition of "A 

 List of the More Common Birds." (pp.196 

 — 206). 



A Section on Collateral Reading, and 

 much pertinent information in regard to 

 humane associations, Audubon Societies, 

 and relative subjects, concludes this use- 

 ful volume. — F. M. C. 



The Home-Life of the Spoonbill, the 

 Stork and Some Herons. Photo- 

 graphed and described by Bentley 

 Beetham. Witherby & Co., 326 High 

 Holborn, London, W. C. 8vo., 47 pages, 

 32 mounted plates. 



The author here presents in very attrac- 

 tive form the story of his successful efforts 

 to photograph the birds mentioned in his 

 title, together with interesting notes on 

 their habits, as they were observed, appar- 

 ently in Holland. The Spoonbill was 



found nesting in low platform nests in the 

 reeds, much as Coots (Fulica) nest with 

 us, a situation which will commend itself 

 to any one who has attempted to photo- 

 graph the Roseate Spoonbill in red man- 

 groves. The pictures are admirable, and 

 form in themselves a valuable contribu- 

 tion to the biographies of the species they 

 depict.— F. M. C. 



Dansk Fugleliv, Stormmaagen (Larus 

 canus). Dens Liv I. Billeder. Foto- 

 graferet efter naturen, Af C. Rubow. 

 25 photographs, 3 pages text. 



An exceptionally attractive publication 

 by Carl Rubow (Ny Toldbodgade 6, 

 Copenhagen, Denmark) tells with the aid 

 of camera and pen the 'ife history of the 

 Mew Gull {Larus canus). The pictures 

 are well made and beautifully reproduced, 

 while several convey in a quite unusual 

 way the real spirit of wild bird-life. This 

 is particularly true of the double-page 

 plate showing the Gulls following a plower, 

 which has an artistic and spiritual quality 

 approached by few bird photographs with 

 which we are familiar. — F. M. C. 



The Purple Martin and Houses for 

 Its Summer Home. By J. Warren 

 Jacobs. Second Supplement to Glean- 

 ings, No. 5. Waynesburg, Pa. 



Every one who has or who would like 

 to have a Martin colony will be interested 

 in the reports from various correspondents 

 of Mr. Jacobs, giving their experiences in 

 establishing and maintaining Martin 

 colonies. Aside from its practical impor- 

 tance in this connection, this supplement 

 also contains information of real ornitho- 

 logical value. — F. M. C. 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau 

 OF Biological Survey for 1910. By 

 H. W. Henshaw. Reprint from the 

 Annual Report of the Department of 

 Agriculture. Washington. 1910. 19 

 pages. 



We know of no publication of its nature 

 and size which contains so much interest- 



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