912 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
than one naturalist who has produced some work, and Father 
Gerard, who has found _ successor at Stonyhurst. 
But if there has a diminution in ope —— * the 
study a natural history—to employ a term which has a some- 
what old-fashions ound—in our higher Siiocte, ahece has 
ry Scho Study Unio ious 
title which would be simplified by the insertion of a hyphen 
between the second and third worls -oflahlis hed in 1903, under 
competent direction, is doing much by its summer excursions and 
ose who di Union and others who encourage in our 
schools the study and observation of nature are not likel 
complain of any deficiency in the literature provided for their use. 
Our own pages have shown that so far as Botany is concerned, 
difficulty is mainly one of selection. But besides these there are 
now appearing books whose object is to teach how to teach, and 
of these ona recent ee are before us for noti 
Kelman, the first volume of which, for whic Miss Kelman is 
this ‘represents an entirely new departure ” ; so far as natural 
history is concerned, this is no doubt true, although, we believe, 
chetical side te by the Elsdale, which has, if we mis- 
rmed the subject of a book. Miss Kelman’s volume is 
admirably "adtep ted to serve its se, and is in every way 
urpo 
excellently carried out. It contains outline studies, suitable for 
blackboard reproduction, of thirty-four common, mostly British, 
plants, with accompanying descriptive letterpress, simply and 
ok. written; a certain — of technical terms are 
not all of the examples chosen, be no difficulty in obtaining a 
sufficient suppry for the class :—*“ The object of these studies is to 
lead to look at, to observe, and to learn to interpret nature 
for themselves, and that these plates can only meet this end if 
they are used along with living twigs, leaves, flowers, and fruits. 
