Vol. XIII. 



MARCH, i903. 



The beautiful is as useful as the -OLZetjl.— Victor Huf^o. 



No, 3. 



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NATURE 



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MARCH (Ernest M'Gafley) [Poem] 



THE ENGLISH ROBIN REDBREAST [Illustration] . 



GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NATURE (John Wright Buckham) 



BIRD BATHS IN WINTER (Aadie L. Booker) . 



THE OLD BLUE CRANE (Ernest M'Gaile.v) [Poem] 



THE GADWALL (Gerard Alan Abbott) [Illustration] 



TWO PET CROWS (Susy Cutter) ..... 



HOW WE SAVED MOTHER ROBIN (Mary C. W. Smith) . 



THE HARRIS'S SPARROW [Illustration] .... 



THE FIRST ROBIN (Grace E. Harlow) [Poem] 



THE ROBIN'S SONG— A Spring Time Satire (J. Vallancc Brown) 



THE LITTLE BLUE HERON [Illustration] 



ANIMAL EATING PLANTS (Elizabeth Roberts Burton) . , 



NESTING OF THE GADWALL (Gerard Alan Abbott) [Illustration] 



THE NORTHERN DIVER (Henry Johnstone) [Poem] 



A WALK TO THE LIME-SINKS (Mary Susan Harris) 



THE STONY CORALS (Frank Collins Baker) [Illustration] 



VOX VERNA (Edgar McLaren Swan) [Poem] 



CHRYSOLITE, EPIDOTE AND CHRYSOBERYL (Oliver CummingsParrington) 

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THE NESTS (Jac Lowell) [Poem] 



A WOOD RAT BURGLAR (J. Mayne Baltimore) . . . 



RED PEPPER (Albert Schneider) [Illustration] 



PREMONITION (Mrs. Cora A. Matson Dolson) [Poem] . 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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