II Birds & Nature Magazine 



A Choice Coilection of ^^^^^BBI^mIP^J mBEMH! By MARY ROENAH 

 Memory Verses iJ P' "^j^^mm- *^ mI i ^ ^ W^^^ w H THOMAS. 

 Arranged for i|pr ^7w ^jHhIb ^^HHn^ srf^^^S^ —H^^^B® Teacher in the Han- 

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THE teacher who sees to it that her classes of boys or girls commit to memory, first and last, 

 a good many short, pithy, pertinent sentences, stanzas, lines or passages from the world's 

 best literature will be doing them a service for which they will be grateful all their lives. 

 This service will be of inestimable value not only as a pleasure and consolation in lonely or dis- 

 couraged moments, but also as a positive and efficient means of intellectual growth. 



Miss Thomas has drawn not only from poets like Wordsworth, Longfellow. Bryant, but 

 also from some original sources. A number of bird poems, for instance, of unusual merit, 

 and never before published, are contributed by a friend of the author. The selections on the 

 Seasons are arranged so as to portray the Season's advance; that is, the stanzas coming first under 

 the head of Spring give the sights and sounds of early spring, those which follow carrying the 

 thought forward with the maturing season. 



"Sounds from the Sea" and "Notes from the Field and Wood" are particularly rich and 

 suggestive sections. There are brief quotations suitable for special days such as Arbor Day, 

 Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. Resourceful teachers will find many ways of 

 using this delightful volume, which is alike valuable in the class room and on the home table. 



"It would be well if a copy of this artistically arranged and printed volume could be put in the hands of 

 every pupil in the public schools." — From the School Journal (N. Y.) 



"If you wish the best collection of studies for every time and season, get this handsome book." 



— The Pathfinder, Carbondale. 111. 

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Just Published For Anyone Who Loves Nature 



The Spirit of Nature Study 



By EDWARD F. BIGELOW 



Editor of Department of Nature and Science in St. Nicholas Magazine. 



Nature study is always a success when the teacher has the right spirit. The 

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 quahty of nature study teaching. Dr. Bigelow sees not merely the objects of 

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"/ most heartily endorse Dr. Bigelow as a master educator 

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