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W. K. Brooks, Director of the Ches- 

 apeake Zoological Laboratory, Johns Hop- 

 kins Univ. : I have examined the Ms. of 

 your proposed book on zoology, for use 

 in schools, and I am glad that the author 

 has undertaken to make his experience 

 in teaching natural science available for 

 other teachers, who have not had the 

 special training in this branch of science 

 which he has enjoyed. I am sure that 

 the book will meet with a ready sale, 

 and will be very useful to teachers. 

 {Dec, 1885.) 



S. A. Forbes, Prof, of Zoology, Univ. 

 of Illinois, and State E?ito?nologist : It 

 seems to be in every way skilfully pre- 

 pared, and cannot but be both useful and 

 successful. This is just such a piece of 

 work as has long been needed in public 

 schools. 



Newton Bateman, President Knox 

 Coll., Galesburg, III. (formerly Supt. of 

 Public Instr. of the State of III.) : If you 

 are able to develop the whole subject 

 with the clearness and charm of these 

 specimen chapters, the result will be a 

 very useful and fascinating book. It will 

 train the faculties of observation to alert- 

 ness and accuracy. It will bring that 

 deep satisfaction which comes only from 

 original work; from getting first-hand 

 knowledge. It will vitalize the half-dead 

 facts of mere book and memory by the 

 quickening and realistic power of the eye 

 and the hand, directed by keen curiosity 

 and the wide-awake mind. The book is 

 needed. It will be welcomed and ap- 

 preciated. 



Henry Raab, State Supt. of Public 

 Instruc, Springfield, III. : This is a work 

 that presents, for the first time, a guide 

 for the teacher, by means of which he may 

 introduce the pupils to the science suc- 

 cessfully, i.e., that they may like the study 

 of nature, may prepare for more advanced 

 science work, and gain a lasting benefit 

 for their intellectual development. I shall 

 commend it to teachers of science in our 



public schools whenever I have an op- 

 portunity. 



L. M. Underwood, bistructor in 

 Zoology, Syracuse Univ., N.Y. : I am 

 more and more pleased with it as it pro- 

 ceeds. I expect to make use of the book 

 in my classes next fall. (June 26, 1886.) 



M. L. Seymour, Prof of Zoology, 

 III. Normal Univ. : I have no criticisms. 

 I find the plan, directions, description, 

 and wording excellent. I want to use the 

 book in my classes as soon as published. 



J. H. Pillsbury, Biological Labor- 

 atory, Smith Coll., A 7 orthampton, Mass. : 

 The plan seems to me to be a very good 

 one for the work for which the author 

 has intended it. I am glad to see so 

 good a plan offered for our high schools. 

 If the remainder of the work is equally 

 good, it ought to be a success. 

 (March 19, 1886.) 



E. P. Jackson, Teacher of Zoology, 

 Boston Latin School : I think the pages 

 I have examined excellent. All enlight- 

 ened teachers are aiming at the very 

 standard in general which these pages 

 reach in particular. If I had a book in 

 my class constructed on precisely this 

 model, I should use it with great confi- 

 dence and zeal. (Nov. 10, 1885.) 



O. S. WestCOtt, Prin. N. Div. High 

 School, Chicago, III. : The book is at- 

 tractive. I think it would sell with 

 thoughtful teachers. 



J. Y. Bergen, Jr., Prin. of High 



School, Peabody, Mass. : I have gone over 

 the manuscript with care, and feel satis- 

 fied that there is no American book on 

 zoology adapted for use with high-school 

 classes which will enable them to learn 

 so much at first hand as they can from 

 this book. It does for the pupil what 

 without it the conscientious teacher must 

 otherwise do for him by constant and 

 laborious reference to the fuller works. 

 (Jan. 3, 1886.) 



