NATURE STUDY IN SCHOOLS. D.'i 



in deep water. The famous trilobite slate quarries at Braintree, Mass. were 

 thus formed in deep water, and are so ancient that they rest almost on the 

 original granite rock, though of course they are considerably younger than, 

 the first granite. 



( TO BE CONTINUED. ) 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Bird World, a Bird Book for .Children, by J. H Stickney., 

 Assisted by Ralph Hoffman, Boston, Ginn & Company, Cloth, 214 

 Pages. 



This pleasantly written little book is intended as a bird reader for 

 schools. The stories contained in it are well told, and will prove highly in- 

 teresting to children. The facts are in the main correct, but we would sug- 

 gest that the plaintive notes spoken of on page 5, in a foot note, were not 

 those of the phoebe, whose oft reiterated call is energetically given, but those 

 of the wood pewee, which are notably plaintive. We wish that the plate of 

 the barn swallow, following page 84, had been omitted, pretty as it is, for 

 it is misleading, as it represents these swallows as nesting beneath eaves of 

 a building, which is the habit of a wholly different species, the eave swallow. 

 The nesting habits of the barn swallow are correctly given on page 86, as 

 inside a barn or other out building. 



We fear that the oven bird will fail to meet our summer yellow bird, 

 tanager, and oriole, in the West Indies in winter, as stated on page 147. 



Nature study books for schools should, above all, be accurate, and a 

 little attention to details would prevent misleading statements such as we 

 have pointed out. 



The story of the nesting of the yellow- throated vireo is delightfully told 

 and is admirably calculated to arouse the interest of children in the protec- 

 tion of birds. In fact, the whole tone of the book is one which will foster 

 the love of birds in children. 



The colored figures of birds, and the many beautiful cuts will add much 

 to the attractions of this book, and we should like to see it upon the desk 

 of every second and third grade teacher. Stories selected from it and read 

 to children will prove very instructive to them. 



The Collector, A Historical Magazine for Autograph and 

 Historical Collectors, New York, Walter R. Benjamin. 



The March number of this magazine has been received. Among articles 

 of interest to the historian is the continuation of the Diary of John Fitch, 

 who was an officer in the American army during the Revolution. He was 



