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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
good material and he followed the evolution of 
that bear until it weighed more than four hun- 
dred pounds, his observation covering a period 
of fourteen years, which he says is nearly the 
length of the black bear’s natural life. The 
author in closing the story of the bear’s devel- 
opment says, as a sort of benediction, "Our 
bear had gone, but the memory of him was 
destined to live for many years to come.” And 
he might well have added that the delightful 
story will live for all time. It is plain fact, 
plain truth with not the slightest appeal to the 
imagination. 
The British Photographic Almanac. Lon- 
don : Henry Greenwood & Company, Ltd. 
This is a collection of photographic recipes, 
advertisements and guides to photography. It 
is edited by George E. Brown, New York City. 
George Murphy, Inc., 57 East Ninth Street, 
New York City, is the sole sales agent for the 
United States. The book is a voluminous one 
of eight hundred and twenty pages. It con- 
tains an immense amount of interesting photo- 
graphic announcements and miscellaneous 
working material of especial interest to the 
technical photographer. 
Leadership of Girls’ Activities. By Mary E. 
Moxcey. New York City: The Methodist 
Book Concern. 
The author of “Girlhood and Character,” re- 
cently published, has here made a further refer- 
ence to some of the important subjects in that 
book. She has produced a readable little 
manual. Similar handbooks have been prepared 
by the same author, entitled “Physical Health 
and Recreation for Girls,” and “Good Times 
for Girls.” We are glad to have these books 
and glad to commend them. 
Girlhood and Character. By Mary E. Mox- 
cey. New York City: The Methodist 
Book Concern. 
Here is a helpful, clean and effective book on 
girlhood. It handles the educational, social and 
adolescence problems on a high plane of 
thought in a practical and a popular way, with- 
out sacrificing scientific accuracy. The book is 
interesting, plain and sensible. It does not ex- 
ploit foolish notions about the “sacredness of 
sex.” It lays no stress on the girl that is either 
overbrilliant or very dull, the abnormal girl, but 
offers practical advice on the natural specimen. 
The problems of expression, mental culture and 
physical development, educational and social 
relations are treated in a manner that is thor- 
ough and convincing. 
Leaders of Girls. By Clara Ewing Espey. 
New York City: The Methodist Book 
Concern. 
Leaders of girls will hail with delight this 
pleasing book that lists much literature on 
social and religious work for girls in their 
teens. More and more are educators convinced 
that some special preparation for a life of ser- 
vice should be available for girls. That fact 
tends to explain the increasing number of girls’ 
schools, camps, clubs and similar organizations. 
The author knows girls, all kinds of girls, 
knows them through and through. She knows 
their needs and how these needs may be met. 
She knows how to help girls and how to help 
them to help themselves. We cordially com- 
mend the book. 
The Life of The Weevil. By J. Henri Fabre. 
New York City: Dodd, Mead & Com- 
pany. 
Our readers undoubtedly know of the won- 
derful entomological writings by the late J. 
Henri Fabre, who died October, 1915, in his 
modest home in the south of France, at the 
advanced age of ninety-two. His enthusias- 
tic devotion to the study of insects is in- 
spiring. Book after book of extracts from 
his “Souvenirs entomologique” has been 
published, of which the present volume is 
not the least interesting. His statements 
are authoritative and trustworthy. 
Down the Year. By C. DuFay Robertson. 
New York City: The Methodist Book 
Concern. 
A year may be a collection of commonplace 
days or the most wonderful. It depends upon 
the point of view. When one thinks of “twelve 
months of doing — working and delving into ma- 
terial things — twelve months of enduring life 
in the ordinary ways,” it is suggestive of drudg- 
ery, but the author truly says : 
“It is wonderful when it means twelve 
months of being — growing up into big things, 
seeing beautiful things — twelve months of liv- 
ing. And the difference between the common- 
place and the wonderful is measured by the 
angle of vision between eyes that are 
turned down and in and eyes turned up and 
out ; and an angle is a point. So the passage 
from the commonplace to the wonderful is just 
the turning of the eye upon its axis. You do 
not need feet or wings to make the journey; 
it is a journey of an angle, a point.” 
Our Wonder World. A Library of Knowl- 
edge. Supplementary Volume — The Won- 
der of Life. By Marion Florence Lansing. 
Boston : George L. Shuman & Company. 
This is a magnificent work. The supplemen- 
tary volume is of especial interest to natural- 
ists. It is packed so full of good things that 
it is difficult to specify any special ones. The 
author says, “Since living is everybody’s busi- 
ness, life must be everybody’s interest. The 
more we know about it, the better we shall be 
able to understand it. The aim of this book is 
to make life more interesting.” 
The spirit of the book emphasizes that. We 
heartily congratulate Miss Lansing on the ex- 
cellent manner in which she has done her work. 
The book should have a large sale. It is one 
of the most inspiring that have ever come to 
our desk. To gaze on the attractive pages so 
beautifully printed and so well illustrated, is a 
delight. 
The paper is of high grade, the printing all 
that can be desired and the illustrations many 
and clear. A large number of the photographs 
are by the editor of this magazine. There are 
many others, all by well-known naturalists 
skilled in photography. 
