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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
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Purple Loosestrife. 
The little brook flowed murmurously, 
And o’er its sloping bank 
A crimson flower disported free, 
Revealing rank on rank. 
Its vivid beauty carried far, 
And held our glance for long, 
To the ever sweet accompaniment 
Of the rippling water’s song. 
— Emma Peirce. 
A Xight Raid Into Space. The Story of the 
Heavens Told in Simple Words. By 
Colonel J. S. F. Mackenzie. With Twenty 
Illustrations. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 
J. B. Lippincott Company. 
This is a convenient little handbook with in- 
teresting chapters on the constellations, planets, 
earth, moon, etc. Especially for our younger 
readers this would seem to be a meritorious 
introduction to astronomy, as it gives simple 
and easily comprehended statements of the 
essentials of the science. 
