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NATURE NOTES. 
a quarterly sixpenny magazine, called A Beautiful World, the first number of 
which is before us. It is ,to be devoted mainly to matters connected with the 
Society — its aims, progress, &c. The present number also contains a sonnet by 
Mr. Alfred Austin, and a pleasant little essay by Mrs. Waterhouse, on the title of 
the Magazine. M^e wish every success to this new venture, and welcome it as a 
fellow- worker in our field. A Beautiful World is issued by the publishers of 
this Journal. 
PICTURES FOR SCHOOLS. 
have from time to time been asked to recommend pictures for schools, and 
have too long delayed saying a good word for those issued by the Fitzroy Picture 
-Society, 20, Fitzroy Street, Mb The aim of this body — a small group of well- 
known decorative artists — is to prov'ide pictures of good size, bold outline, and 
bright but not vulgar colouring, which may suitably occupy some of the wall 
space which abounds in our large schools. The pictures are to be placed at some 
height upon the wall, otherwise their intended efforts will not be realised. 
The series are for the most part of religious or scriptural subjects, but the set 
of “ The Four Seasons,” by Mr. Heywood Sumner, may be commended to 
Selbornians. The accompanying sketch will give some idea of the style of treat- 
ment adopted : the four contrast very pleasingly with each other in style and 
colour. 
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The elder-blossom in “ Summer,” even at a distance, is somewhat too solid for 
our taste, and we are sorry that Air. Sumner should have placed in the garden 
the comparatively recently introduced Californian yellow columbine, instead of 
the handsomer and more characteristic species which has been familiar in our 
borders for centuries. The size of the pictures is 33 in. by 17 in. lengthwise, and 
the price 2s. 6d. each. 
The Art for Schools Association, which is just now holding its annual picture 
show at its rooms, 29, Queen Square, has issued this year a handsome chromo- 
lithograph of the handsome purple Clematis Jackmanni. AVe have before spoken 
(Nature Notes, 1891, p. 216), of the usefulness of pictures of this class for 
schools, and the present, from its bold j-et graceful design, and its full colouring, 
is at least as suitable as any of those we then recommended. The price of the 
picture is 2s. to subscribers, 3s. to non-subscribers ; its size, 30 in. by 22 in. 
