152 NATURE NOTES 
Mother Dormouse and other Poems. By Geraldine Seymour. David Nutt. 
Price 2s. 6d. 
The seventeen sets of slight verse contained in this daintily printed and bound 
volume appear to have been written to accompany illustrations in a child’s 
magazine. Without illustrations they are not worth preserving. 
The Nature-Study Review for May is a distinct advance upon the two pre- 
ceding issues. Among the articles of real value and interest which it contains are 
Flower-shows in City schools. Observation Bee-Hive for the Schoolroom, 
Window Gardens for the Schoolroom, A Wild-Flower Garden, Making a 
School Lawn, and The Time Required for Nature-Study. 
A PathfindePs Pocketful of Jog-trot Rhymes. With Sketches by “Chum.” 
R. E. Taylor and Son. Price 2s. 6d. net. 
We confess we prefer the “Pathfinders” in prose. This neatly got-up 
pocket volume contains a good prose ramble from Epsom to Tadworth, via 
Ashstead, together with much verse, mostly “humorous.” One inoffensive 
little lyric begins 
“ O, come to the fields, 
To the Spring-time sun. 
When Nature awakes, awakes ! 
With the advent of Spring 
Her work has begun ; 
Each bud from its bondage breaks,” 
and, after similar invitations to summer lanes, autumn woods and winter moors, 
concludes — 
“ O, come to the groves. 
Where the song-birds sing ! 
True joy will ever be found 
—In Winter, in Summer, 
In Autumn, in Spring — 
With Nature the whole year round.” 
The “A. Z.” Nature Calendar. Compiled by J. T. Houghton, F.E.S., 
Leeds. E. J. Arnold and Son. Price 4s. 6d. net. 
This is a set of twelve monthly sheets, measuring 27 inches by 24J, mounted 
back to back on six stout hoards and eyeleted. The chief mammals, birds, 
fishes, beetles, flies, butterflies, moths, flowers, ferns, mosses, lichens and fungi 
found during the month are enumerated under English names in bold type, their 
scientific names syllabicated and accented as a guide to pronunciation being also 
given. There are hints on garden and farm work, and on the January sheet a 
good list of books for teachers. Rarities are not included. The work has been 
carried out under competent supervision, and, from the specimen sheet we have 
seen, appears thoroughly accurate and admirably adapted for use in schools of 
all kinds. The .same publishers send us specimens of what they term “ ‘ The 
A. L.’ Nature-Study Observations,” twelve sheets 20 inches by 12 inches, 
mounted on a lath and ruled for daily observations. These are 2s. net per set. 
The Manual of Horticulture for 1905, issued by Messrs. Kelway and Son, 
Langport, Somerset, is a trade catalogue at its best. It forms a handsome large 
quarto volume of 360 pages, fully illustrated from photographs taken, in many 
cases, from plants growing in their Langport nurseries. It is mainly devoted to- 
perennials, whether hardy or “ greenhouse,” and contains much useful informa- 
tion as to culture. 
Received : Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural 
History Society, 1904- 1; ; Third Annual Report of the Horniman Museum; 
Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden, vol. iv., No. 12; The American 
Bolatiist and The JVant World for April and May ; The Amateur Photographer 
for May 9 ; The Victorian Naturalist and Bird-I.ore for May and June, and 
The Parents' Review for June ; The Naturalist, The Irish Naturalist, The 
Animals' Friend, Our Animal /friends. The Animal World, The Humani- 
tarian and /'he Estate Magazine, for lune and July ; and Natute-Study, The 
Humane Review and 'The Agricultural Economist for July. 
