Science tor Science’s Sake 
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But will not this nature-study be 
called superficial ? No doubt. A 
botanist told me that I was doing 
superficial work. fudged from the 
view-point of science-teaching, he 
was right ; but I was not teaching 
science. Judged from the view-point 
of the child, I hope he was wrong. 
One is not superficial merely because 
he does not delve deep into subject- 
matter. He should be accurate so 
far as he goes. What is superficiality 
in the specialist may be commendable 
thoroughness in the layman. Even 
the specialist is satisfied with the 
most superficial knowledge in things 
outside his specialty. It is notorious 
that his knowledge of men and of 
business, for example, is superficial. 
This charge of superficiality is ust 
of view. This is well illustrated in t 
By A. Radclyffe Dugmore. 
A CANARY-BIRD. 
r only the opinion of a different point 
critical reviews of elementary text- 
GRAY FOX. 
