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Nature Portraits 
Copyright, 1900, by A. R. Dugmore. 
CEDAR-BIRD EATING WILD CHERRIES. 
books of science. Books that have been criticized severely by the scientist 
have been accepted with enthusiasm by the schoolmaster. The primary 
merit of a school-book lies in its pedagogy rather than in its science. State- 
ments in such books have two values — the teaching value and the science 
value. I 00 often the reviewer thinks only of the science value. 
