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BY THE WAYSIDE 
on the English sparrow having in tlie 
years 1910 and 1911 collected more 
than a thousand eggs and nestlings. 
They are trained not to touch the 
nests of other birds, which their sharp 
eves discover: nests that sometimes are 
valuable to people interested in the 
study of the life histories of birds. 
They know some of the common 
plants and trees, and in the insect 
world they have a good working 
knowledge of the potato bug. Among 
the noxious animals of the field they 
prove mighty nimrods in trapping, 
taking large numbers of pocket go¬ 
phers and ground squirrels, and a less 
number of skunks and woodchucks. 
All this may seem mere sport, but they 
are learning to work. Without receiv¬ 
ing any pay for labor performed at 
home, but for work done tor their 
neighbors and for trapping they re¬ 
ceived this year over eighteen dollars. 
As a reward for working well a friend 
took them for their first visit to Du-1 
buque, the nearest city. 
One evening recently they heard 
read to them several pages from a book! 
on pocket gophers, and about a week 
later a test was made to see how much 
they remembered. Somewhat to the ; 
surprise and greatly to the satisfaction 
of their elders there was not a leading 
fact that had been read which was not;' 
recited by them. This publication on 
“Pocket Gophers” by Vernon Bailey 
is printed by the l nited States govern¬ 
ment, is easily obtained, and ought to 
be in every school library. 
A. R. S. 
A MANUAL OF MORAL 
and HUMANE EDUCATION 
By FLORA HELM KRAUSE 
OF THE 
CHICAGO ANTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY 
155 W. Indiana Street 
Publishers: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 
A large humane idea dominates the 
book; the author endeavors to remove 
the baleful prejudices which exist be¬ 
tween race and race, class and class, 
and the contempt or indifference felt by 
men toward their furred and feathered 
brothers of the field and the air. — The 
Chicago Daily Tribune , Nov. 11, 1910. 
Single copies, $1.25 plus 13c for postage 
