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NATURE STum' AND LIFE. By CLIFTON F. Honor. Ph.D. Boston. U. S. A.. and London. Ginn & C0,. 1902. rzmo. xvi 75” pages. numerous ills.

Few men are better ﬁtted to produce the ideal book on nature study than the editor of this work. A born nature»lover of \ e sympathies and interests, he is at the same time a trained educator and scientist. Add to these an intense desire to lead others to the sources in nature whence he has derived so much pleasure and mental and moral proﬁt and it is evident that circumstances have combined for the production of a book of unusual merit and originality.

Believing that “interest in life forms pre~ cedes that in inanimate forms," Professor Hodge has omitted all reference to geological. astronomical and meteorological phenomena and thus has more space to devote to his true silbjectilife.

Professor Hodge would have the contact between nature and the nature student inti- mate and personal. domesticated plants. pet animals. pet plants. possess. when our associations with them are properly developed. an inestimable in- ﬂuence in our mental and moral growth. it The pet animal," he says, it is thus for the child. as it was lor the race, the key to the door into knowledge and dominion over all animal life.”

Professor Hodge’s methods have stood the test of years of trial in the schools of Worcester and are therefore eminently prac— tical. Insect. plant. and animal life. both wild and in domestication. an treated very fully and in so interesting and original a manner that this book appeals not only to teachers but to every F. M. C.

HEZEKlnl-l's lecs. By LILLIE HAMILTON FRENCH. Boston and New York. Hough» ton. Miﬂlin 5: Co. 1902. rémo. xi+ no pages.

Domesticated animals.

nature»lover.—

How a Canary won the aﬁections of a person who had railed “against the sin of keeping birds in a house." is here recounted

with a degree of sympathy. close observa- tion. and literary skill which make this lil~ tle volume readable from cover to cover. The story of Hezekiah‘s life and of the va- rious mates which were secured for him may well be used to illustrate the truth of Professor Hodge’s claims concerning the educational and ethical value of keeping pets. and we should think that no owner of a Canary could read this volume without feeling an increased regard for her charger —F. M. C.

ANNOTATED LlsT or THE Bums 0F ORE-

ooN. By A. R. Wooococx. Bull. No. 68. Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. Corvallis, Oregon. l902. live.

117 pages

While it is admitted that because of in- sutﬁcient data this list doubtless contains errors and omissions. and while from a strictly scientiﬁc pointof view it might have been deemed desirable for its author to pre- sent only the results of his own studies. we believe that so far as the advancement of a popular interest in bird study in Oregon is concerned he has followed by far the best course in presenting this list of the birds of the entire state. About 325 species are in— cludetl. and the annotations under each one give its manner of occurrence at several localities. As the ﬁrst work of the kind this will prove a most convenient working hand list for use in subsequent investigation. and its author should receive the thanks of his fellowrworkers for his labors in their behalfxiFr M. C.

SUMMER Blnns or FLATHEAD LAKE. M. SlewAt’. Prepared at the Univer- sity of Montana Biological Station. tgol. Xvo,. pp. 83; pll. 16.

By P.

The notes here presented are based on observations made between June 14 and August 30, t9oo. and June and July, I901. The various localities visited are described, oiilogical notes on 2+ species are given at some length and are followed by 'a well- annotated list of some t26 species of birds

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