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 a field the fruit can be distinguished from the leaves and grass only by the shape, and the green fruit from the ripe by the touch or taste.

If a teacher discovers that a child is unable to readily give the name of a color it may not indicate want of color vision, but merely inability to remember names, and therefore various tests which will naturally suggest themselves can be made to aid in reaching a decision on this point. Should the results of the tests seem to indicate some defect in color vision, the nature of the trouble should be sought and memoranda made from time to time for future reference, and if the final result shows a radical lack of color perception the parents should be informed of the fact and a physician consulted.

It is probable that the number of color blind women is very much less than that of men, and much time has been spent in debating the matter, but some doubt remains as to whether this opinion does not obtain because the girls are brought so much more intimately into relation with colored materials in selecting their articles of dress, and consequently come to know the names of colors much better, and in fact enjoy a much better color education than the men. A more correct decision reo-ardino- this question can better be reached when both the boys and girls receive a systematic color education and their color sense is more equally cultivated.

—Since the publication of the earlier editions of Elementary Color, Milton Bradley Co. have prepared a neat box of water colors, containing eight cakes of non-poisonous colors, which as far as is possible within the conditions of safety and low price, correspond with the standards as established in the Bradley Educational Colored Papers. The colors comprise the standards, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, and two Grays, warm and cool. With these water colors the; transition from papers to paints is made with no break in terms or colors.