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Of course you are. Everybody is. If you wish to know more about it-the why and how of atmospheric phenomena-get Waldo's

ELEMENTARY
METEOROLOGY.

It tells all about this new science and will enable you to understand the causes of variation and methods of forcasting the weather. The book is profusely illustrated with charts and maps, in colors and plain. showing weather conditions, averages, etc.

WALDO'S ELEMENTARY
METEOROLOGY will be
sent prepaid on receipt of
price, $1.50.

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

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NEW YORK CITY.

Miss Eleanor T. Keller. Pd. M.

School for Girls.

Preparatory Classes for Boys (Kindergarten). Foreign Languages, Sight-reading (Singing). Manual Training. Science in every class. Additional Classes in Carpentry, Wood Carving and Sewing, Wednesdays and Thursdays, after 3 P. M.

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Editorial Staff:

EDITOR, DR. ELIZABETH JARRETT.

MISS JENNY B. MERRILL, Pd. D., Child Study Department.
MISS MAY PALMER, Alumnæ House Work.

MISS HENRIETTE BRANDES, Alumnæ Reunions.
BUSINESS MANAGER, MISS M. E. S. DAVIDSON.
TREASURER, MRS. J. SCHEEL.

Subscription, 50 cts. a year. Single copies, 10 cts.

Send all subscriptions to Mrs. J. SCHEEL, 121 East 83d Street.
Send all business communications to Miss M. E. S. DAVIDSON, 888 Ninth Ave.
Send all contributions and other correspondence to
Dr. ELIZABETH JARRETT, 159 West 48th Street.

VOL. H.

MARCH, 1897.

No./

The distribution of buds at the last "At Home," and in connection with Mrs. Northrop's article on the subject, in the February "News," was a great help to many of our teachers, and a plea for further articles of the same kind has been made.

Work of this kind with children is intensely interesting to both children and teacher, and is unlimited in its possibilities for opening blind eyes to the wonderful stories Mother Nature is trying, year in and year out, to teach her observant children. Mrs. Northrop's work shows that rare combination of the scientific spirit, added to the the ability to tell what is observed in simple terms that holds one's interest without confusion. It is what teachers need so much. They are quite willing to do just such work with their children, but they lack either the necessary scientific data, or else the ability to interpret into language which is comprehensible to the child. In many instances their own power of observance is largely at fault, due to a lack of scientific training in their school days.

In connection with this effort to introduce these Nature lessons into the schools, comes the announcement of the formation of the Science Classes, under the direction of Mrs. Northop. (See "Notes and News.")

Entered at the Post Office at New York as Second Class Matter.

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