Dowd, Alice M. Our common wild flowers of springtime and autumn. $1.25. Badger, R. G.
While this volume will undoubtedly hold the interest of all young nature lovers it is intended primarily for school use and to this end is divided into four parts for use in four successive school years, and excludes those plants which blossom only during vacation days. The plants chosen are common to the northeastern part of the United States, and their classification follows the sequence of families adopted by the most recent botanical works.
“There is nothing of a scientific value to be derived from the use of such a text. But judged by the existing standards of nature study as it actually exists in our schools, the book has much to commend it.”
+ – Bookm. 24: 73. S. ’06. 230w.
“We do not feel quite so sure that the writer is a safe guide in matters of teleology, or the doctrine of final causes.”
+ – Nation. 83: 77. Jl. 26, ’06. 220w.
“Its author has contrived by careful condensation to pack much literary and artistic reference and allusion into its small space.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 473. Jl. 28, ’06. 100w.
Dowden, Edward. Montaigne. **$1.50. Lippincott.