Our Naturalist has already received enough suggestions for his projected book to enable him to write a library, we think, but he says that he is quite in earnest in wanting to hear from many thousand boys and girls on this subject. His purpose is apparently to make a book which shall be found just right by all.
A batch of letters comes in from Baltimore, and the subjects are so varied and interesting that we give them in outline.
Jane H. wants to know about the mongoose: what kind of snakes it kills; about sun-spots and their influence on the seasons.
C. F. N. about the sky, sun, moon, and stars.
Philip H. H. about bees and crabs.
Edwin St. J. G. about horses, especially those with long manes and tails.
Sidney G. about wild animals, lions; also snakes and unfamiliar plants.
Claude E. H. about Mother Carey's chickens. He writes that his uncle shot one while crossing the ocean.
Murray W. T. about birds and plants, "with pictures."