Chapter XIII: To the Teacher

Do all that you can to teach the signs of the zodiac, the days
of the seasons, and all the doings of the astronomical year. All
that old lore of the skies is in danger of being lost. Some
readers will say: “The author is not consistent! He loves the
winter and here he is impatient to be done with it!” Some
explanation on your part may be necessary: that the call of the
spring is the call of life, a call so loud and strong that all
life--human and wild, animal and vegetable,--hears it and is
impatient to obey. If possible take your scholars upon a walk at
this raw edge of the season when they will feel the chill but
also the stirring of life all about them.

FOR THE PUPIL

Get an almanac and study the old weather signs.

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“_When descends on the Atlantic_”: from Longfellow’s “Seaweed.”

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_frog or hyla_: The hylas belong to the family _Hylidæ_ and
include our tree-toad, and our little tree-frog.

“_For, lo, the winter is past_,”: from The Song of Songs, or The
Song of Solomon, in the Bible.

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