House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies

автор: Louis Compton Miall

56 главы9h 59mEnglish1905

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"Nature study seeks above all things to develop the earliest rudiments of the scientific discover." L. C. Miall This book contains a collection of short essays on numerous nature and natural history subjects. While they were collected together as suitable starting points for nature lessons for school children by Louis Compton Miall, Professor of Biology at the University of Leeds in 1905, these essays are fascinating listening today for nature enthusiasts of all ages. - Summary by J. M. Smalheer

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1Introduction

830

2Life in the House

715

3July Shoots

215

4Leaf-Mining Insects

213

5The Holly Fly

443

6A General Knowledge Paper on Common Things for Grown-Up People

279

7Honey-Dew

310

8The Human Hand; A School Lesson

1652

9The Freshwater Aquarium

257

10The Summer Droop of Boughs

157

11The Glowworm

624

12Invisible Domestic Servants

860

13Old English Gardens

530

14The Rock Barnacle

1782

15Rats and Mice

331

16Natural History Clubs

245

17The Purple Saxifrage

1220

18Water-Lilies

898

19House-Flies

653

20Solar Images on the Pavement

282

21The Song of the Skylark

428

22The Cheese-Hopper

284

23Bananas

345

24Silver Fishes

381

25White Clover

492

26Wood Sorrel

1139

27The Herring

765

28The Natural History Excursion

425

29The Organ-Grinder's Monkey

222

30The Roots and Stems of Trees

255

31Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Hedge

1351

32Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Ditch

1579

33Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - Hints

249

34The Frothing Hopper

313

35Animal Globes

522

36The House-Cricket

935

37Common Trees

1026

38The Human Face

493

39London Pride

292

40Rare Specimens

234

41Oak Leaves

255

42House Spiders

418

43On a Chalk Hill

981

44Furniture-Beetles, Bookworms and Death-Watches

652

45Phases of Summer and Winter in England

221

46The Garden Spider

897

47A School-Course on the Structure and Life of Insects

1652

48Vacation Rambles

968

49Grasses

917

50The Water-Spider

281

51The Industries of Wild Bees

1540

52A Skeleton Lesson on Furze

124

53Museums and the Teaching of Elementary Natural History

530

54Buttercups; A Study of Species

1544

55Bit by Bit Invention: Teeth and Scales

515

56Great Examples

278

House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies

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