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Chapters on the Natural History of the United States (Classic Reprint)

Author : Robert W. Shufeldt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267805822
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Chapters on the Natural History of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Robert W. Shufeldt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chapters on the Natural History of the United States It will be observed that quite a large number of the illustra tions are reproduced from photographs of living animals of va rions species and kinds. These were all taken by myself from the living subjects, and nearly in every instance of natural size. Too much cannot be said in favor of the constant use of the photographic camera in zoology, and when by its means really first-rate, life-like pictures of any of our living forms are secured in natural attitudes, and with nature's surroundings, they should surely be published, and be made to take the place Of many of the highly incorrect figures Of our animals, still to be found in popular works upon natural history. Taxidermists and artists will then, I am sure, appreciate this feature in my book, for if anything be useful and helpful to them in their work it is good pictures of this class, used, as they safely can be, as models. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Chapters in Popular Natural History

Author : John Lubbock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332325139
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Chapters in Popular Natural History written by John Lubbock and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chapters in Popular Natural History: Arranged as an Advanced Reading Book for Use in Elementary and Higher Schools The National Society has done me the honour to propose to republish parts of some of my Natural History Lectures adapted as a Reading Book. Those who may wish to pursue the subjects further, I would refer to my "Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects" (Macmillan and Co.), "British Wild Flowers, &c.(Macmillan and Co.), "Scientific Lectures" (Macmillan and Co.), and "Ants, Bees, and Wasps" (Paul, Trench, and Co.). I am greatly indebted to my publishers for their courtesy in allowing me to reprint here part of the above-mentioned works. I have also to thank Messrs. Paul, Trench, and Co., Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Messrs. Cassell and Co., and Messrs. Lovel Reeve and Co., for the use of various illustrations, which they have been so good as to place at my disposal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America, Vol. 2

Author : Louis Agassiz
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267917679
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America, Vol. 2 written by Louis Agassiz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America, Vol. 2: First Monograph, in Three Parts As the egg grows larger, the dark outline decreases in thickness, and the contents become less oily and more transparent, till at last, when it is about film, of an inch in diameter, a well defined wall discloses itself under the guise of a thin pellicle (pl. 8, fig. 1, f, g). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

Author : W. H. VENABLE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES written by W. H. VENABLE and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The United States Since 1908

Author : Reuben Gold Thwaites
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334439261
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book The United States Since 1908 written by Reuben Gold Thwaites and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The United States Since 1908: Being Chapters 47-50 of a History of the United States for Schools A short, connected, and interesting story of the course of events. In our history since the discovery of America. The narrative 15 Simple, and makes a special appeal through its anecdotes of great men. There are numerous stimulating suggestions for written work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A History of the United States (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry Eldridge Bourne
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333516529
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book A History of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Eldridge Bourne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the United States This textbook is based on the plan of study recommended for the seventh and eighth grades by the Committee of Eight of the American Historical Association. The work for the sixth grade has been given in a shorter book, entitled Introductory American History. About two-thirds of that book concern the beginnings in Great Britain and Europe of the civilization which the people of the United States share with other peoples of European race. The remainder contains descriptions of the discoveries and early settlements of America, principally in the sixteenth century. This volume for the upper grades opens with a chapter which repeats brie y the story of early discovery and settlement. The chapter may be used as a review in those schools which use the Introductory American History. Teachers who do not use that book will find in the chapter the essential facts of the period. American history is so rich and varied that the most serious ques tion which confronts the authors of a textbook is that of selection and emphasis. If space is to be found for adequate treat ment of the most characteristic features of our national develop ment, especially of those within the comprehension of the pupil of the seventh or eighth grade, certain phases of the political and military history of the country must be reserved for later study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Beyond War

Author : Vernon Lyman Kellog
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365342007
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Beyond War written by Vernon Lyman Kellog and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Beyond War: A Chapter in the Natural History of Man They are facts which come more especially, and perhaps more readily, under the cogni zance of the biologist than of the historian, economist, or philanthropist; and it is wholly from the point of view - and from the point of advantage or disadvantage - of the biol ogist that the book is written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A People's History of the United States

Author : Howard Zinn
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780060528423
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book A People's History of the United States written by Howard Zinn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

Curiosities of Natural History (Classic Reprint)

Author : Francis Trevelyan Buckland
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334134500
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Curiosities of Natural History (Classic Reprint) written by Francis Trevelyan Buckland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Curiosities of Natural History The Preface is generally the last portion of a book which is written, and on this account it ought to be read first. I would beg of those into whose hands this book should come, to reverse the usual order of things, and to read the Preface before they dip into the contents. They will then know Why it was written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Bulletin of the United States National Museum (Classic Reprint)

Author : United States National Museum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330611944
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the United States National Museum (Classic Reprint) written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bulletin of the United States National Museum This work is the thirty-first of a series of papers intended to illustrate the collections of natural history and ethnology belonging to the United States, and constituting the National Museum, of which the Smithsonian Institution was placed in charge by the act of Congress of August 10, 1846. It has been prepared at the request of the Institution, and printed by authority of the honorable Secretary of the Interior. The publications of the National Museum consist of two series - the Bulletins, of which this is No. 25, in continuous series, and the Proceedings, of which the sixth volume is now in press. The volumes of proceedings are printed signature by signature, each issue having its own date, and a small edition of each signature is distributed to libraries promptly after its publication. From time to time the publications of the Museum which have been issued separately are combined together and issued as volumes of the Miscellaneous Collections. These are struck off from the stereotype plates from which the first edition was printed, and in this form are distributed by the Smithsonian Institution to libraries and scientific societies throughout the world. Volume 13 of these collections includes Bulletins 1 to 10 inclusive; volume 19, vols. 1 and 2 of the Proceedings; volume 22, vols. 3 and 4 of the Proceedings; and volume 23, Bulletins 11 to 15 inclusive. Full lists of the publications of the Museum may be found in the current catalogues of the publications of the Smithsonian Institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A School History of the United States (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Henry Venable
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484867399
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book A School History of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by William Henry Venable and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A School History of the United States The object aimed at in the preparation of this book was to produce a systematic, brief, clear, and authentic history of the United States for the use of schools. The plan is simple. N o arbitrary division into historical periods and eras is employed, but each chapter embraces associated events and forms a natural link in an unbroken chain. A strictly chronological order of arrangement is followed, whereby occurrences are shown in their true relation to one another, and to their causes. The most important dates are made prominent in the text by a peculiar type. A condensed record of general progress is placed at the end of almost every chapter, designed to interest the pupil in the civil and domestic character of the country, and in employments, institutions, and ideas not directly connected with wars, politics, or national legislation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Short History of Medicine

Author : Erwin H. Ackerknecht
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801827266
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Medicine written by Erwin H. Ackerknecht and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1982-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since it was first published in 1955, A Short History of Medicine has been hailed as the best available book of its kind: a concise and readable introduction to the history of medicine, written for students and professionals alike. In twenty short chapters, Ackerknecht traces the fascinating saga of man's progress in the science and art of medicine, from primitive times through early civilizations, classical antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and into the mid-twentieth century. The struggles and triumphs of some of history's most renowned medical pioneers -- Hippocrates, Harvey, Jenner, Osler, and many more -- are here, but this is not a catalog of individual accomplishments. Ackerknecht strikes a balance between the history of medicine and its social and cultural background; between medical science and medical practice; and between clinical and preventative medicine, illuminating not only the world of medicine but the position of medicine in the world. --

Voices of a People's History of the United States

Author : Howard Zinn
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1583229477
Total Pages : 667 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Voices of a People's History of the United States written by Howard Zinn and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds of voices that appear in Voices of a People's History of the United States, edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Paralleling the twenty-four chapters of Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Voices of a People’s History is the long-awaited companion volume to the national bestseller. For Voices, Zinn and Arnove have selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—left by the people who make history happen but who usually are left out of history books—women, workers, nonwhites. Zinn has written short introductions to the texts, which range in length from letters or poems of less than a page to entire speeches and essays that run several pages. Voices of a People’s History is a symphony of our nation’s original voices, rich in ideas and actions, the embodiment of the power of civil disobedience and dissent wherein lies our nation’s true spirit of defiance and resilience.

Romance of Natural History (Classic Reprint)

Author : P. H. Gosse
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365210696
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Romance of Natural History (Classic Reprint) written by P. H. Gosse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Romance of Natural History If I may venture to point out one subject on which I have bestowed more than usual pains, and which I myself regard with more than com mon interest, it is that of the last chapter in this volume. An amount of evidence is adduced for the existence of the sub-mythic monster popularly known as the sea-serpent, such as has never been brought together before, and such as ought almost to set doubt at rest. But the cloudy un certainty which has invested the very being of this creature; its home on the lone ocean; the fitful way in which it is seen and lost in its vast solitudes; its dimensions, vaguely gigantic; its dragon-like form; and the possibility of its asso ciation with beings considered to be lost in an obsolete antiquity; all these are attributes which render it peculiarly precious to a romantic natu ralist. I hope the statisticians will forgive me if they cannot see it with my spectacles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Popular Natural History (Classic Reprint)

Author : J. G. Wood
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484236997
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Popular Natural History (Classic Reprint) written by J. G. Wood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Popular Natural History IN order to understand any science rightly, it needs that the student should proceed to its contemplation in an orderly manner, arranging in his mind the various portions of which it is composed, and endeavouring, as far as possible, to follow that classification which best accords with nature. The result of any infringement of this rule is always a confusion of ideas, which is sure to lead to misapprehension. So, in the study of living beings, it is necessary to adhere to some determinate order, or the mind becomes bewildered among the countless myriads of living creatures that fill earth, air, and water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Final Natural History Essays (Classic Reprint)

Author : Graham Renshaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331080695
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Final Natural History Essays (Classic Reprint) written by Graham Renshaw and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Final Natural History Essays The present volume completes a series of sixty Essays dealing with typical examples of the class Mammalia. In this work, as in its predecessors, the subject has throughout been viewed from the combined standpoint of the zoologist and the historian; the photographs are selected from a series of over five hundred negatives taken by the author. The opportunity is here taken of thanking the Press for many long and most encouraging notices of previous studies, and the public for their kind reception of former volumes both at home and abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Natural History

Author : Worthington Hooker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364429297
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Natural History written by Worthington Hooker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History: For the Use of Schools and Families There are many good books on Zoology, or Nat ural History, as it is commonly termed; but none are properly adapted to instruction in schools. Some of them are too popular in their character, and some, on the other hand, are too scientific, or, rather, contain too many of the details of science; while in all there is too much matter, so that the pupil is confused with the multitude Of things brought to View, and there fore obtains definite ideas of but few of them. I have aimed in this book to avoid these defects. My object has been to cull out from the immense mass of mate rial which Zoology presents that which every well-ih formed person ought to know, excluding all which is of interest and value only to those who intend to be thorough zoologists. It seems to have been forgotten by most writers Of text-books on the natural sciences that a book for common study should be very different from a book for reference. Their books are therefore cumbered with much that is not Of any use to the great body of pupils. The true plan for instruction in schools re quires that, while the class book should contain, clearly stated, only that which all ought to know, the teacher should have some works on the subject Of a more extended character, to which he can refer when ever occasion calls for it. If a Spirit Of inquiry be awakened in the class (as it surely will be if the text-book be of the right stamp and the teacher use it aright), questions will occasion ally be asked which will call for information that must be gathered from larger works, or perchance from the teacher's own observation. This leads me to say that no text-book is rightly constructed that does not excite this spirit of inquiry and observation on the part Of both teacher and pupil. The more it does so, the more fully is the true Object of teaching attain ed; for the communication Of knowledge is by no means Of so much importance as the imparting to the mind the power and the disposition to acquire it of itself. Especially is this true of such a study as Zoology, which presents to the pupil abundant mate rial for observation on every hand, in the garden and in the field, on the land, in the water, and in the air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.