A collection of essays and practical lessons for teachers and parents, based on Cornell's nature-study leaflets. Anna Botsford Comstock explains how to observe plants, animals, weather, and seasons with children. It is worth listening for its patient, detailed guidance on learning from the natural world.
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HANDBOOK OF
NATURE-STUDY
For Teachers and Parents
Based on the Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets, with Much Additional
Material and Many New Illustrations.
By ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK, B.S.
Assistant Professor in Nature-Study in Cornell University; Author of How to
Keep Bees, and Ways of the Six-Footed; Illustrator and Engraver for Manual for the Study of Insects and for Insect Life colophon
SIXTH EDITION
ITHACA, N. Y.
COMSTOCK PUBLISHING COMPANY
1916
COPYRIGHT, 1911 BY ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK TO LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY UNDER WHOSE WISE, STAUNCH AND INSPIRING LEADERSHIP THE NATURE-STUDY WORK AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND TO MY CO-WORKER JOHN WALTON SPENCER WHOSE COURAGE, RESOURCEFULNESS AND UNTIRING ZEAL WERE POTENT FACTORS IN THE SUCCESS OF THE CAUSE THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
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