One of the Common Dragon-flies (Libellula pulchella). Note the male 

 Katydid on top ; the plant is the trumpet- vine in late summer. 



Nature-Study and the Common Forms of Animal Life 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 



If there were one article that appealed to me more than another 

 in the Nature-Study Review (April, iqi6, p. 148), it was the 

 most interesting contribution by Mr. Hendricks on "The Home 

 Museum as an Aspect of Nature -Study," illustrated by the very 

 attractive cut of Jerry Mickle's museum. It was an article which 

 I was more than glad to read over a second time, for it carried me 

 far back to nty boyhood days, when some of the shelves in my room 

 at home had much the appearance of Jerry's museum. 



It is very evident that this youngster is being duly encouraged 

 in his nature studies and in the formation of the collection of the 

 various objects he is accumulating on his tramps and from other 

 sources. This was by no means the case in my early career. 

 I was one of those boys that the more my father threw in the way, 

 the harder I worked to climb over the obstacles. My mother's 

 smile when I succeeded fully repaid me for any such discourage- 

 ments; and. although her smiles were bestowed upon me more 



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