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servation is trained they will learn more than 

 grown people. They will learn to appreciate men 

 like Thoreau and my good friend John Burroughs, 

 men like Dr. Frederick Lucas and Dr. Frank E. 

 Lutz, w^ho give up their lives to the study of nature. 



But if you live in the city do not be discour- 

 aged, the parks and vacant lots are full of inter- 

 esting specimens, and after you have learned where 

 to hunt for them you wall find them. If this book 

 of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles really starts you 

 on the road as a student of nature the writer will 

 consider that the book is an unqualified success, 

 for a natiu'c student is one who feels a sympathy, 

 a companionship, for all live creatures however 

 lowly they may be. 



Such a feeling broadens the mind and the study 

 sharpens the wits and teaches one how to observe. 

 The pursuit of nature will give you a hobby which 

 will be an interesting and useful j^astime, will 

 lighten the cares of business, lengthen your years, 

 take you in the open, where you will gain health 

 and strength, give you good digestion, bright eyes 

 and above all make you happy, cheerful and com- 

 panionable — in fact it will round out your char- 

 acter so that you will stand high in the estimation 



