HUNTER'S ELEMENTS OF 

 BIOLOGY 



By GEORGE WILLIAM HUNTER, A. M., Instructor 

 in Biology, DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City. 



$1.25 



THIS work presents such a correlation of botany, zool- 

 ogy, and human physiology as constitutes an adequate 

 first-year course in biology. The foundation principles, 

 upon which the present correlation of subjects is made, are 

 that the life processes of plants and of animals are similar, and 

 in many respects identical ; that the properties and activities 

 of protoplasm are the same whether in the cell of a plant or 

 of an animal ; and that .the human body is a delicate machine, 

 built out of that same mysterious living matter, protoplasm. 

 With such a foundation this correlation is simple and natural. 

 ^[ The course is designed to give to students a general con- 

 ception of the wide range of forms in plant and animal life ; 

 to lead them to observe the various processes carried on by 

 plants and animals, and to study only so much of structure 

 as is necessary for a clear comprehension of these processes ; 

 and to help them to understand the general structure of the hu- 

 man body, and the way to care for it. 



^[ The treatment follows the order in which the topics are 

 likely to be taken up when the work is begun in the fall. 

 The laboratory and field work is interesting and readily 

 comprehended. The questions are few and simple ; they 

 apply to structures easily found, and deal with externals only. 

 The experiments outlined in the book do not require an ex- 

 tensive laboratory equipment. Excellent results may be ob- 

 tained with little or no apparatus, except that made by the 

 pupils and teacher working together. 



^f The course combines in excellent proportion text-book 

 study, laboratory experiments, field work, and work for 

 oral recitation, and is attractive, accurate, and informative. 



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