CONTENTS. 



PACE 



Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xi 



CHAPTER 



I. THE IDEALS OF NATURE STUDY 1 



II. OUR METHODS IN GENERAL. OUTDOOR AND 



INDOOR STUDIES 6 



III. SCHOOL COURSES ... 15 



IV. NATURE STUDY IN THE TOWN ... 52 



V. COLOUR, FORM, AND MOVEMENT 56 



VI. EXERCISES IN DESCRIPTION 76 



VII. FROGS AND TOADS 80 



VIII. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR BIRD STUDY 91 



IX. SOME COMMON MAMMALS 131 



X. THE STUDY OF SHELLS 142 



XI. THE SNAIL (Helix Aspersa) 150 



XII. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE STUDY OF IN- 

 SECTS ... 153 



XIII. THE EARTHWORM 176 



XIV. THE STUDY OF FRESH-WATER ANIMALS ... 180 

 XV. ANIMAL LIFE AND WINTER 192 



XVI. PLANT IDENTIFICATION 195 



XVII. A LESSON ON BUTTERCUPS 206 



XVIII. THE STUDY OF LEAVES 216 



XIX. THE STUDY OF FLOWERS 226 



