ON THE STUDY OF NATURE 27 



of different ways. Young people, working men, 

 and others, would learn to notice and collect objects 

 they would have passed by previously. 



The Rev. Charles Kingsley was a lover of the 

 beautiful in Nature. He looked upon the flowers, 

 and grasses, and pebbles, and seaweeds as his 

 friends. He wrote about them, and his books will 

 live. The sermons he preached received additional 

 power and illustrative force owing to his knowledge 

 of Nature. A clergyman at the present time, with 

 a practical knowledge of the lapidary's work, has 

 aided very materially in bringing to the notice of 

 the people the marvels of Nature trodden underfoot 

 on the sea beach. The very pebbles, in which 

 ordinary mortals would never expect to find any- 

 thing deserving of notice, contain hidden beauties, 

 and when polished are worthy of a place in the 

 cabinets of kings. 



