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of them have been published. They are offered 

 in all humbleness, since every person's view is 

 necessarily colored by his own field of work; 

 but on the main thesis that nature-study teach- 

 ing is one thing and that science-teaching for 

 science's sake is another I have no hesitation. 



The foregoing paragraph indicates the make- 

 up of the original edition of this book, which 

 was published by Doubleday, Page & Co. in 

 1903. The book appears to have found a con- 

 stituency beyond my expectations, and the 

 continued use of it influences me now (1909) to 

 make a new edition. If I were writing the book 

 anew at this time, I might put it in different 

 phrase ; but as it was written when I was actually 

 engaged in teaching and was filled with the 

 practical details of the subject, and as so many 

 parts of it have been so often quoted, I shall 

 leave it much as it was originally prepared. 

 Since the book was written, I have ceased all 

 teaching and have been consumed in educational 

 administrative work. I have therefore seen 

 the subject from a different angle; but on going 

 over the text I find nothing that I would change 



