PREFACE 



THIS little book was originally written for use in the 

 West Indies, with the intention of shaping the courses 

 of study both in secondary and primary schools ; being 

 employed as a text-book in the former, while in primary 

 schools it is used by the teachers in preparing and 

 formulating their teaching. 



As it has been found useful in its original form in 

 the West Indies, it has been suggested that an edition, 

 rewritten and modified to meet the circumstances of 

 British conditions, may prove acceptable in the mother 

 country. I have, therefore, with the assistance of Mr W. 

 G. Freeman, prepared the present revised edition. 



Elementary nature teaching admits a wide range of 

 subjects, and individuality plays an important part ; but 

 throughout, if good work is to be done, it must be 

 impressed upon the teacher that the pupils must do 

 things for themselves. Mere knowledge of how things 

 ought to be done, and what they ought to look like if only 

 they were found and seen, is of little value, and the 

 absence of the true practical knowledge of things is 



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