APPENDIX YII 



LIST OF SUGGESTED BOOKS OF REFERENCE IN BIOLOGY 

 GENERAL BIOLOGY 



1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture. Edited by L. H. Bailey. 



4 vols. The Macmillan Co., N. Y. City. $20 net. 

 Vol. I, Farms; Vol. II, Crops; Vol. Ill, Animals; Vol. IV, 

 The Farm and the Community. We do not hesitate to say 

 that Vols. II and III of this series are the most valuable 

 books of reference known to us for teachers or students in 

 plant and animal biology. Experts on the many subjects 

 treated have epitomized in a readable form a vast amount of 

 information which could only be found by patient search 

 through many volumes. If schools cannot purchase these 

 books, teachers might well urge that they be put on the 

 shelves of the public library, for all four volumes will be 

 found of great value as books of general reference, especially 

 in rural communities. 



2. Nature Study and Life, by Dr. C. F. Hodge. Ginn and Co. 



$1.20. Contains many suggestions for the teaching of both 

 plant and animal biology. 



3. General Biology, by Sedgwick and Wilson. Henry Holt and 



Co. $1.75. While mainly devoted to a consideration of 

 the earthworm and the fern (both optional topics), this 

 book will give teachers a clear idea of the biology of a plant 

 and of an annual, and of the composition and character- 

 istics of protoplasm. It also contains an admirable account 

 of yeast, bacteria, Amoeba, and Paramecium. 



4. Teaching of Biology, by Lloyd and Bigelow. Longmans, 



Green and Co. $1.50. Deals largely with methods of teach- 

 ing nature study, botany, zoology, and human physiology. 

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