HODGE'S 

 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



By CLIFTON F. HODGE, Professor of Biology in Clark University, Worces- 

 ter, Mass. With an Introduction by Dr. G. STANLEY HALL 



Cloth, 514 pages, illustrated, $1.50 



OUTLINE FOR HODGE'S NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



Paper, 32 pages, 10 cents 



NATURE STUDY AND LIFE has twice formed the basis for 

 nature-study courses in the Clark University Summer School ; 

 it has further stood the more practical test of teachers' institutes 

 in various states ; and, finally, its most important suggestions have 

 been tried thoroughly in the schoolroom. The work contains the 

 results of five years' special study. In the point of view, in the selec- 

 tion of the subject-matter, and in the presentation of methods of 

 conducting the work, this book marks a definite advance over other 

 publications on the subject of nature study. 



It is a determined reaction against the special and technical, and 

 forms an earnest effort to give fundamental and universal interests in 

 nature their deserved place in our system of public education. After 

 presenting this point of view clearly in the opening chapter, the book 

 takes up concrete lessons on the animals and plants that form the nat- 

 ural environment of the home, and group themselves most closely about 

 the life and interests of the child. Each form is studied alive and at 

 work, as a life story to be read at first hand in nature and especially in 

 its relations to man. 



The book is a I2mo, bound attractively in blue and gold, so that the 

 volume is eminently appropriate in appearance not only for the school- 

 room but also for the home reading table or bookshelf. The illustra- 

 tions are of unusual value and interest. The whole plan and make-up 

 of the book have been kept in as close harmony as possible with the 

 excellence and high character of the text itself. 



From the School Review, Chicago 



The publishers do not overstate the merits of this book when they say that it is one 

 of the most notable nature-study books now published. The emphasis is upon nature, 

 not upon study, and life is never sacrificed to some fancied correlation or some narrow 

 scientific application. The illustrations are singularly felicitous in that they show us not 

 only nature but also human nature in the persons of interested girls and boys. This is a 

 book for the home as well as for the school. It is scientific in its knowledge, simple 

 in its phraseology, and fascinating in its style. 



GINN & COMPANY PUBLISHERS 



