SCHOOL SCIENCE SERIES, NUMBER FOUR 



By *rhomas Walton GalloWay, Ph. D. 

 Prpfesspr of Biology, Miilikin Upiveisily. 



This book i^, primarily for supjplementary reading' i 

 iti connectiqn with, eiementary courses in biological 

 scien<;e. The basic? texts for such- courses ' 

 necjfessarily do not deal with reproduction complete- 

 ly as a topic in itself ; their treatiiienit pf tlii^7s^bj€ct, 

 to conform With their prganmtipii, is li^cessajpily 

 more or tess .diiTusie. ; Teachprs of such coursjes 

 have fr^qqently expressed a need fpr?|i brief and 

 simfplfe text devoted exclusively to this siibject; a 

 text v^hich(.shalld*vdbp accurate conce|>ts, espec- 

 ially as to sex reprbducfipn, yet which shall avoid 

 th^ dbjettions frequeritfy raised to certain types bf 

 presentaition of this so-iiR^ortant sUbjett matter. 



We believe that Dr. Galloway hks .^rovi^ed such 

 a text, and that teachers wij^l t>ei convincf d that it 

 fills a "long felt want.*' This book dpes, not dupli- 

 cate, save,,to,e'ducationaradvantagej th^ cprttCiiit of 

 any of the basic texts. It does furnish 4ncpnjpiact,? 

 andi yet very readable forin, a digest pf the subject 

 which ftiight otherwise be gained only by gleknirigS' 

 from , many hundreds of pages, of botanical and' 

 zoological texts. We are convinced that the reading 

 (if it; in conjunction with regular coiirses in plants 

 or animals, will^fve the student a cle^r grasp an^ 

 perspective of the sUbjfect which otherwise (in its 

 frag]?ientary preSfijitation) he might fail to obt^dt^n. 

 We believe that the author has tnade herein a very 

 valua,ble contribution to the; pedagogyof elemtntary 

 biblbgy, and we shall be greatly interested in finding 

 w?hj5ther you agree with us. ; 



, This ''dummy" of the book is sent to you, in thg,,.^ 

 belief that you will be interested in reading ||t 

 through, and ftiakingjCbn^ment upon it. Blank pages 

 are provided for' su^htomments. The book itse! 

 will appear, in cloth bin4irig,' making about 1 

 ■pages, suitably illustrated; The size of the editi^ 

 will be determined by what indications as to 

 . possible use are received in response to the sending 



out ctf a small number of these dumrriies. The price 

 of the book will probably be forty cents. Do you 

 think yotfc woiild care to rhake use of it in connection 

 With, your courses? If so, ^an yoii tell about how' 

 many copies: Would be used? We shall be glad to 

 consider any alteration's or additions which may 

 ;^ake it tnore conformable to your use. 



^ JOHN G. COULTER, 



Bloomington^ III.' Publisher School 'Science, Series. 



Chapter titles 



1. The cirde of life^i 



2. Whfit do we mean by feprpductipn? 

 '3./Child^en of the isiril]^le$t organisnis.,, , ' > 

 4* Budding and bU'Ss.. ■ - 



5. Reproduction by sppres. 

 ; 6. Spattering the spores. ,' 



7. Sortie special kirids, of multiplication. , 



8. Relations of patents alid their offspring. 



9. Goi^ljugatibp. , ,! ' 



10. Eggs and sperm. 



11. Fertilizatipn. , 



12. ^Different kinds of parents. 



13. Mosses and ferns. ^ 

 Alternation bf generations. 

 Some eggs that are not fertilized. • 

 The family of the frogs, 

 The birds. 

 Mammals an4 man, 



The young of the higbfer plants. ' • ' 

 Further rel^ions of parents and offspring. 

 ReprbdUctive instincts. 

 Honies and ho^e-ihaking. , 

 Grdwirtg up. 



The rate of reproduction. 

 Grossing breeds. 



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