CHAPTER I. 



THE USE OF BOOKS. 



The following course of study is recommended to the 

 student who desires to begin the study of Zoology in 

 earnest. 



The London Science Glass Books of Zoology, by Prof. 

 Alexander McAlister, two vols.j on Invertebrata and 

 Vertebrata, price Is. Gd. each (Longmans), afford a 

 short outline of the science, which may with advantage 

 be fixed in the memory by once or twice reading, 

 before proceeding to the study of larger works ; while 

 the Primer of Zoology, by Prof. A. Newton (S.P.O.K., 

 Manuals of Elementary Science, price Is.), explains 

 the elements of Zoology in a very clear and interesting 

 manner, and will teach the student how to handle 

 facts intelligently from the very beginning. These 

 little volumes should be thoroughly mastered before 

 attempting to read larger works; and the reader 

 should try to make acquaintance with as many as 

 possible of the animals named in these books. 



A few books on natural history should then be 

 read, before meddling with text-books of comparative 

 anatomy. The Rev. J. G. Wood's various popular 

 works. Homes without Hands, Common Objects of the 



