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I NEW-fVORLD SCIENCE SERIES | 



I Edited by John W. Ritchie | 



I TREES, STARS and BIRDS | 



I A BOOK OF OUTDOOR SCIENCE | 



I By Edwin Lincoln Moseley | 



I Head of the Science Department^ State Normal College of I 



I Northwestern Ohio = 



I ' I "'HE usefulness of nature study in the schools has been | 



I i. seriously limited by the lack of a suitable textbook. | 



I It is to meet this need that Trees, Stars, and Birds is | 



I issued. The author is one of the most successful teach- | 



I ers of outdoor science in this country. He believes in | 



I field excursions, and his text is designed to help teachers | 



I and pupils in the inquiries that they will make for them- | 



I selves. I 



I The' text deals with three phases of outdoor science that | 



i have a perennial interest, and it vpill make the benefit | 



I of the author's long and successful experience available | 



I to younger teachers. | 



I The first section deals vfith trees, and the discussion of | 



I maples is tjpical : the student is reminded that he has | 



I eaten maple sugar; there is an interesting account of its | 



I production ; the fact is brought out that the sugar is really | 



I made in the leaves. The stars and planets that all should | 



I knovr are told about simply and clearly. The birds I 



I commonly met with are considered, and their habits of | 



I feeding and nesting are described. Pertinent questions | 



I are scattered throughout each section. I 



I The book is illustratet! with 167 photographs, 69 draw- | 



I ings, 9 star maps, and with 16 color plates of 58 birds, | 



I from paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. | 



I It is well adapted for use in junior high schools, yet the | 



I presentation is simple enough for pupils in the sixth grade. | 



I Cloth, via -f- 404 + xvi pages. Price $1.60 | 



I WORLD BOOK COMPANY | 



5 YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NeW YoBK | 



I 2126 Prairie Avenue, Chicago | 



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