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Handbook of Nature-Study 



(e) No child should be compelled to have a note-book. 



The field note-book is a veritable gold mine for the nature-study 

 teacher to work, in securing voluntary and happy observations from the 

 pupils concerning their out-of-door interests. It is a friendly gate which 

 admits the teacher to a knowledge of what the child sees and cares for. 

 Through it she may discover where the child's attention impinges upon 

 the realm of nature and thus may know where to find the starting point for 

 cultivating larger intelligence and a wider interest. 



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A page from the field note-book of a lad of fourteen who read Thoreau and admired 

 the books of Thompson-Seton. 



