CONTENTS.
| [Part I. Teachers' Leaflets.] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leaflet. | Page. | |
| The Schoolhouse L. H. Bailey. | [9] | |
| I. | What is Nature-Study? L. H. Bailey. | [11] |
| II. | The Nature-Study Movement L. H. Bailey. | [21] |
| III. | An Appeal to the Teachers of New York State L. H. Bailey. | [31] |
| IV. | What Is Agricultural Education? L. H. Bailey. | [45] |
| V. | Suggestions for Nature Study Work Anna Botsford Comstock. | [55] |
| VI. | A Summer Shower Ralph S. Tarr. | [81] |
| VII. | A Snow Storm Anna Botsford Comstock. | [93] |
| VIII. | A Handful of Soil: What It Is Ralph S. Tarr. | [99] |
| IX. | A Handful of Soil: What It Does L. A. Clinton. | [115] |
| X. | The Brook J. O. Martin. Introduction by L. H. Bailey. | [125] |
| XI. | Insect Life of a Brook Mary Rogers Miller. | [135] |
| XII. | Life in an Aquarium Mary Rogers Miller. | [141] |
| XIII. | A Study of Fishes H. D. Reed. | [157] |
| XIV. | The Opening of a Cocoon Mary Rogers Miller. | [167] |
| XV. | A Talk about Spiders John Henry Comstock. | [171] |
| XVI. | Life History of the Toad Simon Henry Gage. | [185] |
| XVII. | Life in a Terrarium Alice I. Kent. | [207] |
| XVIII. | Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects Anna Botsford Comstock. | [213] |
| XIX. | Some Tent-Makers Anna Botsford Comstock. | [227] |
| XX. | Mosquitoes Mary Rogers Miller. | [237] |
| XXI. | The Ways of the Ant Anna Botsford Comstock. | [243] |
| XXII. | The Birds and I L. H. Bailey. | [253] |
| XXIII. | The Early Birds Louis Agassiz Fuertes. | [261] |
| XXIV. | The Woodpeckers Anna Botsford Comstock. | [269] |
| XXV. | The Chickadee Anna Botsford Comstock. | [279] |
| XXVI. | The White-Breasted Nuthatch Anna Botsford Comstock. | [283] |
| XXVII. | About Crows Mary Rogers Miller. | [287] |
| XXVIII. | How a Squash Plant Gets Out of the Seed L. H. Bailey. | [291] |
| XXIX. | How the Trees Look in Winter L. H. Bailey. | [297] |
| XXX. | One Way of Drawing Trees in Their Winter Aspects Charles W. Furlong. | [307] |
| XXXI. | Four Apple Twigs L. H. Bailey. | [317] |
| XXXII. | The Burst of Spring L. H. Bailey. | [327] |
| XXXIII. | Evergreens and How They Shed Their Leaves H. P. Gould. | [333] |
| XXXIV. | The Clovers and Their Kin Anna Botsford Comstock. | [349] |
| XXXV. | How Plants Live Together L. H. Bailey. | [361] |
| XXXVI. | Planting a Plant L. H. Bailey. | [367] |
| XXXVII. | Cuttings and Cuttings L. H. Bailey. | [369] |
| XXXVIII. | A Children's Garden L. H. Bailey. | [379] |
| XXXIX. | A Hill of Potatoes I. P. Roberts. | [385] |
| XL. | The Hepatica Anna Botsford Comstock. | [391] |
| XLI. | Jack-in-the-Pulpit Anna Botsford Comstock. | [395] |
| XLII. | Indian Corn Anna Botsford Comstock. | [397] |
| XLIII. | The Ripened Corn Anna Botsford Comstock. | [401] |
| XLIV. | The Uses of Food Stored in Seeds Anna Botsford Comstock. | [409] |
| XLV. | The Life History of a Beet Mary Rogers Miller. | [415] |
| XLVI. | Pruning Mary Rogers Miller. | [417] |
| XLVII. | Study of a Tree Anna Botsford Comstock. | [423] |
| XLVIII. | The Maple in February Anna Botsford Comstock. | [431] |
| XLIX. | The Red Squirrel or Chickaree Anna Botsford Comstock. | [435] |
| L. | Improvement of School Grounds John W. Spencer. | [437] |
| [Part II. Children's Leaflets.] | ||
| The Child's Realm L. H. Bailey. | [451] | |
| LI. | A Snow Storm Alice G. McCloskey. | [453] |
| LII. | A Plant at School L. H. Bailey. | [455] |
| LIII. | An Apple Twig and an Apple L. H. Bailey. | [467] |
| LIV. | Twigs in Late Winter Alice G. McCloskey. | [473] |
| LV. | Pruning Alice G. McCloskey. | [475] |
| LVI. | The Hepatica Alice G. McCloskey. | [477] |
| LVII. | Jack-in-the-Pulpit Alice G. McCloskey. | [479] |
| LVIII. | Dandelion Alice G. McCloskey and L. H. Bailey. | [481] |
| LIX. | Maple Trees in Autumn Alice G. McCloskey. | [483] |
| LX. | A Corn Stalk Alice G. McCloskey. | [485] |
| LXI. | In the Corn Fields Alice G. McCloskey. | [487] |
| LXII. | The Alfalfa Plant L. H. Bailey and John W. Spencer. | [489] |
| LXIII. | The Red Squirrel Alice G. McCloskey. | [495] |
| LXIV. | Robin L. H. Bailey. | [499] |
| LXV. | Crows Alice G. McCloskey. | [501] |
| LXVI. | A Friendly Little Chickadee Alice G. McCloskey. | [503] |
| LXVII. | The Family of Woodpeckers Alice G. McCloskey. | [505] |
| LXVIII. | Deserted Birds' Nests Alice G. McCloskey. | [515] |
| LXIX. | The Poultry Yard: Some Thanksgiving Lessons Alice G. McCloskey and James E. Rice. | [517] |
| LXX. | Little Hermit Brother Anna Botsford Comstock. | [529] |
| LXXI. | A Home for Friendly Little Neighbors Alice G. McCloskey. | [537] |
| LXXII. | Moths and Butterflies Alice G. McCloskey. | [545] |
| LXXIII. | The Paper Makers Alice G. McCloskey. | [551] |
| LXXIV. | Some Carpenter Ants and Their Kin Alice G. McCloskey. | [555] |
| LXXV. | A Garden All Your Own John W. Spencer. | [559] |
| LXXVI. | The Gardens and the School Grounds John W. Spencer. | [569] |
| LXXVII. | Something for Young Farmers John W. Spencer. | [573] |
| LXXVIII. | Bulbs John W. Spencer. | [577] |
| LXXIX. | A Talk About Bulbs by the Gardener C. E. Hunn. | [581] |
| LXXX. | Horses Alice G. McCloskey and I. P. Roberts. | [589] |
PART I.
TEACHERS' LEAFLETS.
Publications designed to aid the teacher with subject-matter, to indicate the point of view, and to suggest a method of presentation.
THE SCHOOL HOUSE.
By L. H. BAILEY.
In the rural districts, the school must become a social and intellectual centre. It must stand in close relationship with the life and activities of its community. It must not be an institution apart, exotic to the common-day lives; it must teach the common things and put the pupil into sympathetic touch with his own environment. Then every school house will have a voice, and will say:
I teach