House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies
Louis Compton Miall
56 chapters · 10 h · English
Read by J. M. Smallheer
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"Nature study seeks above all things to develop the earliest rudiments of the scientific discover." L. C. Miall
This book contains a collection of short essays on numerous nature and natural history subjects. While they were collected together as suitable starting points for nature lessons for school children by Louis Compton Miall, Professor of Biology at the University of Leeds in 1905, these essays are fascinating listening today for nature enthusiasts of all ages. - Summary by J. M. Smalheer
Chapters
1 Introduction 14 min 2 Life in the House 12 min 3 July Shoots 4 min 4 Leaf-Mining Insects 4 min 5 The Holly Fly 7 min 6 A General Knowledge Paper on Common Things for Grown-Up People 5 min 7 Honey-Dew 5 min 8 The Human Hand; A School Lesson 28 min 9 The Freshwater Aquarium 4 min 10 The Summer Droop of Boughs 3 min 11 The Glowworm 10 min 12 Invisible Domestic Servants 14 min 13 Old English Gardens 9 min 14 The Rock Barnacle 30 min 15 Rats and Mice 6 min 16 Natural History Clubs 4 min 17 The Purple Saxifrage 20 min 18 Water-Lilies 15 min 19 House-Flies 11 min 20 Solar Images on the Pavement 5 min 21 The Song of the Skylark 7 min 22 The Cheese-Hopper 5 min 23 Bananas 6 min 24 Silver Fishes 6 min 25 White Clover 8 min 26 Wood Sorrel 19 min 27 The Herring 13 min 28 The Natural History Excursion 7 min 29 The Organ-Grinder's Monkey 4 min 30 The Roots and Stems of Trees 4 min 31 Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Hedge 23 min 32 Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Ditch 26 min 33 Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - Hints 4 min 34 The Frothing Hopper 5 min 35 Animal Globes 9 min 36 The House-Cricket 16 min 37 Common Trees 17 min 38 The Human Face 8 min 39 London Pride 5 min 40 Rare Specimens 4 min 41 Oak Leaves 4 min 42 House Spiders 7 min 43 On a Chalk Hill 16 min 44 Furniture-Beetles, Bookworms and Death-Watches 11 min 45 Phases of Summer and Winter in England 4 min 46 The Garden Spider 15 min 47 A School-Course on the Structure and Life of Insects 28 min 48 Vacation Rambles 16 min 49 Grasses 15 min 50 The Water-Spider 5 min 51 The Industries of Wild Bees 26 min 52 A Skeleton Lesson on Furze 2 min 53 Museums and the Teaching of Elementary Natural History 9 min 54 Buttercups; A Study of Species 26 min 55 Bit by Bit Invention: Teeth and Scales 9 min 56 Great Examples 5 min