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Curious Homes And Their Tenants By James Carter Beard

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Author : James Carter Beard
language : en
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Release Date : 1897

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Curious Homes And Their Tenants

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Author : James Carter Beard
language : en
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Release Date : 1897

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Curious Homes And Their Tenants

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Author : James Carter Beard
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Release Date : 1904

Curious Homes And Their Tenants

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Author : James Beard
language : en
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Release Date : 2019-07-23

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From the PREFACE. No attempt, it seems almost useless to say, can be made in this little book to do more than attract the attention of its readers to the subject of which it treats and awaken their interest in it. Anything that excites curiosity and leads to the study of the home life and what may perhaps be called human traits in the lower animals, must necessarily be of use both in supplying means of wholesome, never-failing entertainment for the intellectual faculties, engaging and broadening our sympathies, and also in suggesting the standpoint that must be taken in rightly estimating either the capabilities or the limitations of any member of the greater brotherhood that includes not mankind only, but every living creature. As the life of an animal is more or less centered in the exercise of parental solicitude for its young, the most perfect exhibition of its power to adapt means to a desired end may in a like degree be measured by the character of the home it provides for them and the manner in which it ministers to their comfort and protection. Judged by this standard, it is instructive to note the parallelisms and contrasts between the efforts of man unaided by the cumulative knowledge called science and those of the lower animals in building their habitations, and to observe the almost invariably superior results obtained through the greater constructive ability of the latter. This comparison has not, so far as the author knows, been elsewhere suggested, although several works have been written upon the architecture of insects and other animals. Zoology is a progressive science, and even in so small a volume as the present one a number of recent discoveries in natural history, not to be found else- where in similar works are noticed. There is, indeed, more to be told than many volumes could contain, and still more to learn than has yet been recorded in regard to the house-building and housekeeping of the children of Nature ; and the author is not without hope that even the incomplete and unambitious sketches here given may incite some active young brain to busy itself with the subject. Children are among the best observers in the world. Their keen eyes and the direct and sympathetic deductions they make from what they see sometimes solve problems that puzzle their elders. No preparation or special apparatus is necessary to study the manners and customs of tiny tribes of which, though they fill our fields and forests and are always with us, we really know so little. Nothing but the leisure which at- tends so few of us older folks, and of interest in the work and love for it, which, I fear, still fewer possess, is required to make perhaps important discoveries, correct serious errors, or confirm observations already made in the field for investigation to be found in comparing the homes and habits of birds and beasts with those of human beings.

Curious Homes And Their Tenants Classic Reprint

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Author : James Carter Beard
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-01-03

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Excerpt from Curious Homes and Their Tenants A novel feature in the present volume is the number of engravings it contains which are unnoticed in the letterpress. The purpose of their introduction is not alone to render the book more attractive, but, if possible, to extend its use beyond its text. The inten tion is that these additional drawings, the subject of each of which has been carefully selected on account of some special feature of interest it possesses, shall be instrumental in introducing the pupil into new and delightful fields of research. It is suggested, as an exercise of considerable value and utility, that the young student shall be required to embody the results of his investigations in written or oral accounts of the subjects illustrated, giving in every case special atten tion to details rather than generalizations, and to the habits and manner of life of the creature described rather than the place it occupies in the more or less artificial systems of naturalists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Curious Homes And Their Tenants

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Author : James Carter Beard
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-24

Curious Homes And Their Tenants written by James Carter Beard and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-24 with Science categories.

Excerpt from Curious Homes and Their Tenants The new education takes two important directions - one of these is toward original observation, requiring the pupil to test and yerify what is taught him at school by his own experiments. The information that he learns from books or hears from his teachers lips must be assimilated by incorporating it with his own experience. The other direction pointed out by the new education is systematic home reading. It forms a part of school extension of all kinds. The so-called "University Extension" that originated at Cambridge and Oxford has as its chief feature the aid of home reading by lectures and round-table discussions, led or conducted by experts who also lay out the course of reading. The Chautauquan movement in this country prescribes a series of excellent books and furnishes for a goodly number of its readers annual courses of lectures. The teachers reading circles that exist in many States prescribe the books to be read, and publish some analysis, commentary, or catechism to aid the members. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.