Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region
Fortunately there is an ever-increasing number of persons. Both young and old, who are learning what fascination there is in the tales Nature spreads before our eyes in hill and dale, river and forest, bird and beast, flower and blade of grass. They are learning to read the landscape, to achieve a companion ship in the outdoors quite as real and as satisfying as that of a wise friend or a stimulating book. For such this book is written as an aid to an understanding of familiar surroundings. It is hoped the volume may serve as an advanced general science, particularly for those teachers who believe that science instruction at its best is an attempt to interpret the significance of the commonplace. It craves audience, too, of all those nature-lovers who desire an introduction to the study of the things about them as one means of culture. The several type regions are treated in separate chapters so that one may take it as a companion into the Dunes, the forest, the prairie, the river valley and learn by means of the brief descriptions and illustra tions to identify the plants, animals, and physiographic processes encountered, and appreciate something of their meaning. The author is indebted to Miss Helen Snyder for the care with which many of the drawings have been made. While the drawings, except as acknowledged in the text, have been made from the specimens, suggestions as to methods of expressing essential characters have been taken at times from the books mentioned in the list at the end of the volume. The author gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness. A few Of the half-tone illustrations are from negatives in the collection of the School of Education, for the use of which the author expresses his indebtedness. 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.
