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The volume will be found useful and interesting by teachers because of its constant reference to, and con sideration of, problems relating to man and his surroundings, and their bearings on one another.' London: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., Ltd., Exeter Street, Strand To face first matter. The School World A Monthly Magazine of Educational Work and Progress. No. 54 A NATURE-STUDY LIBRARY. By OSWALD H. LATTER, M.A. Charterhouse. JUNE, 1903. AM asked to discuss the question of how a teacher with the sum of five guineas to spend in equipping a library may get the best return for his money. Nature-study is capable of so wide a meaning that some sort of definition is necessary. We shall probably be not far wide of the mark if for our present purpose we limit its scope to those branches of natural science which are, or ought to be, to a large extent conducted out-ofdoors; the subjects that usually claim the attention of school natural-history clubs. These are geology (using the term as inclusive of physical geography), botany, and zoology, or the natural history of animals. Nevertheless, it must not be forgotten that it is impossible to proceed more than a very short distance with any one of these three without at least an elementary knowledge of physics and chemistry. They are, in fact, the sciences which deal with the physical and chemical phenomena of the earth and its living inhabitants. There is a type of nature-study which appears to have for its ultimate aim merely the training of the eye to see, the awakening of a more or less æsthetic taste for the beauties of Nature. Far be it from me to disparage the cultivation of these faculties; they are the source of much innocent pleasure and pure enjoyment. The possession of a seeing eye is a prize not to be lightly esteemed. An unsympathetic classical master was recently heard to define nature-study thus: "Oh, they see a beastly bird on a bough and call that naturestudy!" Well, it is something to see the bird; many do not. It is more to see it and not throw a stone at it; some do. But it should not be enough to know its name. Its habits, nest, eggs, food, song, enemies; all these and more fairly come within the range of nature-study. Even then how much more is the living thing appreciated by one who has examined a feather, or endeavoured to master its physical characters, and has grappled with the problem of flight and the entire mechanism of the bones, muscles, air sacs, and other organs of the body. The teacher in charge of nature-study must be No. 54, VOL. 5.] SIXPENCE. a sort of Jack-of-all-trades, able to point out and lead his pupils to simple problems that require investigation, and to put them on the track of the solution. His mastery over some one particular subject will very properly induce him to make this especially prominent, for in it he will undoubtedly achieve most success. But the more he can link the other subjects to his special favourite the greater will be the number of young minds in which he will touch a responsive chord. The library must be of the same general character. It, too, is a teacher, but with the advantage that it can include the works of masters of all trades. Geology or physical geography claims first attention. The nature of the soils, the courses of the streams and rivers, the lie of the hills, to a great extent determine the biological features of any district. It is necessary to understand the general principles of geology, and to be able to apply them to the particular set of phenomena within easy distance of the school. For this purpose both maps and text - books are required. Excellent maps, coloured stratigraphically, are published by the Geological Survey in separate sheets at 8s. 6d. each, and Messrs. Bartholomew and Co. have produced cheap (1s.) but most useful maps, reduced from the ordnance survey on a scale of two miles to the inch, coloured to show at a glance the heights above sea level. The colours employed denote altitudes only within certain limits-100 feet or 200 feet, but in addition to the 100-feet contour lines, actual benchmarks are so freely introduced that, with a very little practice, an accurate idea of the configuration of the land is quickly obtained. These two maps may well serve as guides for a series of excursions into the surrounding country, and will give a new interest and purpose to every walk. Open Air Studies in Geology," by Prof. Grenville Cole, is a model of what such work should be, while Geikie's "Class Book of Geology" and Mackinder's "Britain and the British Seas" open out a wider horizon than that which necessarily bounds the view from the school. In passing from one geological formation to another there will be a more or less well-marked change in scenery. This is due partly to the lithological differences of the strata themselves, partly to differences in their flora. This leads us on to botany. The study of the distribution of species R |