, 1875-09-18

Of tno inost beautifully adapted plnn.A in the
" vcgotahio kingdom rI1oilld apparently ka Oh tho
10 c1tinction." T.. II.
strn!v ii in.eo.irorous plants, four eenoras
Of lilo ordor Lrutibui4cetr. Tho thrca spcelcu Ut
lilo iinynicuta {butler-uart) Which wore cSa'-
incd, hc found To nohncsH sno po"ct o' n'sr"n.ne
1uinod that many Bpnclca OF tho tirtcahlt71 |
(i,JndIor-wo.t1, and Of tllo kindred gcncfa fen
lira nnl Iotv1omrhoiyz CAPTURE aluattc OF ter |
realfiaI lnseots aud absorb tho PRODUCES Ok t!lef
In tile porflsal Of Ntr. inrwin's volume, tho
reader will not only gain all Intelligent iaoa OF
all thnt In nov known to Ito structure. move
OTIS plants that como l.ndor The anthor's obscr-
yatiot, but llo will grin All equally Impressive
coneeption at tho yeare nf slow, ca,isI'us and
untirltlE nmY by Which the naturalist sritcH at
tho true hsstory Ut Tho organu AID 'noFsaalo
woil3.
OBJECT LESSONS IN zootooYI
Ftnsr BOOK or Xoutonr. ny EnwAnp 8. Monsal
III. b., ise frofctao. of CoInparatirn Anatomy anL
EsoIogy in ltowenin Coles"; i!1nn', rp+ loo' NC"
York u. Appleton Cn. Price. ST.
Al last . textbook Of zoology hhs been pre-
narcd for Tho uso Of schools which displays slo
raro uualty OF common sonso in tho cunrsrAs-
tion Of It's plan. lts author has not gono TO
books or to art, but to nat'irc, for key 10 lhe
best method at inBtructug children, and TIC ma
obtained il tsiunaphautly, II Guild Ia attracted
to tho study OF animaa it IL because he Inns hap
to,le1 to obsc1yo Romo OF them III lis nht'so
lIauuta, and Ills attention WAS excited by diaeoV'
criug cersatl, curious habits peculiar 10 H.
From examining emo strange, 'ntofest
fpg animal, lao was led 10 ecf'1t1h'zo
another, aud tho fund OF cntofta'nmeh'
invariably derived finally suggested tho ios-
NATION Of a little collection OF tho particular
Bpcc;cs or variety Of Bpccies that hsSo mob1 A.
.ractod lin, ana that hc knows most aoo''s'
With tho accumulation of specimens, h's inter-
cat grows, until tho richost sport TOR Ill l's
leisure hours is bunting for ob1ecss VIII WHICH
to stock hta cabinet. Who las not seen this OK
pcr1opco workod out over and over again among
tho lads Of his acqunlntRnce!
But tho trouble has heretofore bcen With boys
and glrls, In aud out Of SCHOOL whoso inclination
has strongly turned toward the pursuit OF
natural history, tia. tAero woro no manuals to
l,elu them e}ona in tho simple, direct way thoy
vefo ins.tnctigcly travelling. Tho books wcro
hnanf, lpou thp artificial methods Of ncho!astcs,
md calling khcnl III from tue woods and fieds
whore study Was luxury, sot shcr1 1t lrkdome.
premature tasks in tho classification Of whole
world OF animals AZ yet utterly unknown, aud in
committing to memory hn euu!ehn amount OF
long, hard, nniutelltglbIo Crock and Latn nanes.
No wonder that tho students forced to pore over
such i1l-adaptod manuals leave them wlon tho
than Wien toy began and with tho lltt!o iutor-
est they. onco had III animals thoroughly
1uopchcI. ......
but Prof. aIorao ilus, provided. means for
| changing all tint. liz docs not forgot that be
was uuce boy himself. with foudness for
| Watching spider4 spinning tlolr webs, aud ants
| digging thclr holcs, and Bnalls crawling about
| With tllelr houses OH their backs anu With
| longing to know, without d tleat Of uscoMragtng
atudy, tho life hstoty Of these odd little urea-
tures. Therefore, he gives tho yonng pcopic
book, TINT they may take along WITH thoIn III tlo'r
Qu.-ot-dour searches for sua!le. spiders. and
| wnat-pot and TINT will guido tsoin At Just tho
points wllc,o t!loy ars likely to 80 a'nlss. aud
surply thu information thcir aetlyc.. tnqniring
minds will spontaneously nsk foF, ant III H1ort,
avoiding the iupsl'slvo air of pedaEogno' VIII
direct them to correct methods OF getting lilo
most and trueHt knowledge OF tho LIVING shs.,sH
they would like to gct acquainted with Ihu
book follows tho pupil rather than leads him, 70,
lying upon It than when Nature ipbplres cll1d
| to ntuiy her works, tue insttnots Alc iulplants
sto to 10 developed instead Uf being reprcsHed.
Iu similar manner rrof. Agaastz gays tue
first lcssous to ll,s pupils. student applying
to him for instruction "aa given uo book nor ora
Bay ti.h or an oyster, bofJro Linn. At tic eud
OF q tlgy or days, tho pupil WAS asked to lei
what ho had found out about the oo1cct given
him to study. Ou rendering Ut account ot htt
NAL to Ko on in tue work Of observation. THIS fo
weeks tho Y,1lul was required to purAue aiout
the study Of anptomy, ind in TIC md II there
was tho material Of l,atuEalsst u, ht.l no hat
learned by hlnlSelf all thoro WAS known Of th'
spocial object OF bis investigation. and ottol
| Lad u1ade homo independent discoveries. .
W;snlv nrnim prof. Morne dosn mol attatnpt t,
10 oyer tho Whole animal knglotn In !hls llrs
Look Of zooloey. 1lo considers i enough If tt
cl!ild learns W ~ .u nov 70 COLLEGE, anu M nov +
nros ~ =. ~ sr. ."a,t, ,ani1ruc. n,n.
and insects. And IN troati,,g those bo asks th
stuacut to notice only tho leadtug facts in thcl
structure aud habits: Thus tho chlds work !
throughout aepe "ltaln tno e9lntAsa ot n.a aol
tlos; ~ y taugnt n9sninR saas ~ oeu.ao. W.
ior hnase.l* a!,u W. ~ hl,om ", tAas .an eyes @e
Tue otst ana p,easantest o. ~ anssfuetols. !.
uno q the ehafml'lK ioasnfos o. sne pook y IL
anns.tntoas, Mhgn ato onsIa,na tlnn 13a u,asn,,
uLms" % 'aIe ~ sIe h", ~ tt'n LII" ''isASs'
4a4ehe Ii pla'nAS 1e8ealea III 'neA'
,,,, ,,n.,a~
f,s 11Hn nu,snH Wu,NIp ADamS: G.,,,a m,
o 11te suo,, 14as -, III Ei.
t,M.n1r. rnaHc,I AntMss vi. vii. syo.. IN. "a
EhtladslpAsa j. i. Appiueo.. i Go.