Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, Volume 2 Papyras Classics

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Chapter 259

Books of Reference

The following list of nature books is by no means complete. It simply includes books which the author has consulted in her work as a teacher, and to which she naturally referred in the lessons. The list is given with the publishers for the convenience of those who may use this volume.

BIRD STUDY

  • American Birds—Wm. L. Finley—Scribners.
  • Birdcraft—Wright—MacMillan.
  • Bird Life—Chapman—Appleton.
  • Bird Neighbors—Blanchan—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Birds that Hunt and are Hunted—Blanchan—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Bird Homes—Dugmore—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Birds and Bees—John Burroughs—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Birds of New York—Eaton and Fuertes—University of State of New York Press.
  • Birds of the United States—Apgar—American Book Co.
  • Birds of Song and Story—Grinnell—Mumford, Chicago.
  • Birds in their Relation to Man—Weed & Dearborn—Lippincott.
  • Birds of Village and Field—Merriam—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Birds through an Opera Glass—Merriam—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Bob: The Story of a Mockingbird—Lanier—Scribner.
  • Citizen Bird—Wright—MacMillan.
  • Everyday Birds—Torrey—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Field Book of Wild Birds and their Music—Mathews—Putnams.
  • First and Second Book of Birds—Miller—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Guide to the Birds—Hoffman—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Handbook of Birds of Eastern N. America—Chapman—Appletons.
  • How to Attract the Birds—Blanchan—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Leaflets of National Association of Audubon Societies—141 Broadway, N. Y.
  • Mother Nature’s Children—Gould—Ginn & Co.
  • Nestlings of Forest and Marsh—Wheelock—A. C. McClurg & Co.
  • Neighbors with Wings and Fins—Johonnot—American Book Co.
  • Notes on New England Birds—H. D. Thoreau—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Our Birds and their Nestlings—Walker—American Book Co.
  • Sharp Eyes—John Burroughs—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Story of the Birds—Baskett—Appletons.
  • Stories About Birds—Kirby—Educational Publishing Co.
  • The Bird: Its Form and Function—Beebe—Henry Holt & Co.
  • The Bird Book—Eckstorm—D. C. Heath & Co.
  • The Song of the Cardinal—Porter—Bobbs, Merrill & Co.
  • The Woodpeckers—Eckstorm—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • True Bird Stories—Miller—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Useful Birds and Their Protection—Forbush—Mass. Board of Agri.

FISH STUDY

  • American Food and Game Fishes—Jordan & Everman—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Fish Stories—Holder & Jordan—Henry Holt & Co.
  • Fisherman’s Luck—Van Dyke—Scribners.
  • Guide to the Study of the Fishes—Jordan—Henry Holt & Co.
  • Neighbors with Wings and Fins—Johonnot—American Book Co.
  • Science Sketches—Jordan—McClurg.
  • The Complete Angler—Isaac Walton—Little Brown & Co.
  • The Freshwater Aquarium—Eggeling & Ehrenberg—Henry Holt & Co.
  • The Home Aquarium—Eugene Smith—E. P. Dutton & Co.
  • The Story of the Fishes—Baskett—Appletons.

BATRACHIAN AND REPTILE STUDY

  • American Natural History—Hornaday—Scribner.
  • Elementary Zoology—Kellogg—Henry Holt & Co.
  • Familiar Life of Field and Forest—Mathews—Appletons.
  • The Frog Book—Dickerson—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • The Reptile Book—Ditmars—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Serpents of Pennsylvania—Surface—State College, Penn.

MAMMAL STUDY

  • American Animals—Stone & Cram—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Animals of the World—Knight & Jenks—Frederick Stokes Co.
  • Animal Heroes—Thompson-Seton—Scribners.
  • A Country Reader—Buchanan—MacMillan.
  • A Watcher in the Woods—Dallas Lore Sharp—Century Co.
  • Black Beauty—Sewell—Lothrop.
  • Bob, Son of Battle—Olliphant—McClure, Phillips & Co.
  • Campfires of a Naturalist—Edwards—Appletons.
  • Camp Life in the Woods—Gibson—Harpers.
  • Concerning Cats—Winslow—Lothrop.
  • Domestic Animals—Burkett—Ginn & Co.
  • Domesticated Animals—Shaler—Scribners.
  • Dog of Flanders—Ouida—.
  • Familiar Life of Field and Forest—Mathews—Appletons.
  • Familiar Wild Animals—Lottridge—Henry Holt & Co.
  • Forest Neighbors—Hurlbert—McClure, Phillips & Co.
  • Half Hours with Mammals—Holder—American Book Co.
  • In Praise of the Dog—Bicknell—E. P. Dutton & Co.
  • Jack of the Bush Veldt—Fitz Patrick—Longmans, Green & Co.
  • Jungle Books, First and Second—Kipling—Century Co.
  • Kindred of the Wild—Roberts—L. C. Page & Co.
  • Life of Animals—Ingersoll—MacMillan.
  • Lives of the Hunted—Thompson-Seton—Scribners.
  • Little Beasts of Field and Wood—Cram—Small, Maynard & Co.
  • Little Brother of the Bear—Long—Ginn & Co.
  • Little People of the Sycamore—Roberts—L. C. Page & Co.
  • Mack, His Book—Florence Leigh—Frederick Stokes Co.
  • Neighbors of Field, Wood and Stream—Grinnell—Frederick Stokes.
  • Neighbors with Claws and Hoofs—Johonnot—American Book Co.
  • Nights with Uncle Remus—Harris—McClure, Phillips & Co.
  • Rab and his Friends—Dr. John Brown—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Red Fox—Roberts—L. C. Page & Co.
  • Roof and Meadow—Dallas Lore Sharp—Century Co.
  • Secrets of the Woods—Wm. J. Long—Ginn & Co.
  • Squirrels and other Fur-bearers—Burroughs—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Stickeen—John Muir—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Animals and Man—Kellogg—Henry Holt & Co.
  • The Horse—I. P. Roberts—MacMillan.
  • The Fireside Sphinx—Repplier—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Face of the Fields—D. Lore Sharp—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Case for the Goat—Various Authors—E. P. Dutton.
  • The Silver Fox—Seton—Century Co.
  • Two Little Savages—Seton—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • True Tales of Birds and Beasts—Jordan—.
  • Ways of Wood Folk—Wm. J. Long—Ginn & Co.
  • Wild Animals I Have Known—Seton—Scribners.
  • Wild Life Near Home—Dallas Lore Sharp—Century Co.
  • Wild Life in Orchard and Field—Ingersoll—Harpers.
  • Wild Neighbors—Ingersoll—MacMillan.
  • Wild Mammals of North America—Merriam—Henry Holt & Co.

INSECTS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES

  • American Insects—Kellogg—Henry Holt & Co.
  • A. B. C. of Bee Culture—A. I. Root—A. I. Root Co., Medina, O.
  • Ant Communities—McCook—Harpers.
  • Ants. W. M. Wheeler—Columbia University Press.
  • Caterpillars and their Moths—Elliot & Soule—Century Co.
  • Common Spiders—Emerton—Ginn & Co.
  • Earthworms—Darwin—Appletons.
  • Economic Entomology—Smith—Lippincotts.
  • Everyday Butterflies—Scudder—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Grasshopper Land—Morley—A. C. McClurg & Co.
  • Home Studies in Nature—Treat—American Book Co.
  • How to Keep Bees—Comstock—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • How to Know the Butterflies—Comstock—Appletons.
  • Insect Book—Howard—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Insect Life—Comstock—Appletons.
  • Insect Stories—Kellogg—Henry Holt & Co.
  • Life Histories of American Insects—Weed—MacMillan.
  • Life of the Honey Bee—Ticknor Edwards—Methuen & Co.
  • Manual for the Study of Insects—Comstock—Comstock Pub. Co.
  • Mosquito Life—Mitchell—Putnams.
  • Moths and Butterflies—Ballard—Putnams.
  • Moths and Butterflies—Dickerson—Ginn & Co.
  • Nature Biographies—Weed—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Nature’s Craftsmen—McCook—Harpers.
  • Outdoor Studies—Needham—American Book Co.
  • The Bee People—Morley—A. C. McClurg & Co.
  • The House Fly—Howard—Frederick S. Stokes Co.
  • The Natural History of Some Common Animals—Latter—Cambridge Press.
  • The Spider Book—Comstock—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Wasps and their Ways—Morley—A. C. McClurg & Co.
  • Wasps, Social and Solitary—Peckham—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Ways of the Six-footed—Comstock—Ginn & Co.

PLANT LIFE—FLOWERS

  • Beginner’s Botany—Bailey—MacMillan.
  • Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests—Gibson—Newson & Co.
  • Botany Reader—Newell—Ginn & Co.
  • Botany; Elementary Textbook—Bailey—MacMillan.
  • Childs Own Book of Wild Flowers—Comstock—American Book Co.
  • Field Book of American Wild Flowers—Mathews—Putnams.
  • Field, Forest and Garden Botany—Gray—American Book Co.
  • Field, Forest and Wayside Flowers—Going—Baker, Taylor Co.
  • First Lessons in Plant Life—Atkinson—Ginn & Co.
  • First Lessons with Plants—Bailey—MacMillan.
  • Flowers and their Friends—Morley—Ginn & Co.
  • Flowers of Field, Hill and Swamp—Creevy—Harpers.
  • Flowers of Northeastern United States—Miller & Whitney—Putnams.
  • Guide to the Wild Flowers—Lounsberry—Frederick S. Stokes Co.
  • How Plants Behave—Gray—American Book Co.
  • How Plants Grow—Gray—American Book Co.
  • How to Know the Wild Flowers—Dana—Scribners.
  • Manual of Botany—Gray—American Book Co.
  • Our Garden Flowers—Keeler—Scribners.
  • Plants and their Children—Dana—American Book Co.
  • Plant Life—Coulter—Appletons.
  • Procession of the Flowers—Higginson—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Recreations in Botany—Creevy—Harpers.
  • Who’s Who Among the Wild Flowers—Beecroft—Moffatt Yard & Co.

FLOWERLESS PLANTS

  • Bacteria in Relation to Country Life—Lipman—Macmillan.
  • Dust and its Dangers—Prudden—Putnams.
  • Ferns—Waters—Henry Holt & Co.
  • Fern Allies of North America—Clute—Frederick Stokes.
  • Fungi: Their Nature and Uses—McCook—Appletons.
  • How to Know the Ferns—Parsons—Scribners.
  • Mosses with a Hand Lens—A. J. Grout—O. T. Lewis Co., N. Y.
  • Moulds, Mildews and Mushrooms—Underwood—Henry Holt & Co.
  • Mushrooms—Atkinson—Henry Holt & Co.
  • New England Ferns—Eastman—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms—Gibson—Harpers.
  • Our Ferns in their Haunts—Clute—Frederick Stokes.
  • One Thousand American Fungi—McIlvaine—Bobbs, Merrill & Co.
  • Story of the Bacteria—Prudden—Putnam.

PLANT LIFE—GARDENING AND AGRICULTURE

  • Agriculture for Beginners—Burkett, Stevens & Hill—Ginn & Co.
  • Agricultural Botany—Percival—Henry Holt & Co.
  • All the Year in the Garden—Matson—Crowell.
  • Among School Gardens—Greene—Sage Foundation.
  • An Island Garden—Thaxter—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Book of Corn—Myrick—Orange, Judd Co.
  • Bulbs and How to Grow them—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Common Weeds of Field and Garden—Long—Smith, Elder & Co.
  • Corn Plants—Sargent—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Elements of Agriculture—Warren—MacMillan.
  • Encyclopedia of Horticulture—Bailey—MacMillan.
  • Farm Grasses of United States—Spillman—Orange, Judd Co.
  • First Principles of Agriculture—Goff & Mayne—American Book Co.
  • First Book of Farming—Goodrich—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Four Seasons in a Garden—Rexford—Lippincott.
  • Handy Book of Agriculture—Hayes—E. P. Dutton & Co.
  • Indoor Gardening—Rexford—Lippincotts.
  • Living Plant, the—Knight—Hutchinson & Co.
  • Mary’s Garden and How it Grew—Duncan—Century Co.
  • Manual of Gardening—Bailey—MacMillan.
  • School Garden Book—Weed & Emerson—Scribners.
  • Seed Dispersal—Beal—Ginn & Co.
  • Spraying of Plants—Lodeman—MacMillan.
  • Story of a Grain of Wheat—Edgar—Appletons.
  • Survival of the Unlike—Bailey—MacMillan.
  • The Amateur’s Practical Garden-Book—Hunn and Bailey—MacMillan.

TREE STUDY

  • A Guide to the Trees—Lounsberry—Stokes.
  • A First Book of Forestry—Roth—Ginn & Co.
  • Among Green Trees—Rogers—Mumford—Chicago.
  • Familiar Trees and their Leaves—Mathews—Appletons.
  • Forestry in Nature-Study—Jackson—Office of Expt. Sta., Washington, D. C.
  • Getting Acquainted with the Trees—McFarland—Outlook Co.
  • Handbook of the Trees—Romeyn Hough—Harpers.
  • Manual of Trees of N. America—Sargent—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • North American Trees—N. L. Britton—Henry Holt & Co.
  • North American Forests and Forestry—Bruncken—Putnams.
  • Our Native Trees—Keeler—Scribners.
  • Our Northern Shrubs—Keeler—Scribners.
  • Our Trees and How to Know Them—Emerson & Weed—Lippincott.
  • Practical Forestry—Gifford—Appletons.
  • Primer of Forestry—Pinchot—Bureau of Forestry, Washington, D. C.
  • Studies of Trees—Mosher, 3 vols—C. W. Bardeen.
  • Studies of Trees in Winter—Huntingdon—Knight & Mellet.
  • The Tree Book—Rogers—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Trees of Northern United States—Apgar—American Book Co.
  • Trees, Shrubs and Vines—Parkhurst—Scribners.
  • Trees in Prose and Poetry—Stone & Pickett—Ginn & Co.
  • With the Trees—Going—Baker Taylor & Co.

ASTRONOMY—GEOLOGY—METEOROLOGY

  • Astronomy for Everybody—Newcomb—McClure, Phillips & Co.
  • Astronomy Through an Opera-Glass—Serviss—Appletons.
  • Children’s Book of Stars—Milton—Adam, Black & Co.
  • Earth and Sky—Holden—Appletons.
  • Fieldbook of the Stars—Olcutt—Putnams.
  • Friendly Stars—Martin—Harpers.
  • New Astronomy—Todd—American Book Co.
  • Other Suns than Ours—Proctor—Longman, Green & Co.
  • Other Worlds than Ours—Proctor—Longman, Green & Co.
  • The Planisphere—Thos. Whittaker.
  • Starland—Ball—Ginn & Co.
  • Stars in Song and Legend—Porter—Ginn & Co.
  • Storyland of Stars—Pratt—Educational Publishing Co.
  • Stories of Star Land—Miss Proctor—Potter & Putnam Co.
  • Study of the Sky—Howe—Flood & Vincent.
  • The Moon—Nasmyth & Carpenter—Murray, London.
  • The Stars in their Seasons—Proctor—Longmans Green & Co.
  • Brooks and Brook Basins—Frye—Ginn & Co.
  • Brook Book—Miller—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Geological Story Briefly Told—Dana—American Book Co.
  • Great World’s Farm—Gaye—MacMillan.
  • Introduction to Physical Geography—Gilbert & Brigham—Appletons.
  • Physical Geography—Tarr—MacMillan.
  • Soils—King—MacMillan.
  • Soils—Fletcher—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Story of our Continent—Shaler—Appletons.
  • Up and Down the Brooks—Bamford—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Water Wonders—Thompson—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Wonder Book of the Atmosphere—Houston—Stokes.
  • Wonder Book of Magnetism—Houston—Stokes.

NATURE-STUDY—MANUALS AND LITERATURE

  • Education through Nature—Munson—E. L. Kellogg & Co.
  • Field Work in Nature-Study—Jackman—Flanagan.
  • Handbook of Nature-Study—Lange—MacMillan.
  • How Nature-Study Should be Taught—Bigelow—Hinds & Noble.
  • How to Study Nature—J. D. Wilson—Bardeen.
  • Lessons in Nature-Study—Jenkins & Kellogg—Whittaker & Ray, San Francisco.
  • Nature-Study Idea—L. H. Bailey—MacMillan.
  • Nature-Study and Life—Hodge—Ginn & Co.
  • Nature-Study and the Child—Scott—D. C. Heath & Co.
  • Nature-Study in the Common Schools—Jackman—Henry Holt & Co.
  • Nature-Study for Grammar Grades—Jackman—MacMillan.
  • Nature-Study—Holtz—Scribner’s.
  • Nature-Study in the Lower-Grades—Cummings—American Book Co.
  • Nature-Study in Elementary Schools—L. L. Wilson—MacMillan.
  • Nature-Study Lessons—Various Authors—Hinds, Noble & Co.
  • Nature-Study—Overton & Hill—American Book Co.
  • Nature Teaching—Watts & Freeman—E. P. Dutton & Co.
  • Outlines in Nature-study—Engel—Silver, Burdett & Co.
  • Outlook to Nature—L. H. Bailey—MacMillan.
  • Practical Nature-Study—Coulter & Patterson—Appletons.
  • Study of Nature—Schmucker—Lippincott.
  • Writings of H. D. Thoreau—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Works of John Burroughs—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Land of Little Rain—Mary Austin—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • The Flock—Mary Austin—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
  • Songs of Nature, edited by John Burroughs—McClure, Phillips & Co.
  • Golden Numbers, edited by Wiggin & Smith—McClure, Phillips & Co.
  • The Posy Ring, edited by Wiggin & Smith—Doubleday, Page & Co.
  • Among Flowers and Trees with the Poets, edited by Wait & Leonard—Lee & Shepard.
  • Nature in Verse, comp. by Mary I. Lovejoy—Silver, Burdett Co.
  • Poetry of the Seasons, comp. by Mary I. Lovejoy—Silver, Burdett Co.
  • Nature Pictures by American Poets, Annie R. Marble—MacMillan Co.
  • Trees in Prose and Poetry—Stone & Fickett—Ginn & Co.
  • Stars in Song and Legend—Jermain G. Porter—Ginn & Co.
  • Sharp Eyes, by Hamilton Gibson—Harpers.
  • Pageant of Summer—by Richard Jefferies—Mosher, Portland, Me.
  • “Ye Gardeyne Boke,” J. D. Haines—Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.