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House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies

Louis Compton Miall (1842 - 1921)

"Nature study seeks above all things to develop the earliest rudiments of the scientific discover." L. C. Miall

This book contains a collection of short essays on numerous nature and natural history subjects. While they were collected together as suitable starting points for nature lessons for school children by Louis Compton Miall, Professor of Biology at the University of Leeds in 1905, these essays are fascinating listening today for nature enthusiasts of all ages. - Summary by J. M. Smalheer

Genre(s): Nature

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introduction	J. M. Smallheer	00:13:50
Play 02	Life in the House	J. M. Smallheer	00:11:55
Play 03	July Shoots	J. M. Smallheer	00:03:35
Play 04	Leaf-Mining Insects	J. M. Smallheer	00:03:33
Play 05	The Holly Fly	J. M. Smallheer	00:07:23
Play 06	A General Knowledge Paper on Common Things for Grown-Up People	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:39
Play 07	Honey-Dew	J. M. Smallheer	00:05:10
Play 08	The Human Hand; A School Lesson	J. M. Smallheer	00:27:32
Play 09	The Freshwater Aquarium	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:17
Play 10	The Summer Droop of Boughs	J. M. Smallheer	00:02:37
Play 11	The Glowworm	J. M. Smallheer	00:10:24
Play 12	Invisible Domestic Servants	J. M. Smallheer	00:14:20
Play 13	Old English Gardens	J. M. Smallheer	00:08:50
Play 14	The Rock Barnacle	J. M. Smallheer	00:29:42
Play 15	Rats and Mice	J. M. Smallheer	00:05:31
Play 16	Natural History Clubs	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:05
Play 17	The Purple Saxifrage	J. M. Smallheer	00:20:20
Play 18	Water-Lilies	J. M. Smallheer	00:14:58
Play 19	House-Flies	J. M. Smallheer	00:10:53
Play 20	Solar Images on the Pavement	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:42
Play 21	The Song of the Skylark	J. M. Smallheer	00:07:08
Play 22	The Cheese-Hopper	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:44
Play 23	Bananas	J. M. Smallheer	00:05:45
Play 24	Silver Fishes	J. M. Smallheer	00:06:21
Play 25	White Clover	J. M. Smallheer	00:08:12
Play 26	Wood Sorrel	J. M. Smallheer	00:18:59
Play 27	The Herring	J. M. Smallheer	00:12:45
Play 28	The Natural History Excursion	J. M. Smallheer	00:07:05
Play 29	The Organ-Grinder's Monkey	J. M. Smallheer	00:03:42
Play 30	The Roots and Stems of Trees	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:15
Play 31	Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Hedge	J. M. Smallheer	00:22:31
Play 32	Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Ditch	J. M. Smallheer	00:26:19
Play 33	Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - Hints	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:09
Play 34	The Frothing Hopper	J. M. Smallheer	00:05:13
Play 35	Animal Globes	J. M. Smallheer	00:08:42
Play 36	The House-Cricket	J. M. Smallheer	00:15:35
Play 37	Common Trees	J. M. Smallheer	00:17:06
Play 38	The Human Face	J. M. Smallheer	00:08:13
Play 39	London Pride	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:52
Play 40	Rare Specimens	J. M. Smallheer	00:03:54
Play 41	Oak Leaves	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:15
Play 42	House Spiders	J. M. Smallheer	00:06:58
Play 43	On a Chalk Hill	J. M. Smallheer	00:16:21
Play 44	Furniture-Beetles, Bookworms and Death-Watches	J. M. Smallheer	00:10:52
Play 45	Phases of Summer and Winter in England	J. M. Smallheer	00:03:41
Play 46	The Garden Spider	J. M. Smallheer	00:14:57
Play 47	A School-Course on the Structure and Life of Insects	J. M. Smallheer	00:27:32
Play 48	Vacation Rambles	J. M. Smallheer	00:16:08
Play 49	Grasses	J. M. Smallheer	00:15:17
Play 50	The Water-Spider	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:41
Play 51	The Industries of Wild Bees	J. M. Smallheer	00:25:40
Play 52	A Skeleton Lesson on Furze	J. M. Smallheer	00:02:04
Play 53	Museums and the Teaching of Elementary Natural History	J. M. Smallheer	00:08:50
Play 54	Buttercups; A Study of Species	J. M. Smallheer	00:25:44
Play 55	Bit by Bit Invention: Teeth and Scales	J. M. Smallheer	00:08:35
Play 56	Great Examples	J. M. Smallheer	00:04:38

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