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

Read by J. M. Smallheer

"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 Univerity of Leeds in 1905, these essays are fascinating listening today for nature enthusiasts of all ages. - Summary by J. M. Smalheer

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queue_music Chapters 56

1 01 - Introduction 13:50
2 02 - Life in the House 11:55
3 03 - July Shoots 3:35
4 04 - Leaf-Mining Insects 3:33
5 05 - The Holly Fly 7:23
6 06 - A General Knowledge Paper on Common Things for Grown-Up People 4:39
7 07 - Honey-Dew 5:10
8 08 - The Human Hand; A School Lesson 27:32
9 09 - The Freshwater Aquarium 4:17
10 10 - The Summer Droop of Boughs 2:37
11 11 - The Glowworm 10:24
12 12 - Invisible Domestic Servants 14:20
13 13 - Old English Gardens 8:50
14 14 - The Rock Barnacle 29:42
15 15 - Rats and Mice 5:31
16 16 - Natural History Clubs 4:05
17 17 - The Purple Saxifrage 20:20
18 18 - Water-Lilies 14:58
19 19 - House-Flies 10:53
20 20 - Solar Images on the Pavement 4:42
21 21 - The Song of the Skylark 7:08
22 22 - The Cheese-Hopper 4:44
23 23 - Bananas 5:45
24 24 - Silver Fishes 6:21
25 25 - White Clover 8:12
26 26 - Wood Sorrel 18:59
27 27 - The Herring 12:45
28 28 - The Natural History Excursion 7:05
29 29 - The Organ-Grinder's Monkey 3:42
30 30 - The Roots and Stems of Trees 4:15
31 31 - Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Hedge 22:31
32 32 - Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Ditch 26:19
33 33 - Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - Hints 4:09
34 34 - The Frothing Hopper 5:13
35 35 - Animal Globes 8:42
36 36 - The House-Cricket 15:35
37 37 - Common Trees 17:06
38 38 - The Human Face 8:13
39 39 - London Pride 4:52
40 40 - Rare Specimens 3:54
41 41 - Oak Leaves 4:15
42 42 - House Spiders 6:58
43 43 - On a Chalk Hill 16:21
44 44 - Furniture-Beetles, Bookworms and Death-Watches 10:52
45 45 - Phases of Summer and Winter in England 3:41
46 46 - The Garden Spider 14:57
47 47 - A School-Course on the Structure and Life of Insects 27:32
48 48 - Vacation Rambles 16:08
49 49 - Grasses 15:17
50 50 - The Water-Spider 4:41
51 51 - The Industries of Wild Bees 25:40
52 52 - A Skeleton Lesson on Furze 2:04
53 53 - Museums and the Teaching of Elementary Natural History 8:51
54 54 - Buttercups; A Study of Species 25:44
55 55 - Bit by Bit Invention: Teeth and Scales 8:35
56 56 - Great Examples 4:38