This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...on the grass near a brookside and as the lesson went on the brook sang and sparkled and the sound of its lullaby and the gleam of its waters made music and sunshine in our souls. We learned a great deal about botany in those enchanted afternoons, and we learned, too, a love of nature that is not gained by those who ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...on the grass near a brookside and as the lesson went on the brook sang and sparkled and the sound of its lullaby and the gleam of its waters made music and sunshine in our souls. We learned a great deal about botany in those enchanted afternoons, and we learned, too, a love of nature that is not gained by those who study her only in dried specimens between whitewashed walls. You may be interested to know that we always carried a luncheon on the expeditions, and it was not the least interesting part of the occasion. Girls who fell below a certain percentage in their studies were not permitted to take up botany in their work. The opportunity of studying nature was thus made very honorable and precious, and we held it as something worth striving for. The study of astronomy captivates those who have a scientific turn of mind. To learn the names of the constellations and to recognize some of the planets when they appear above the horizon is not beyond any ordinary mind, but the study of astronomy is, on the whole, too abstruse to be attractive to very young girls. Definitions and formulas you may learn, but to grasp the principles of astronomy you require maturity and insight; for these you must wait. But you need not wait to learn by heart Addison's exquisite lyric that begins: "The spacious firmament on high, And all the blue, ethereal sky, And spangled heavens a shining frame, Their great original proclaim." I knew a wee tot once, a dimpled creature with serious eyes, who did not want to take lessons in music. Lifting her little hand she pointed upward and said: "I would rather study astronomy." Although the child did not know it, astronomy and music and mathematics are all somehow akin to one another, and she who is proficient in any one ...
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Add this copy of Happy School Days to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1917 by Forbes.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book 23096 shelf. Red & dark green-stamped partly faded olive cloth. Large ugly brown stain takes up much of back cover. No odor. 1918 gift note FEP. Clean text. No dust jacket. Lovely paste-on front cover: woman holding book. Solid reading copy.
Add this copy of Happy School Days to cart. $66.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
