The Handbook of Nature Study
Author:
Anna Botsford Comstock
Content:
The Story of the Stars by Anna Botsford Comstock
Publication:
1911 by Comstock Publishing Company, Inc.
Genre:
Nature, Non-fiction
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THIS CLASSIC work on nature study, now in its 24th edition has been used as a text, reference book, and general source of information by hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and parents.
The living subjects treated throughly and enthusiastically by Mrs. Comstock include birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, insects, flowers, weeds, flowerless plants, cultivated crop plants, and trees. Her treatment of inanimate nature covers streams, water and water formations, soil and soil conservation, crystals, minerals, magnetism, the stars, and the weather. All in all, about seven hundred separate subjects in nature are discussed and bibliographies are provided. Each discussion, with its lesson, is a thorough treatment of a particular organism or natural phenomenon and contains a leading idea to be emphasized by the teacher and a description of the best method of developing the idea through personal observation.
The individual organism is examined in its environment; details of its life history and relation to its world are given. In this way, the reader gains a knowledge and enjoyment of the common forms of nature.
Handbook of Nature Study has received the widest praise in journals and periodicals both abroad and in the United States.
"No book in the field provides anything comparable with the rich and specific suggestions as to how things in natural science may be taught."—Nature Magazine.
"We cannot imagine a better guide to sensible and scientific nature study."—Independent.
"...Mrs. Comstock has admirably accomplished her purpose."—Literary Digest.
"A well-illustrated handbook containing a vast amount of material helpful to teachers and parents and covering a wide field of elementary instruction."—Book Review Digest.
From the dust jacket of the 1974 printing
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Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study: Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians, Invertebrates
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This volume features the author’s classic “Introduction to Nature-Study”, an invaluable guide to help parents and teachers both understand the importance and benefits of studying nature and introduce this wonderful skill to their children. New full-color photos are included for those times that you’re unable to see nature up close. This volume also features Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Invertebrates along with the author’s lesson questions, suggested readings, and teacher’s stories.
Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study: Birds
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LBP has now been broken up The Handbook of Nature Study into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included for those times that you’re unable to see nature up close. This volume features the Birds section along with the author’s lesson questions, suggested readings, and teacher’s stories.
Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study: Wildflowers, Weeds, Crops
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LBP has now been broken up The Handbook of Nature Study into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included for those times that you’re unable to see nature up close. This volume features the Introduction to Plant Study, Wildflower, Weed and Cultivated Crops sections along with the author’s lesson questions, suggested readings, and teacher’s stories.
Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study: Mammals, Flowerless Plants
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LBP has now been broken up The Handbook of Nature Study into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included for those times that you’re unable to see nature up close. This volume features the Mammals and Flowerless Plants sections along with the author’s lesson questions, suggested readings, and teacher’s stories
Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study: Trees, Garden Flowers 
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LBP has now been broken up The Handbook of Nature Study into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included for those times that you’re unable to see nature up close. This volume features the Trees and Garden Flowers sections along with the author’s lesson questions, suggested readings, and teacher’s stories.
Comstock's Handbook of Nature: Insects
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LBP has now been broken up The Handbook of Nature Study into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included for those times that you’re unable to see nature up close. This volume features the Insects section along with the author’s lesson questions, suggested readings, and teacher’s stories.
Comstock's Handbook of Nature: Earth and Sky
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LBP has now been broken The Handbook of Nature Study into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included for those times that you’re unable to see nature up close. This volume features the Earth and Sky section along with the author’s lesson questions, suggested readings, and teacher’s stories.
Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study: Introduction
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LBP has now been broken up The Handbook of Nature Study into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included for those times that you’re unable to see nature up close. This edition combines the introductory sections from the other volumes and contains no material unique to this volume.
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