The Walks Abroad of Two Young Naturalists and 12 similar items

The Walks Abroad of Two Young Naturalists Charles Beaugrand The Walks Abroad of Two Young Naturalists Charles Beaugrand Translated and edited by David Sharp Thomas Y. Crowell No publication date found 304 pages The hinges are cracked, the binding is broken and a few pages are detached but all pages are present. The pages are tanned and have some brown age spots and foxing. The cover is rubbed and very edge worn. Fair. Hardcover. Excerpt from the preface: There is probably no change more recreative to the mind and body, fatigued by long continuance of daily routine, than natural history. In its pursuit, physical exertion in the fresh air vies with change of mental pabulum, and the wonderful variety of inexhaustible nature brings to the mind a feeling compounded of astonishment and satisfaction that is highly recreative. Unfortunately, few can undertake the pursuit of natural history without some kind of assistance. A certain amount of book knowledge is found to be indispensable, and yet, to the mind not accustomed to them, preliminary definitions and statements about unfamiliar objects are apt to prove so dry as to smother the nascent interest instead of stimulating and encouraging it. The author of this book has endeavoured to meet this difficulty and to give a certain amount of introductory information in an attractive manner. Calling to his aid the interest we always feel in human character, he has attempted, by intertwining this with a certain amount of more or less authentic information on natural history subjects, to produce a book that shall foster an interest in zoology. (2162)