Part 4 — BOOKS OF REFERENCE

The following list of nature books is by no means complete. It simply includes books which the author has consulted in her work as a teacher, and to which she naturally referred in the lessons. The list is given with the publishers for the convenience of those who may use this volume.

BIRD STUDY

American Birds—Wm. L. Finley—Scribners.

Birdcraft—Wright—MacMillan.

Bird Life—Chapman—Appleton.

Bird Neighbors—Blanchan—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Birds that Hunt and are Hunted—Blanchan—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Bird Homes—Dugmore—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Birds and Bees—John Burroughs—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Birds of New York—Eaton and Fuertes—University of State of New York Press.

Birds of the United States—Apgar—American Book Co.

Birds of Song and Story—Grinnell—Mumford, Chicago.

Birds in their Relation to Man—Weed & Dearborn—Lippincott.

Birds of Village and Field—Merriam—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Birds through an Opera Glass—Merriam—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Bob: The Story of a Mockingbird—Lanier—Scribner.

Citizen Bird—Wright—MacMillan.

Everyday Birds—Torrey—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Field Book of Wild Birds and their Music—Mathews—Putnams.

First and Second Book of Birds—Miller—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Guide to the Birds—Hoffman—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Handbook of Birds of Eastern N. America—Chapman—Appletons.

How to Attract the Birds—Blanchan—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Leaflets of National Association of Audubon Societies—141 Broadway, N. Y.

Mother Nature’s Children—Gould—Ginn & Co.

Nestlings of Forest and Marsh—Wheelock—A. C. McClurg & Co.

Neighbors with Wings and Fins—Johonnot—American Book Co.

Notes on New England Birds—H. D. Thoreau—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Our Birds and their Nestlings—Walker—American Book Co.

Sharp Eyes—John Burroughs—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Story of the Birds—Baskett—Appletons.

Stories About Birds—Kirby—Educational Publishing Co.

The Bird: Its Form and Function—Beebe—Henry Holt & Co.

The Bird Book—Eckstorm—D. C. Heath & Co.

The Song of the Cardinal—Porter—Bobbs, Merrill & Co.

The Woodpeckers—Eckstorm—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

True Bird Stories—Miller—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Useful Birds and Their Protection—Forbush—Mass. Board of Agri.

FISH STUDY

American Food and Game Fishes—Jordan & Everman—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Fish Stories—Holder & Jordan—Henry Holt & Co.

Fisherman’s Luck—Van Dyke—Scribners.

Guide to the Study of the Fishes—Jordan—Henry Holt & Co.

Neighbors with Wings and Fins—Johonnot—American Book Co.

Science Sketches—Jordan—McClurg.

The Complete Angler—Isaac Walton—Little Brown & Co.

The Freshwater Aquarium—Eggeling & Ehrenberg—Henry Holt & Co.

The Home Aquarium—Eugene Smith—E. P. Dutton & Co.

The Story of the Fishes—Baskett—Appletons.

BATRACHIAN AND REPTILE STUDY

American Natural History—Hornaday—Scribner.

Elementary Zoology—Kellogg—Henry Holt & Co.

Familiar Life of Field and Forest—Mathews—Appletons.

The Frog Book—Dickerson—Doubleday, Page & Co.

The Reptile Book—Ditmars—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Serpents of Pennsylvania—Surface—State College, Penn.

MAMMAL STUDY

American Animals—Stone & Cram—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Animals of the World—Knight & Jenks—Frederick Stokes Co.

Animal Heroes—Thompson-Seton—Scribners.

A Country Reader—Buchanan—MacMillan.

A Watcher in the Woods—Dallas Lore Sharp—Century Co.

Black Beauty—Sewell—Lothrop.

Bob, Son of Battle—Olliphant—McClure, Phillips & Co.

Campfires of a Naturalist—Edwards—Appletons.

Camp Life in the Woods—Gibson—Harpers.

Concerning Cats—Winslow—Lothrop.

Domestic Animals—Burkett—Ginn & Co.

Domesticated Animals—Shaler—Scribners.

Dog of Flanders—Ouida—.

Familiar Life of Field and Forest—Mathews—Appletons.

Familiar Wild Animals—Lottridge—Henry Holt & Co.

Forest Neighbors—Hurlbert—McClure, Phillips & Co.

Half Hours with Mammals—Holder—American Book Co.

In Praise of the Dog—Bicknell—E. P. Dutton & Co.

Jack of the Bush Veldt—Fitz Patrick—Longmans, Green & Co.

Jungle Books, First and Second—Kipling—Century Co.

Kindred of the Wild—Roberts—L. C. Page & Co.

Life of Animals—Ingersoll—MacMillan.

Lives of the Hunted—Thompson-Seton—Scribners.

Little Beasts of Field and Wood—Cram—Small, Maynard & Co.

Little Brother of the Bear—Long—Ginn & Co.

Little People of the Sycamore—Roberts—L. C. Page & Co.

Mack, His Book—Florence Leigh—Frederick Stokes Co.

Neighbors of Field, Wood and Stream—Grinnell—Frederick Stokes.

Neighbors with Claws and Hoofs—Johonnot—American Book Co.

Nights with Uncle Remus—Harris—McClure, Phillips & Co.

Rab and his Friends—Dr. John Brown—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Red Fox—Roberts—L. C. Page & Co.

Roof and Meadow—Dallas Lore Sharp—Century Co.

Secrets of the Woods—Wm. J. Long—Ginn & Co.

Squirrels and other Fur-bearers—Burroughs—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Stickeen—John Muir—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

The Animals and Man—Kellogg—Henry Holt & Co.

The Horse—I. P. Roberts—MacMillan.

The Fireside Sphinx—Repplier—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

The Face of the Fields—D. Lore Sharp—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

The Case for the Goat—Various Authors—E. P. Dutton.

The Silver Fox—Seton—Century Co.

Two Little Savages—Seton—Doubleday, Page & Co.

True Tales of Birds and Beasts—Jordan—.

Ways of Wood Folk—Wm. J. Long—Ginn & Co.

Wild Animals I Have Known—Seton—Scribners.

Wild Life Near Home—Dallas Lore Sharp—Century Co.

Wild Life in Orchard and Field—Ingersoll—Harpers.

Wild Neighbors—Ingersoll—MacMillan.

Wild Mammals of North America—Merriam—Henry Holt & Co.

INSECTS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES

American Insects—Kellogg—Henry Holt & Co.

A. B. C. of Bee Culture—A. I. Root—A. I. Root Co., Medina, O.

Ant Communities—McCook—Harpers.

Ants. W. M. Wheeler—Columbia University Press.

Caterpillars and their Moths—Elliot & Soule—Century Co.

Common Spiders—Emerton—Ginn & Co.

Earthworms—Darwin—Appletons.

Economic Entomology—Smith—Lippincotts.

Everyday Butterflies—Scudder—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Grasshopper Land—Morley—A. C. McClurg & Co.

Home Studies in Nature—Treat—American Book Co.

How to Keep Bees—Comstock—Doubleday, Page & Co.

How to Know the Butterflies—Comstock—Appletons.

Insect Book—Howard—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Insect Life—Comstock—Appletons.

Insect Stories—Kellogg—Henry Holt & Co.

Life Histories of American Insects—Weed—MacMillan.

Life of the Honey Bee—Ticknor Edwards—Methuen & Co.

Manual for the Study of Insects—Comstock—Comstock Pub. Co.

Mosquito Life—Mitchell—Putnams.

Moths and Butterflies—Ballard—Putnams.

Moths and Butterflies—Dickerson—Ginn & Co.

Nature Biographies—Weed—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Nature’s Craftsmen—McCook—Harpers.

Outdoor Studies—Needham—American Book Co.

The Bee People—Morley—A. C. McClurg & Co.

The House Fly—Howard—Frederick S. Stokes Co.

The Natural History of Some Common Animals—Latter—Cambridge Press.

The Spider Book—Comstock—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Wasps and their Ways—Morley—A. C. McClurg & Co.

Wasps, Social and Solitary—Peckham—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Ways of the Six-footed—Comstock—Ginn & Co.

PLANT LIFE—FLOWERS

Beginner’s Botany—Bailey—MacMillan.

Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests—Gibson—Newson & Co.

Botany Reader—Newell—Ginn & Co.

Botany; Elementary Textbook—Bailey—MacMillan.

Childs Own Book of Wild Flowers—Comstock—American Book Co.

Field Book of American Wild Flowers—Mathews—Putnams.

Field, Forest and Garden Botany—Gray—American Book Co.

Field, Forest and Wayside Flowers—Going—Baker, Taylor Co.

First Lessons in Plant Life—Atkinson—Ginn & Co.

First Lessons with Plants—Bailey—MacMillan.

Flowers and their Friends—Morley—Ginn & Co.

Flowers of Field, Hill and Swamp—Creevy—Harpers.

Flowers of Northeastern United States—Miller & Whitney—Putnams.

Guide to the Wild Flowers—Lounsberry—Frederick S. Stokes Co.

How Plants Behave—Gray—American Book Co.

How Plants Grow—Gray—American Book Co.

How to Know the Wild Flowers—Dana—Scribners.

Manual of Botany—Gray—American Book Co.

Our Garden Flowers—Keeler—Scribners.

Plants and their Children—Dana—American Book Co.

Plant Life—Coulter—Appletons.

Procession of the Flowers—Higginson—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Recreations in Botany—Creevy—Harpers.

Who’s Who Among the Wild Flowers—Beecroft—Moffatt Yard & Co.

FLOWERLESS PLANTS

Bacteria in Relation to Country Life—Lipman—Macmillan.

Dust and its Dangers—Prudden—Putnams.

Ferns—Waters—Henry Holt & Co.

Fern Allies of North America—Clute—Frederick Stokes.

Fungi: Their Nature and Uses—McCook—Appletons.

How to Know the Ferns—Parsons—Scribners.

Mosses with a Hand Lens—A. J. Grout—O. T. Lewis Co., N. Y.

Moulds, Mildews and Mushrooms—Underwood—Henry Holt & Co.

Mushrooms—Atkinson—Henry Holt & Co.

New England Ferns—Eastman—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms—Gibson—Harpers.

Our Ferns in their Haunts—Clute—Frederick Stokes.

One Thousand American Fungi—McIlvaine—Bobbs, Merrill & Co.

Story of the Bacteria—Prudden—Putnam.

PLANT LIFE—GARDENING AND AGRICULTURE

Agriculture for Beginners—Burkett, Stevens & Hill—Ginn & Co.

Agricultural Botany—Percival—Henry Holt & Co.

All the Year in the Garden—Matson—Crowell.

Among School Gardens—Greene—Sage Foundation.

An Island Garden—Thaxter—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Book of Corn—Myrick—Orange, Judd Co.

Bulbs and How to Grow them—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Common Weeds of Field and Garden—Long—Smith, Elder & Co.

Corn Plants—Sargent—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Elements of Agriculture—Warren—MacMillan.

Encyclopedia of Horticulture—Bailey—MacMillan.

Farm Grasses of United States—Spillman—Orange, Judd Co.

First Principles of Agriculture—Goff & Mayne—American Book Co.

First Book of Farming—Goodrich—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Four Seasons in a Garden—Rexford—Lippincott.

Handy Book of Agriculture—Hayes—E. P. Dutton & Co.

Indoor Gardening—Rexford—Lippincotts.

Living Plant, the—Knight—Hutchinson & Co.

Mary’s Garden and How it Grew—Duncan—Century Co.

Manual of Gardening—Bailey—MacMillan.

School Garden Book—Weed & Emerson—Scribners.

Seed Dispersal—Beal—Ginn & Co.

Spraying of Plants—Lodeman—MacMillan.

Story of a Grain of Wheat—Edgar—Appletons.

Survival of the Unlike—Bailey—MacMillan.

The Amateur’s Practical Garden-Book—Hunn and Bailey—MacMillan.

TREE STUDY

A Guide to the Trees—Lounsberry—Stokes.

A First Book of Forestry—Roth—Ginn & Co.

Among Green Trees—Rogers—Mumford—Chicago.

Familiar Trees and their Leaves—Mathews—Appletons.

Forestry in Nature-Study—Jackson—Office of Expt. Sta., Washington, D. C.

Getting Acquainted with the Trees—McFarland—Outlook Co.

Handbook of the Trees—Romeyn Hough—Harpers.

Manual of Trees of N. America—Sargent—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

North American Trees—N. L. Britton—Henry Holt & Co.

North American Forests and Forestry—Bruncken—Putnams.

Our Native Trees—Keeler—Scribners.

Our Northern Shrubs—Keeler—Scribners.

Our Trees and How to Know Them—Emerson & Weed—Lippincott.

Practical Forestry—Gifford—Appletons.

Primer of Forestry—Pinchot—Bureau of Forestry, Washington, D. C.

Studies of Trees—Mosher, 3 vols—C. W. Bardeen.

Studies of Trees in Winter—Huntingdon—Knight & Mellet.

The Tree Book—Rogers—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Trees of Northern United States—Apgar—American Book Co.

Trees, Shrubs and Vines—Parkhurst—Scribners.

Trees in Prose and Poetry—Stone & Pickett—Ginn & Co.

With the Trees—Going—Baker Taylor & Co.

ASTRONOMY—GEOLOGY—METEOROLOGY

Astronomy for Everybody—Newcomb—McClure, Phillips & Co.

Astronomy Through an Opera-Glass—Serviss—Appletons.

Children’s Book of Stars—Milton—Adam, Black & Co.

Earth and Sky—Holden—Appletons.

Fieldbook of the Stars—Olcutt—Putnams.

Friendly Stars—Martin—Harpers.

New Astronomy—Todd—American Book Co.

Other Suns than Ours—Proctor—Longman, Green & Co.

Other Worlds than Ours—Proctor—Longman, Green & Co.

The Planisphere—Thos. Whittaker.

Starland—Ball—Ginn & Co.

Stars in Song and Legend—Porter—Ginn & Co.

Storyland of Stars—Pratt—Educational Publishing Co.

Stories of Star Land—Miss Proctor—Potter & Putnam Co.

Study of the Sky—Howe—Flood & Vincent.

The Moon—Nasmyth & Carpenter—Murray, London.

The Stars in their Seasons—Proctor—Longmans Green & Co.

Brooks and Brook Basins—Frye—Ginn & Co.

Brook Book—Miller—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Geological Story Briefly Told—Dana—American Book Co.

Great World’s Farm—Gaye—MacMillan.

Introduction to Physical Geography—Gilbert & Brigham—Appletons.

Physical Geography—Tarr—MacMillan.

Soils—King—MacMillan.

Soils—Fletcher—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Story of our Continent—Shaler—Appletons.

Up and Down the Brooks—Bamford—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Water Wonders—Thompson—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Wonder Book of the Atmosphere—Houston—Stokes.

Wonder Book of Magnetism—Houston—Stokes.

NATURE-STUDY—MANUALS AND LITERATURE

Education through Nature—Munson—E. L. Kellogg & Co.

Field Work in Nature-Study—Jackman—Flanagan.

Handbook of Nature-Study—Lange—MacMillan.

How Nature-Study Should be Taught—Bigelow—Hinds & Noble.

How to Study Nature—J. D. Wilson—Bardeen.

Lessons in Nature-Study—Jenkins & Kellogg—Whittaker & Ray, San Francisco.

Nature-Study Idea—L. H. Bailey—MacMillan.

Nature-Study and Life—Hodge—Ginn & Co.

Nature-Study and the Child—Scott—D. C. Heath & Co.

Nature-Study in the Common Schools—Jackman—Henry Holt & Co.

Nature-Study for Grammar Grades—Jackman—MacMillan.

Nature-Study—Holtz—Scribner’s.

Nature-Study in the Lower-Grades—Cummings—American Book Co.

Nature-Study in Elementary Schools—L. L. Wilson—MacMillan.

Nature-Study Lessons—Various Authors—Hinds, Noble & Co.

Nature-Study—Overton & Hill—American Book Co.

Nature Teaching—Watts & Freeman—E. P. Dutton & Co.

Outlines in Nature-study—Engel—Silver, Burdett & Co.

Outlook to Nature—L. H. Bailey—MacMillan.

Practical Nature-Study—Coulter & Patterson—Appletons.

Study of Nature—Schmucker—Lippincott.

Writings of H. D. Thoreau—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Works of John Burroughs—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

The Land of Little Rain—Mary Austin—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

The Flock—Mary Austin—Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

Songs of Nature, edited by John Burroughs—McClure, Phillips & Co.

Golden Numbers, edited by Wiggin & Smith—McClure, Phillips & Co.

The Posy Ring, edited by Wiggin & Smith—Doubleday, Page & Co.

Among Flowers and Trees with the Poets, edited by Wait & Leonard—Lee & Shepard.

Nature in Verse, comp. by Mary I. Lovejoy—Silver, Burdett Co.

Poetry of the Seasons, comp. by Mary I. Lovejoy—Silver, Burdett Co.

Nature Pictures by American Poets, Annie R. Marble—MacMillan Co.

Trees in Prose and Poetry—Stone & Fickett—Ginn & Co.

Stars in Song and Legend—Jermain G. Porter—Ginn & Co.

Sharp Eyes, by Hamilton Gibson—Harpers.

Pageant of Summer—by Richard Jefferies—Mosher, Portland, Me.

“Ye Gardeyne Boke,” J. D. Haines—Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.