The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. 22

Download or read book The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. 22 written by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. 22: Being Vol. 24 of the Transactions of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club; 1908-1909 On M arch 3rd, a large audience, including many members Of the teaching staffs Of the city, heard Dr. John Brittain of Macdonald College discuss The Time and Place for Nature Study in the Public Schools. The lecturer made a strong plea for the introduction Of Nature Study in the lower grades. At the conclusion of his address proper, Dr. Brittain gave a practical demonstration of Nature Study methods by teaching a lesson, replete with simple experiments, on The Composition of Wood. The final lecture of the course, What is the Shamrock? Is to be delivered this evening by Prof. John Macoun. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.