A Wasp Study
Victorian science notes: Japan’s scarcity of cow’s milk linked to prolonged breastfeeding and low rickets; short pieces on botanical nomenclature, leeches on crayfish, and wasp prey-paralysis.
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A Wasp Study
Notes of the Food of the Box Tortoise
Issue of Science (Feb 12, 1892) advocating advanced anatomical instruction with dedicated labs and museums; includes essays on botany, meteorites, box-tortoise diet, and animal hypnotism.
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Traumatic Hypnotism
Science (Jan 29, 1892) issue: articles on meteorites, inventors and patent reform, mineral and insect studies, letters on lightning, traumatic hypnotism, and rain‑making.
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Nature Readers: Sea-Side and Way-Side, No. 4
Popular 1892 nature-reader introducing youth to geology, earth-building, fossils, and natural history. Emphasizes observation, scientific method, and accessible explanations for students.
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Frü Dagmar’s Son: A Survivor of the “Danmark”
Orphaned Lars faces poverty when his uncle sells the family Bible. Kind villagers and a pastor offer Christian comfort. A temperance-era children's novel.
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Mocking-Birds and Their Young
Survey of physical-anthropology studies of schoolchildren, comparing growth across regions and environments and outlining implications for teaching, training periods, and school design.
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The Shrike
Late-19th-century science notes: Geikie's lectures on Europe's ice ages, a debate on horned-dinosaur taxonomy, observations on shrike behavior, and critique of Iroquoian etymologies.
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A Water-Beetle
Short science-journal excerpts: lightning-rod design and dissipation, debate over a national zoological garden, notes on a water-beetle's habits, and Eiffel Tower wind observations.
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The Food of Moles
Brief scientific notes: infant suggestion and hypnotic analogy; critique of Powell's Indian-language classification; mole diet observations; theories on cold air waves.
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Rag Fair and May Fair: The Story of “Me and Benje”
Victorian tale in East London following poor children Richard and Benje, their grandmother's death, and neighbors' conversations about Judgment Day and hope in the Gospel.
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The Captain’s Bargain
Temperance-era novella: Captain Allen's drinking leads to a risky lumber sale and he later redeems himself by rescuing an abandoned boy. Themes: temperance, family, charity.
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Nature Readers: Sea-Side and Way-Side, No. 3
A 19th-century children's nature reader introducing plants, soil, and how the earth provides food, clothing, and shelter. Encourages outdoor study and wonder at God's creation.
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Nature Readers: Sea-Side and Way-Side, No. 2
Children's nature reader (1889) introducing insects and seaside life — ants, flies, beetles, barnacles, jellyfish — encouraging careful observation and simple study.
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Scientific Collections: How Made
1888 American Teacher issue: Easter poems, a touching story of a poor boy's sacrifice, guidance for school natural-history collections, and essays on manners and observing pupils.
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The Cultivation in Young Children, of a Taste for the Literary and Scientific
Articles on teaching: the teacher's duties and practical methods for cultivating children's literary and scientific tastes. Emphasizes cooperation of parents, teachers, and librarians.
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Nature Readers: Sea-Side and Way-Side, No. 1
Children's nature reader introducing seaside and garden animals (crabs, bees, spiders), their habits, homes, and life cycles. Short observational lessons to teach reading and natural study.
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The Heir of Athole: A Story
Victorian tale of orphaned Philip Fenwick, rejected by his aunt and sustained by his grandmother's Bible. The line "I will arise and go to my father" spurs him to seek his absent father.
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In Black and Gold: A Story of Twin Dragons
A Boston tale exposing the "twin dragons" of gambling and alcohol. Through a wax‑work showgirl and the cobbler's boy Whim it depicts urban poverty, vice, and moral warning.
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“Shall Our Children Study Natural Science?”
1887 Southwestern Journal of Education: reports a textbook prize and teacher development; essays promote natural science for children and include geometry and easy geology outlines.
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Fiddler-Crabs
Survey of Sweden's natural-science institutions followed by a vivid naturalist account of fiddler-crab behavior: burrowing, tide-watching, feeding, strength and combat.
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