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BY
WORTHINGTON HOOKER, M.D.,
PROFESSOR OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN YALE COLLEGE,
AUTHOR OF "HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY," "CHILD'S BOOK OF NATURE,"
"NATURAL HISTORY," &C.
Illustrated by nearly 300 Engravings.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1873.
By Dr. Worthington Hooker.
The Child's Book of Nature. For the Use of Families and Schools; intendedto aid Mothers and Teachers in training Children in the Observation ofNature. In three Parts. Illustrated by Engravings. The Three Parts completein one vol. Small 4to, Cloth, $2 00; Separately, Cloth, 90 cents each.
Part I. PLANTS.
Part II. ANIMALS.
Part III. AIR, WATER, HEAT, LIGHT, &c.
First Book in Chemistry. For the Use of Schools and Families. Illustratedby Engravings. Square 4to, Cloth, 90 cents.
Natural History. For the Use of Schools and Families. Illustrated bynearly 300 Engravings. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
Science for the School and Family.
Part I. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Illustrated by nearly 300 Engravings.12mo, Cloth, $1 50.
Part II. CHEMISTRY. Illustrated by numerous Engravings, 12mo,Cloth, $1 50.
Part III. MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. Illustrated by numerousEngravings. 12mo. Cloth, $1 50.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, Franklin Square, N. Y.
Any of the above Works sent to any part of the United States, postage pre-paid,upon receipt of the Price.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundredand sixty-three, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Courtof the Southern District Court of New York.
Daniel Webster, in his Autobiography, speaks thus of his enteringupon the study of law: "I was put to study in the old way—that is,the hardest books first, and lost much time. I read Coke on Littletonthrough without understanding a quarter part of it. Happeningto take up Espinasse's Law of Nisi Prius, I found I could understandit; and arguing that the object of reading was to understand