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THESE books are intended to be read by pupils in elementary schools, in conjunction with “object-lessons” given by the teacher. The text has been so carefully prepared, that juvenile readers will have no difficulty in understanding it, while the profuse illustrations add to its attractiveness. The apparently indiscriminate distribution of the subjects of the reading lessons is not one that commends itself to those who regard the orderly statement of facts as the cardinal principle of scientific instruction; but it must be remembered that pupils have to be interested as well as instructed, and Mr. Murché's practical knowledge of what interests the young people for whom he writes, has led him to depart from a strictly scientific arrangement. Putting this aside, however, the books contain a large amount of useful information, which the elementary scholars who read them will easily acquire.
Science Readers.
By Vincent T. Murché. Books v. and vi. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.)
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Science Readers. Nature 53, 54 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/053054b0
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