Wood folk at school (1903) (14781706424)

Identifier: woodfolkatschool00long (find matches)

Title: Wood folk at school

Year: 1903 (1900s)

Authors: Long, William J. (William Joseph), 1867-1952

Subjects: Animal behavior Animals

Publisher: Boston, London, Ginn & Company

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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THERE AT A TURN IN THE PATH, NOT TEN YARDSAHEAD, STOOD A HUGE BEAR. See Page 157 WOOD FOLK AT SCHOOL BY WILLIAM J. LONG WOOD FOLK SERIESBOOK FOUR Boston, U.S.A., and London GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 2TI)e atfoenaettm ;Jtesis 1903 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Two Copies Received MAY 5 1903 CopyiCLASS ighl r- Lr,.ryXXq. No. 5 *~ l COPY K <5 Entered at Stationers Hall Copyright, 1902, 1903By WILLIAM J. LONG all rights reserved PREFACE TT may surprise many, whose knowledge of wild animals is-*- gained from rare, fleeting glimpses of frightened hoof orwing in the woods, to consider that there can be such a thingas a school for the Wood Folk ; or that instruction has anyplace in the life of the wild things. Nevertheless it is prob-ably true that education among the higher order of animalshas its distinct place and value. Their knowledge, howeversimple, is still the result of three factors : instinct, training,and experience. Instinct only begins the work ; the motherstraining develops a

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