House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies, credited to Louis Compton Miall, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies by Louis Compton Miall. Read in English by J. M. Smallheer "Nature study seeks above all things to develop the earliest rudiments of the scientific discover." L. C. Miall This book contains a collection of short essays on numerous nature and natural history subjects. While they were collected together as suitable starting points for nature lessons for school children by Louis Compton Miall, Professor of Biology at the Univerity of Leeds in 1905, these essays are fascinating listening today for nature enthusiasts of all ages. - Summary by J. M. Smalheer

Recording facts

• Recording title: House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies
• Author credits: Louis Compton Miall
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 56
• Listed recording duration: 9:59:59

Catalogue topics

• nature
• science
• plants
• spiders
• lessons
• biology
• bees
• botany

Opening tracks: first 24 of 56

1. 01 - Introduction — 13:50
2. 02 - Life in the House — 11:55
3. 03 - July Shoots — 3:35
4. 04 - Leaf-Mining Insects — 3:33
5. 05 - The Holly Fly — 7:23
6. 06 - A General Knowledge Paper on Common Things for Grown-Up People — 4:39
7. 07 - Honey-Dew — 5:10
8. 08 - The Human Hand; A School Lesson — 27:32
9. 09 - The Freshwater Aquarium — 4:17
10. 10 - The Summer Droop of Boughs — 2:37
11. 11 - The Glowworm — 10:24
12. 12 - Invisible Domestic Servants — 14:20
13. 13 - Old English Gardens — 8:50
14. 14 - The Rock Barnacle — 29:42
15. 15 - Rats and Mice — 5:31
16. 16 - Natural History Clubs — 4:05
17. 17 - The Purple Saxifrage — 20:20
18. 18 - Water-Lilies — 14:58
19. 19 - House-Flies — 10:53
20. 20 - Solar Images on the Pavement — 4:42
21. 21 - The Song of the Skylark — 7:08
22. 22 - The Cheese-Hopper — 4:44
23. 23 - Bananas — 5:45
24. 24 - Silver Fishes — 6:21

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