THE
HOW AND WHY LIBRARY
LITTLE QUESTIONS THAT LEAD TO GREAT DISCOVERIES
BY
MRS. ELEANOR ATKINSON
Author of Greyfriar's Bobby, The Boyhood of Lincoln, Etc.
SCHOOL STUDIES MADE AS FASCINATING AS FICTION FOR CHILDREN AND READERS OF ALL AGES
Includes an Explanation and Brotherhood of Life as Every Mother Wishes her Child to Know It; A Trip Around the World; Picture Visits to the Great Industries and Intimate Insights into the Ways of Men, Birds, Flowers, Insects, Wind and Weather
FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE ILLUSTRATIONS—MANY IN COLORS
The objects of Congress shall be to bring into closer relations the home and the school; . . .to surround the children of the world with that wise, loving care in the impressionable years of life that will develop good citizens.—From the Constitution of the National Congress of Mothers.
To bring parent and school into closer relations is so important that we cannot overestimate it.—Charles McMurry, Professor of Education, Northern Illinois Normal University and Contributing Editor to The New Student's Reference Work.
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