House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies
Louis Compton Miall
Read 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 University of Leeds in 1905, these essays are fascinating listening today for nature enthusiasts of all ages. - Summary by J. M. Smalheer (9 hr 59 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 13:50 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Life in the House | 11:55 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| July Shoots | 3:35 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Leaf-Mining Insects | 3:33 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Holly Fly | 7:23 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| A General Knowledge Paper on Common Things for Grown-Up People | 4:39 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Honey-Dew | 5:10 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Human Hand; A School Lesson | 27:32 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Freshwater Aquarium | 4:17 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Summer Droop of Boughs | 2:37 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Glowworm | 10:24 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Invisible Domestic Servants | 14:20 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Old English Gardens | 8:50 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Rock Barnacle | 29:42 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Rats and Mice | 5:31 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Natural History Clubs | 4:05 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Purple Saxifrage | 20:20 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Water-Lilies | 14:58 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| House-Flies | 10:53 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Solar Images on the Pavement | 4:42 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Song of the Skylark | 7:08 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Cheese-Hopper | 4:44 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Bananas | 5:45 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Silver Fishes | 6:21 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| White Clover | 8:12 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Wood Sorrel | 18:59 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Herring | 12:45 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Natural History Excursion | 7:05 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Organ-Grinder's Monkey | 3:42 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Roots and Stems of Trees | 4:15 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Hedge | 22:31 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - The Ditch | 26:19 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Hedge and Ditch; A Summer Term's Work for a School Form - Hints | 4:09 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Frothing Hopper | 5:13 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Animal Globes | 8:42 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The House-Cricket | 15:35 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Common Trees | 17:06 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Human Face | 8:13 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| London Pride | 4:52 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Rare Specimens | 3:54 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Oak Leaves | 4:15 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| House Spiders | 6:58 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| On a Chalk Hill | 16:21 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Furniture-Beetles, Bookworms and Death-Watches | 10:52 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Phases of Summer and Winter in England | 3:41 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Garden Spider | 14:57 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| A School-Course on the Structure and Life of Insects | 27:32 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Vacation Rambles | 16:08 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Grasses | 15:17 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Water-Spider | 4:41 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| The Industries of Wild Bees | 25:40 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| A Skeleton Lesson on Furze | 2:04 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Museums and the Teaching of Elementary Natural History | 8:50 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Buttercups; A Study of Species | 25:44 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Bit by Bit Invention: Teeth and Scales | 8:35 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Great Examples | 4:38 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |