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قراءة كتاب Mother Nature's Toy-Shop
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Toy-Shop
Mother Nature's
Toy-Shop
By
With Many Illustrations
by the Authors
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York Chicago Boston
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
SPECIAL NOTICE
PRESENTATION
Mother Nature is every bit as fond of the little folks in her human family as of the grown-ups, and while she prepares untold joys for lovers of the outdoors among men and women and larger boys and girls, she never forgets the little ones.
For their benefit she keeps an open toy-shop full of marvellous playthings, all free to any child who wants them, and instead of the children paying her for what they take she pays them for coming to her by giving them rosier cheeks, brighter eyes, and stronger bodies. She puts more glee into their laughter and greater happiness into their trustful little hearts.
As in the large department stores in big cities, the goods in Mother Nature's shop are changed for each season of the year; so the little shoppers have constant variety and hail every new season with fresh delight. This book is written to call attention to the beautiful and wonderful things to be found in Mother Nature's toy-shop and to tell what to do with them, for one must know how to use the amusing material that is furnished.
After really getting into this most enchanting of all toy-shops with eyes open to see its wonders, we found that the difficulty to be met was not how to write about them, but how to stop writing. The display was so varied and so inviting, it seemed that we must tell the children about everything we saw, but if we had gone on seeing more and telling more there is no saying what size this book would have been.
Adelia Belle Beard.
CONTENTS
PART I—WILD FLOWERS | ||
CHAPTER | PAGE | |
I. | Daisies | 1 |
II. | Jack-in-the-Pulpit | 5 |
III. | Red and White Clovers | 8 |
IV. | Clover Designs | 12 |
V. | Other Wild-Flower Designs | 19 |
VI. | Pussy-Willows | 24 |
VII. | Arrangement of Flowers | 33 |
PART II—GRASSES |
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VIII. | Fairy-Trees Made of Grasses | 40 |
IX. | A House Made of Grass | 45 |
X. | Grass Dress and Grass Head-Dress | 56 |
PART III—GREEN LEAVES |
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XI. | Oak-Leaves | 61 |
XII. | Grape-Leaf Drinking-Cup | 68 |
XIII. | Green-Leaf Designs | 71 |
PART IV—CULTIVATED FLOWERS |
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XIV. | Phlox | 76 |
XV. |