Lanterna Rally

Author: State of Maine Educational Department

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-18

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9780483377967

Excerpt from Improvement of School Buildings and Grounds A well ordered, well kept school garden would not only give instruction in the best practical methods in horticulture, but would give-an introduction to the plant life of the vicinity and, in many cases, would so open the eyes of the pupils and others influenced by them as to give a closer and happier relationship with Nature and a broader and more generous view of life. Improved methods and appliances in gardening would give an additional interest to life in the country. Why should not our children be taught to take something of that interest in Nature which so delights one in the writings of Thoreau or Emerson, of john Burroughs or of Bradford Torrey? To enrich the school life of the country boy with a wider knowledge of trees and flowers, Of birds and other animals wouldbe of great prae tical value to him in whatever circumstances his subsequent life might be spent. Interest in such objects is a source of perennial pleasure. One cherishes in memory special occasions of suc cesses or surprises in finding rare flowers or unusual numbers of more common ones and enjoys again their beauty as Words worth so quaintly expresses it in his poem on The Daffodils. I gazed and gazed, but 'little thought What wealth that show to me had brought. For oft when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.