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Dickey Downy: The Autobiography of a Bird
Autor: Patterson, Virginia Sharpe
Nakladatelství:
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ISBN: 9781770452961
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888 Kč
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808 Kč
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Excerpt: The Autobiography of a Bird by VIRGINIA SHARPE PATTERSON AUTHOR OF ""The Girl of the Period,"" ""All on Account a Bonnet,"" ""The Wonderland Children,"" etc. With Introduction by HON. JOHN F. LACEY, M.C. Drawings by ELIZABETH M. HALLOWELL PHILADELPHIA A. J. Rowland1420 Chestnut Street 1899 Copyright 1899 by the AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY From the Society's own Press To my dear children Laura, Virgie, and Robert George this little Volume is Affectionately Inscribed INTRODUCTION This beautiful volume has been written for a good purpose. I had the pleasure of reading the proof-sheets of the book while in the Yellowstone National Park, where no gun may be lawfully fired at any of God's creatures. All animals there are becoming tame, and the great bears come out of the woods to feed on the garbage of the hotels and camps, fearless of the tourists, who look on with pleasure and wonder at such a scene. ""The child is father of the man,"" and this volume is addressed to the heart and imagination of every child reader. If children are taught to love and protect the birds they will remember the lesson when they grow old. When children learn to prefer to take a ""snap-shot"" at a bird with a camera, rather than with a gun, they will protect these feathered friends for their beauty, even if they do not regard them for their usefulness. Nature has supplied a system of balances if left to itself. Some forms of insect life are so prolific that but for the voracity and industry of the birds the world would become almost uninhabitable. Bird life appeals to the eye for its beauty, to the ear for its music, and to the interest of man for its utility. Shooting-clubs have foreseen the extermination that awaits many of the finest of the game birds, and are taking much pains to enforce the laws enacted for game protection. A selfish interest thus is called into activity, and one class of birds is receiving protection through the aid of its own enemies. But the birds of ...Hodnocení uživatelů:
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