English· 7:38:40· 16 chapters
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book has all the answers (at least all the ones that were known in 1869) and gives them in a pedagogical way. Listed on the Ambleside homeschooling list. (Summary by Nadine)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
10:50 - Chapter 2
Chapter 1 - The Glen pt 1
20:42 - Chapter 3
Chapter 1 - The Glen pt 2
21:31 - Chapter 4
Chapter 2 - Earthquakes
34:28 - Chapter 5
Chapter 3 - Volcanoes
33:48 - Chapter 6
Chapter 4 - The Transformations of a Grain of Soil
25:03 - Chapter 7
Chapter 5 - The Ice-Plough
27:31 - Chapter 8
Chapter 6 - The True Fairy Tale
30:40 - Chapter 9
Chapter 7 - The Chalk-Carts
32:29 - Chapter 10
Chapter 8 - Madam How's Two Grandsons
26:22 - Chapter 11
Chapter 9 - The Coral-Reef
39:07 - Chapter 12
Chapter 10 - Field and Wild pt 1
26:37 - Chapter 13
Chapter 10 - Field and Wild pt 2
23:50 - Chapter 14
Chapter 11 - The World's end
44:30 - Chapter 15
Chapter 12 - Homeward Bound pt 1
28:17 - Chapter 16
Chapter 12 - Homeward Bound pt 2
32:55