Early Chapters In Science Author:W. Awdry PREFACE. When, in the autumn of 1897, the Author of this little book left England to accompany her husband, Bishop Awdry, to his diocese in Japan, she placed the manuscript in my hands, and asked me, as an old friend, whether I would write a brief introduction and find a publisher, if, in my judgment, I thought the book likely to be useful. This... more » I gladly consented to do, as there appeared to be a distinct want for an elementary book on science of this kind. I therefore submitted the manuscript to Mr. Murray, and he at once undertook its publication. And here I may, perhaps, be allowed to express both my own and the Author's great indebtedness to Mr. A. H. Hallam Murray, who has kindly devoted much time to the superintendence of the illustrations and other details. The object of the book is to provide young people, especially the junior classes in schools, with an introduction to the two great divisions of science-Biological and Experimental; to the World of Life and the World
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