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)
Chapter 5 ?The Transformation of a Grain of Soil
Chapter 7 ?The True Fairy Tale
Chapter 9 ?Madam How’s Two Grandsons
Chapter 11 ?Field and Wild: Part 1
Chapter 12 ?Field and Wild: Part 2