1. _Was the Second Traveler in the Right?_ See _The Two Travelers_, Volume I, page 109. 2. _Were the Three Men Perfectly Healthy?_ See _We Plan a River Trip_, V, 443. 3. _Was the Punishment of the Ancient Mariner Just?_ See _The Rime of the Ancient Mariner_, VII, 29. 4. _Was it Sensible for Casabianca to Remain on the Burning Ship?_ See _Casabianca_, VIII, 313. 5. _Should Warren Hastings Have Been Convicted?_ See _The Impeachment of Warren Hastings_, IX, 32. CHAPTER XV JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND IN ITS RELATION TO THE SCHOOL--(Continued) _Nature Study_ Nature study to be most valuable must be in reality the study of nature. Its beginnings are in observation and experiment, but there comes a time when the child must go to books for information and enlightenment. The purposes of nature study are to awaken a spirit of inquiry concerning things in the immediate vicinity and thence in wider fields; to develop observation, comparison and reason; to give interests that will charm the possessor through life; to introduce the elements of the natural sciences. Enthusiasts have made the study of nature the basis of all school work, the correlating force in all studies. Such an idea has merit in it, for it is certain that lessons begun in the observation of living things and the phenomena of nature speedily ramify into language, reading, geography, history, and even mathematics. There is among some an unfortunate tendency to go too much to books for material and to seize too quickly any suggestion that leads in that direction. Yet books are valuable at the proper time and in the proper place. When facts have been learned, they may be made vital by good literary selections; when facts not accessible by observation are needed, they may be obtained through books. On the other hand, literature is full of allusions to natural facts and phenomena and may only be understood by him who knows nature. Both phases of the subject are of vital interest. Instead of attempting any systematic outline for nature study we will here try to give help on two problems only: _First._ How may nature study be broadened by the use of literature? _Second._ How may the study of nature help in the appreciation of literature? I. In trying to answer the first question we will present first a classified list of selections from _Journeys Through Bookland_ which are closely related to the study of nature and indicate briefly how they may be used. A. Seven Long Selections. In the first place, there are long selections in which there are many anecdotes and incidents which are usable in nature study. We will give partial lists of what is to be found therein, but it is well to read the whole selection and choose what is best for the occasion.