Scientific amusements . THE BOOK OF NATURE. 3 Every one, of course, may not possess the ambition tomake such discoveries, but there is no one who cannotcompel himself to learn to enjoy the pleasure that can bederived from the observation of Nature. It must not be imagined that in order to cultivatescience it is absolutely necessary to have laboratories andscientific work-rooms. The book of which Palissy spokeis ever present; its pages are always open, wherever weturn our eyes or direct our steps. So we may hope tointroduce all our friends to a pleasant and lasting acquaint-ance with Dame Natur
Scientific amusements . THE BOOK OF NATURE. 3 Every one, of course, may not possess the ambition tomake such discoveries, but there is no one who cannotcompel himself to learn to enjoy the pleasure that can bederived from the observation of Nature. It must not be imagined that in order to cultivatescience it is absolutely necessary to have laboratories andscientific work-rooms. The book of which Palissy spokeis ever present; its pages are always open, wherever weturn our eyes or direct our steps. So we may hope tointroduce all our friends to a pleasant and lasting acquaint-ance with Dame Nature. But what is Nature. We are fond of admiringNature, and the effects of certain causes in the world, andwe want to know why things are so. Very well—so youshall; and as to the question, What is Nature. we willendeavour to answer you at once. Nature is the united totality of all that the variousSenses can perceive. In fact, all that cannot be made byman is termed Nature ; , Gods creation. From the earliest ages ma
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