Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley

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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Preface

Chapter 1 ?The Glen: Part 1

Chapter 2 ?The Glen: Part 2

Chapter 3 ?Earthquakes

Chapter 4 ?Volcanoes

Chapter 5 ?The Transformation of a Grain of Soil

Chapter 6 ?The Ice-Plough

Chapter 7 ?The True Fairy Tale

Chapter 8 ?The Chalk Carts

Chapter 9 ?Madam How’s Two Grandsons

Chapter 10 ?The Coral Reef

Chapter 11 ?Field and Wild: Part 1

Chapter 12 ?Field and Wild: Part 2

Chapter 13 ?The World’s End

Chapter 14 ?Homeward Bound: Part 1

Chapter 15 ?Homeward Bound: ?Part 2

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