PRIMITIVE NATURE STUDY.

1899, 4to, pp313-344. Removed from TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. VOLUME VI. SEMI-CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL VOLUME 1849-1899. VG in report covers. The author points out that, contrary to the views of many modern day psychologists, many primitive cultures had a deep appreciation of nature. "Countless peoples have adored "Mother Earth," "Mother Sea"; ancient Peruvians worshipped "Mother Moon," the Yuchi Indians "Mother Sun"; to the Armenian peasant Mount Ararat is "Mother of the World," and the Hindu has his "Mother Ganges"; in Bengalese folk-tales "Mother Forest" appears, and "Mother Corn" is known alike to the Tusayan Indians and to the Pawnees. That in the rites and ceremonies of these mother-worshipping races evidence of a sympathetic attitude towards, and a keen observation of, nature abounds goes without saying. The author examines the cultures of many primitive tribes to point out their appreciation of nature in all its aspects.