The Good Old Days

I just need to take a moment and share something with you. About 3 years ago, I bought a book from a thrift store for $.50. The book is Lessons in Elementary Botany by Daniel Oliver and was printed in 1876. It is an excellent resource for teaching Botany to children and you can view it online here. But, that's not what I really wanted to share with you.

At the back of the book is a Catalogue of Educational Books Published by Macmillan and Co., Bedford Street, Strand, London. (Unfortunately the book digitized online is not the same printing as mine. Therefore, the Catalogue is a bit different and does not contain the excerpt I'm going to share with you.) In this catalogue, they make mention of a Primer of Geology by Professor Geikie, F.R.S. There is a short review of this book that you would never find today.:

"It is hardly possible for the dullest child to misunderstand the meaning of a classification of stones after Professor Geikie's explanation."-School Board Chronicle.

Ah, sayin' it like it is in the good old days. I'm going to have to see if I can find this one digitized.