The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 101
action of an instantthe size of an object by its apparent distanceaway. That this is the result of practice can beeasily seen from the fact that very young crea-tures—human and otherwise—have no idea ofthe relative distances of objects, and strain totouch a distant gas-light, or, like a young… … M^s^^^gS^^ 0 Q-fe^ STRANGE FISH AND REPTILES fcr*£«^®B^3^B^^ CJJ ^^a^a^a^e^^^.5^^ OUR WATER PLAYMATES Tame fish are not common pets, yet they arevery interesting, as I have found from experi-ence. That others, if inclined, may find ways ofenjoying the dwellers of the deep without takingtheir lives,…
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