Excerpt from Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends: A Book of Nature Dolls and Others Children throw aside as uninteresting the finished toys from the shops when they have once learned to make playthings for, themselves. To an imaginative child the possibilities of green things growing, of other materials provided by the changing seasons, and of the apparently useless trifles to be found in any home, are endless, and far surpass in permanent interest the realm of mag1c. In giving tangible form to the creatures imagined, thought is ripened into action and childhood's natural desire for ex' pressed imagery satisfied. In making use of these apparently inappropriate materials in the construction of their own toys resource; fulness is engendered, practical intelligence stimulated; the inventive faculty cultivated, sympathetic acquaintance with nature broadened, and manual dexterity increased - all of which will lateri in life prove of ines'timable value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.