A Natural History for Young People
A Natural History for Young People by Phebe Westcott, -1939 Humphreys is available here as the complete text, split into 758 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Natural History for Young People: Our Animal Friends in Their Native Homes including mammals, birds and fishes by Phebe Westcott, -1939 Humphreys. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #50776.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
A Natural History for Young People
Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.
0 of 755 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
This edition of A Natural History for Young People by Phebe Westcott, -1939 Humphreys carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #50776, divided into 9 chapters and 758 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Where can I read A Natural History for Young People in full?
The complete text of A Natural History for Young People is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #50776 and divided into 758 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Natural History for Young People by Phebe Westcott, -1939 Humphreys, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #50776, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3790 sentences across 9 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is A Natural History for Young People divided for reading?
A Natural History for Young People is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Natural History for Young People as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 758 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 9 chapters.
Can I hear A Natural History for Young People read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Natural History for Young People can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of A Natural History for Young People can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading A Natural History for Young People
Common questions about reading A Natural History for Young People by Phebe Westcott, -1939 Humphreys on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Natural History for Young People?
Yes. All 3790 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #50776 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Natural History for Young People is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #50776, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Natural History for Young People take to read?
About 315 minutes of reading across 758 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Natural History for Young People section by section
How to work through A Natural History for Young People section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
-
Open a chapter
Choose one of the 9 chapters of A Natural History for Young People to begin.
-
Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
-
Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in A Natural History for Young People
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Natural History for Young People, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Natural
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Natural History for Young People; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- History
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Natural History for Young People; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Young
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Natural History for Young People; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- People
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Natural History for Young People; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.