Ways of Nature Book

This book was interesting as a look into the history of popular science writing. The author around the turn of the last century was a famous naturalist. His friends included Teddy Roosevelt.

In this book he writes about nature but also talks about how society writes about nature. He pushed for science writers to be careful about accuracy. He notes that much nature writing was fanciful, like including talking animals. He says naturalists should write books that are evidence based and use the rigor that scientist use when writing. This reflects the change in how science was being done in the late 1800's and how society was changing due to scientific and technological advances.