A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of our Native Ferns. By
FRANCES THEODORA PARSONS (Mrs. Dana). With 144 full-page illustrations,
and 6 full-page illustrations from photographs. Crown 8vo, $1.50 net.
"Since the publication, six years ago, of 'How to Know the Wild
Flowers,' I have received such convincing testimony of the eagerness of
nature-lovers of all ages and conditions to familiarize themselves with
the inhabitants of our woods and fields, and so many assurances of the
joy which such a familiarity affords, that I have prepared this
companion volume on 'How to Know the Ferns.' It has been my experience
that the world of delight which opens before us when we are admitted
into some sort of intimacy with our companions other than human, is
enlarged with each new society into which we win our way."--_From the
Author's Preface_.
"Of the ferns, as the flowers, she writes as one who not only knows but
loves them. The charm of her fern-book is as irresistible and pervading
as is the charm of nature itself. This gifted and enthusiastic
naturalist knows the ferns literally 'like a book,' and her book makes
the first lesson of the novice in the lore of fern-life an easy and a
delightful task."--_New York Mail and Express_.
"This is a notably thorough little volume. The text is not voluminous,
and even with its many full-page illustrations the book is small; but
brevity, as we are glad to see so many writers on nature learning, is
the first of virtues in this field.... The author of 'How to Know the
Ferns' has mastered her subject, and she treats of it with
authority."--_New York Tribune_.
"The inspiration that entered into and made 'How to Know the Wild
Flowers' so deservedly popular has not been lost in 'How to Know the
Ferns.'"--_New York Times_.