_THE GARDEN’S STORY; or, Pleasures and Trials of an Amateur
Gardener._ With Head and Tail Pieces by Rhead. 16mo. Cloth,
extra, $1.50.
“This dainty nugget of horticultural lore treats of the pleasures
and trials of an amateur gardener. From the time when daffodils
begin to peer and the ‘secret of the year’ comes in to mid October,
Mr. Ellwanger provides an outline of hardy flower-gardening that
can be carried on and worked upon by amateurs....”--_Philadelphia
Public Ledger._
“One of the most charming books of the season.... It is in no sense
a text book, but it combines a vast deal of information with a
great deal of out-of-door observation, and exceedingly pleasant and
sympathetic writing about flowers and plants.”--_Christian Union._
“A dainty, learned, charming, and delightful book.”--_New York Sun._
_THE STORY OF MY HOUSE._ With an Etched Frontispiece by Sidney
L. Smith, and numerous Head and Tail Pieces by W. C. Greenough.
16mo. Cloth, extra, $1.50.
“An essay on the building of a house, with all its kaleidoscopic
possibilities in the way of reform, and its tantalizing successes
before the fact, is always interesting; and the author is not
niggardly in the good points he means to secure.... The book
aims only to be agreeable; its literary flavor is pervasive, its
sentiment kept well in hand.”--_New York Evening Post._
“When the really perfect book of its class comes to a critic’s
hands, all the words he has used to describe fairly satisfactory
ones are inadequate for his new purpose, and he feels inclined, as
in this case, to stand aside and let the book speak for itself. In
its own way, it would be hardly possible for this daintily printed
volume to do better.”--_Art Amateur._
_IN GOLD AND SILVER._ With Illustrations by W. Hamilton Gibson,
A. B. Wenzell, and W. C. Greenough. 16mo. Cloth, $2.00. Also,
limited _édition de luxe_, on Japanese vellum, $5.00.
CONTENTS: The Golden Rug of Kermanshâh; Warders of the Woods; A
Shadow upon the Pool; The Silver Fox of Hunt’s Hollow.
“After spending a half-hour with ‘In Gold and Silver,’ one
recalls the old saying, ‘Precious things come in small
parcels.’”--_Christian Intelligencer._
“One of the handsomest gift books of the year.”--_Philadelphia
Inquirer._
“The whole book is eminently interesting, and emphatically
deserving of the very handsome and artistic setting it has
received.”--_New York Tribune._
_OUTINGS AT ODD TIMES._ By CHARLES C. ABBOTT, author of “Days out
of Doors” and “A Naturalist’s Rambles about Home.” 16mo. Cloth,
gilt top, $1.25.
“A charming little volume, literally alone with Nature, for it
discusses seasons and the fields, birds, etc., with the loving
freedom of a naturalist born. Every page reads like a sylvan
poem; and for the lovers of the beautiful in quiet outdoor and
out-of-town life, this beautifully bound and attractively printed
little volume will prove a companion and friend.”--_Rochester Union
and Advertiser._
_A NATURALIST’S RAMBLES ABOUT HOME._ By CHARLES C. ABBOTT. 12mo.
Cloth, $1.50.
“The home about which Dr. Abbott rambles is clearly the haunt of
fowl and fish, of animal and insect life; and it is of the habits
and nature of these that he discourses pleasantly in this book.
Summer and winter, morning and evening, he has been in the open
air all the time on the alert for some new revelation of instinct,
or feeling, or character on the part of his neighbor creatures.
Most that he sees and hears he reports agreeably to us, as it
was no doubt delightful to himself. Books like this, which are
free from all the technicalities of science, but yet lack little
that has scientific value, are well suited to the reading of the
young. Their atmosphere is a healthy one for boys in particular to
breathe.”--_Boston Transcript._
_DAYS OUT OF DOORS._ By CHARLES C. ABBOTT. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
“‘Days out of Doors’ is a series of sketches of animal life by
Charles C. Abbott, a naturalist whose graceful writings have
entertained and instructed the public before now. The essays and
narratives in this book are grouped in twelve chapters, named
after the months of the year. Under ‘January’ the author talks
of squirrels, muskrats, water-snakes, and the predatory animals
that withstand the rigor of winter; under ‘February,’ of frogs and
herons, crows and blackbirds; under ‘March,’ of gulls and fishes
and foxy sparrows; and so on appropriately, instructively, and
divertingly through the whole twelve.”--_New York Sun._
_THE PLAYTIME NATURALIST._ By Dr. J. E. TAYLOR, F. L. S., editor
of “Science Gossip.” With 366 Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
“The work contains abundant evidence of the author’s knowledge and
enthusiasm, and any boy who may read it carefully is sure to find
something to attract him. The style is clear and lively, and there
are many good illustrations.”--_Nature._
_THE ORIGIN OF FLORAL STRUCTURES through Insects and other
Agencies._ By the Rev. GEORGE HENSLOW, Professor of Botany,
Queen’s College. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.