_FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST._ By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS. Uniform
with “Familiar Flowers,” “Familiar Trees,” and “Familiar Features
of the Roadside.” With many Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.
The great popularity of Mr. F. Schuyler Mathews’s charmingly illustrated
books upon flowers, trees, and roadside life insures a cordial reception
for his forthcoming book, which describes the animals, reptiles,
insects, and birds commonly met with in the country. His book will be
found a most convenient and interesting guide to an acquaintance with
common wild creatures.
_FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE._ By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS, author of
“Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden,” “Familiar Trees and their
Leaves,” etc. With 130 Illustrations by the Author. 12mo. Cloth,
$1.75.
“Which one of us, whether afoot, awheel, on horseback, or in comfortable
carriage, has not whiled away the time by glancing about? How many of
us, however, have taken in the details of what charms us? We see the
flowering fields and budding woods, listen to the notes of birds and
frogs, the hum of some big bumblebee, but how much do we know of what we
sense? These questions, these doubts have occurred to all of us, and it
is to answer them that Mr. Mathews sets forth. It is to his credit that
he succeeds so well. He puts before us in chronological order the
flowers, birds, and beasts we meet on our highway and byway travels,
tells us how to recognize them, what they are really like, and gives us
at once charming drawings in words and lines, for Mr. Mathews is his own
illustrator.”—_Boston Journal._
_FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES._ By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS, author of
“Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden,” “The Beautiful Flower
Garden,” etc. Illustrated with over 200 Drawings from Nature by
the Author, and giving the botanical names and habitat of each
tree and recording the precise character and coloring of its
leafage. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.
“It is not often that we find a book which deserves such unreserved
commendation. It is commendable for several reasons: it is a book that
has been needed for a long time, it is written in a popular and
attractive style, it is accurately and profusely illustrated, and it is
by an authority on the subject of which it treats.”—_Public Opinion._
_FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN._ By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS.
Illustrated with 200 Drawings by the Author. 12mo. Library
Edition, cloth, $1.75; Pocket Edition, flexible morocco, $2.25.
“A book of much value and interest, admirably arranged for the student
and the lover of flowers.... The text is full of compact information,
well selected and interestingly presented.... It seems to us to be a
most attractive handbook of its kind.”—_New York Sun._
_THE ART OF TAXIDERMY._ By JOHN ROWLEY, Chief of the Department of
Taxidermy in the American Museum of Natural History. Illustrated.
12mo. Cloth, $2.00.
Mr. Rowley has introduced new features into the art which have not been
described in print before, and his book represents the latest advances
in taxidermy as an art and as a science. He takes a hunting party to the
Canadian woods in his opening chapter, and gives a series of vivid
pictures of actual field work. This is followed by a series of careful
explanations of the proper treatment of animals, large and small, of
birds, and heads. The many lovers of outdoor sport who are interested as
amateurs in the various phases of taxidermy will find their requirements
fully met, while to professional taxidermists this important and
comprehensive work will be indispensable. It is elaborately illustrated.
_INSECT LIFE._ By JOHN HENRY COMSTOCK, Professor of Entomology in
Cornell University. With Illustrations by Anna Botsford Comstock,
member of the Society of American Wood Engravers. 12mo. Library
Edition, cloth, $2.50; Teachers’ and Students’ Edition, $1.50.
“Any one who will go through the work with fidelity will be rewarded by
a knowledge of insect life which will be of pleasure and benefit to him
at all seasons, and will give an increased charm to the days or weeks
spent each summer outside of the great cities. It is the best book of
its class which has yet appeared.”—_New York Mail and Express._
“The arrangement of the lessons and experiments and the advice on
collection and manipulation are only some of the very admirable features
of a work that must take first place in the class to which it
belongs.”—_Philadelphia Press._
“The volume is admirably written, and the simple and lucid style is a
constant delight.... It is sure to serve an excellent purpose in the
direction of popular culture, and the love of natural science which it
will develop in youthful minds can hardly fail to bear rich
fruit.”—_Boston Beacon._
_OUTLINES OF THE EARTH’S HISTORY._ By Prof. N. S. SHALER, of Harvard
University. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.
“Any one who reads the preliminary chapters will not stop until he has
read the entire book. The subject is certainly one of supreme interest,
and it would be hard to find any one more competent to write about it
than Professor Shaler.”—_New York Herald._
“Professor Shaler fortunately possesses a popular style, and what he
writes on a scientific topic is entertaining as well as instructive.
This book is illustrated with a number of splendid full-page cuts, which
admirably illuminate the work.”—_Boston Globe._
“Professor Shaler, of Harvard, in the well-worded text and the handsome
illustrations, presents an interesting and instructive volume to the
students of physiography. It is a simple study of the earth’s history,
revealing Nature’s processes and its continuous and increasing,
unceasing energies. It is well calculated to arouse an interest in
geological study, as it furnishes the key to unlock some of the great
mysteries the student meets in this broad field of science.... He
explains many curious phenomena. The work is very free from
technicalities, and is so plainly told as to be easily understood by
every intellectual reader.”—_Chicago Inter-Ocean._