NEW SERIES 
NATURAL HISTORY FOR BEGINNERS. 
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A good introductory series of books on British Natural History for the 
use of students and amateurs is still a desideratum. Those at present in 
use have been too much compiled from antiquated sources; while the 
figures, copied in many instances from sources equally antiquated, are far 
from accurate, the colouring of them having become degenerated through 
the adoption, for the sake of cheapness, of mechanical processes. 
' The present series will be entirely the result of original research carried 
to its most advanced point; and the figures, which will be chiefly engraved 
on steel, by the artist most highly renowned in each department for his 
technical knowledge of the subjects, will in all cases be drawn from actual 
specimens, and coloured separately by hand. 
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The following are now Ready. 
BRITISH BEETLES; an Introduction to the Study of our 
Indigenous Conzoprrra. By E. C. Ryz. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured 
Steel Plates, comprising Figures of nearly 100 Species, engraved from 
Natural Specimens, expressly for the Work, by E. W. Rosrnson, and 
11 Wood-Engravings of Dissections by the Author. 10s. 6d. 
BRITISH BEES; an Introduction to the Study of the Natural 
History and Economy of the Bees indigenous to the British Isles. 
By W. E. Sauckarp. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured Steel Plates, compris- 
ing nearly 100 Figures, engraved from Natural Specimens, expressly 
for the Work, by E. W. Kopinson, and Wood-Engravings. 10s. 6d. 
BRITISH FERNS; an Introduction to the Study of the Ferns, 
Lycopods, and Equiseta indigenous to the British Isles, with Chapters 
on the Structure, Propagation, Cultivation, Diseases, Uses, Preserva- 
tion, and Distribution of Ferns. By Maraarrr Piuzs. Crown 8vo, 
16 Coloured Plates, and 56 Wood-Engravings by W. Fircu. 10s. 6d. 
Nearly Ready. : 
BRITISH SPIDERS; an Introduction to the Study of our 
Native ARACHNIDA. By E. F. Srave.ey. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured . 
Plates, drawn expressly for the Work by Turren West, and nume- 
rous Wood-Engravings. 10s. 6d. 
OTHER WORKS IN PREPARATION. 
LONDON: 
LOVELL REEVE & CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 
