NATURE BOOKS BY W. S. BLATCHLEY 



I. "GLEANINGS FROM NATURE." 



Special studies on the insects, fishes, reptiles, birds and plants 

 of Indiana and adjoining States. Some of the chapter headings are : 



Harbingers of Spring. Katydids and Their Kin. 



Two Fops Among the Fishes. Snakes and Their Habits. 



Mid-Summer Along the Old Canal. Twelve Winter Birds. 



Ten Indiana Caves and the Animals How Plants and Animals Spend the 

 which Inhabit Them. Winter. 



"This book can be highly recommended for its honesty and directness of purpose. Tho essays are truthful 

 and give vivid touches of nature, the results of close and sympathetic observation." Dr. D. S. Jordan, in Amer- 

 ican Naturalist. 



"A true outdoor book, well designed to increase the pleasure and interest of an outing."- F. M. Chapman, in 

 Bird-Lore. 



Silk cloth, 348 pp., 15 pis., 100 illustrations. $1.25, postpaid. 



II. "A NATURE WOOING AT ORMOND BY THE SEA." 



The only book treating of the natural history of the East Coast 

 of Florida. Contains lists of the insects taken at Ormond, Fla., in 

 March and April, with many notes on birds, insects, reptiles, shell 

 mounds, etc. 



"The author is a true naturalist, and chapters written by a man of this kind are worth reading. The book 

 is beautifully illustrated and is well gotten up in every way." Recreation. 



Silk cloth, 245 pp., 12 pis., 63 illustrations, map. $1.10, post- 

 paid. 



III. "BOULDER REVERIES." 



A series of sketches on the wild life of an old woods pasture in 

 "Western Indiana. It breathes of nature on every page. 



"A book delightful in its simplicity, which will address a strong appeal to all lovers of Nature." Indianapo- 

 lis News. 



"It has given me many an hour of restful and uplifting pleasure." Hon. Albert J . Beveridge. 



Silk cloth, 230 pp., 10 pis. $1.10, postpaid. 



IV. "WOODLAND IDYLS." 



The newest and best of Blatehley's nature books. An appeal 

 for the simple life, written in the midst of nature, where only that 

 life can be lived. A book for all who love the great out-of-doors, 

 and especially for camp-lovers, bird-lovers, botanists and fisher- 

 men. The following are a few of the page headings: 



Odors of August. Fisherman's Luck. 



A Woodland Optimist. Old Clothes in the Woods. 



Simplers and Herbalists. Fire Pinks and Humming Birds. 



The Earth's Mold Blanket. How Herons Hunt. 



A Floral Calendar. Evening Wood-Sprites. 



"A better book than this as a pocket companion for the camper can hardly be found, for it will sharpen his 

 wits to a multitude of little things about him, and will introduce him to phases of nature that will be right at 

 hand, no matter where he pitches his tent." Indianapolis News. 



"I have enjoyed it to the very utmost. It takes me back to the old days amidst Nature's sweet and 

 refreshing environment, for which there is no substitute in this world." Hon. Chas. W . Fairbanks. 



Silk cloth, 242 pp., 3 pis. $1.25, postpaid. All 4 for $4.00, or 

 'Woodland Idyls" and either "Boulder Reveries" or "A Nature 



Wooing" for $2.00. THE NATURE PUBLISHING CO., 



1558 Park Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 



