The Scottish Naturalist. 297 



(d) " Half-hours with the Animals : Narratives exhibit- 

 ing Intelligence, Instinct, and Affection." Illustra- 

 tions after Landseer and others. 8vo. London, 



1875. 



(e) "The Monsters of the Deep, and Curiosities of 



Ocean life ; " and 

 (/) " Fairy Frisket ; or Peeps at Insect Life," by 

 A.L.O.E. Both illustrated, post 8vo., and vols, of 

 Nelson's " British Library." 



In June, 1874, the enterprising publishers themselves — the 

 worthy rivals in Edinburgh of the Messrs. Chambers — favoured 

 me with the following 



" Memorandum from T. Nelson & Sons, Hope Park, Edin- 

 burgh : — 



' ' Nelson's ' British Library ' was originally published about twenty-six 

 or twenty-seven years ago, and has been out of print for eighteen years 



or so." 



The date of its first appearance was therefore probably 1847 or 

 1848. "Nelson's British Library" seems also to have included 

 a series of illustrated Weekly Tracts, similar in size and subjects 

 to those of " Chambers's Miscellany." Several of the numbers 

 treated of the mental endowments of Animals : for instance, 

 one on "Affection in the Lower Animals." 



(g) " The Picture Book of the Sagacity of Animals," 

 with 60 plates, by Harrison Weir. Geo. Routledge 

 & Sons, 1871. 



(h) " The Alphabet of Animals, in Rhyme : designed to 

 impress children with Affection for the Brute Crea- 

 tion." Illustrated with 25 engravings. An enlarged 

 and improved edition of a "very popular little 

 work, formerly published by Mr. J. Groom, of Bir- 

 mingham, now the property of the Book Society " 

 of London. 



(*) " The Life and Times of Conrad the Squirrel :" a 

 Story for Children. " Well calculated to make 

 children take an intelligent and tender interest in 

 the Lower Animals." Second edition, crown 8vo. 

 1872. 



(k) "A Dog of Flanders and other Stories," by Ouida. 

 Chapman & Hall, 1872. 



