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The American Rose Annual. Edited for 

 The American Rose Society by J. Horace 

 McFarland. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

 American Rose Society (Editor's Office). 

 This beautiful book, issued by a lively, 

 wide-awake society, contains many articles 

 from authorities on the subject, and is beauti- 

 fully illustrated. Every lover of the queen of 

 American flowers should own this handbook 

 and follow regularly the work of the society. 



Pets: Their History and Care.. By Lee S. 

 Crandall. New York City: Henry Holt 

 and Company. 



This book is the outgrowth of the author's 

 long, successful, practical experience. While 

 special attention is devoted to such popula- 

 pets as cats, dogs, and birds, almost every ani- 

 mal which may be kept for companionship or 

 ornament is included, and the directions for 

 their care cover all the ordinary conditions 

 which may be met. There are suggestions, 

 based on wide experience, to guide the pur- 

 chaser of pets. 



The Boy Scouts' Year Book. Edited by Wal- 

 ter P. McGuire and Franklin K. 

 Mathiews. New York City. D Apple- 

 ton and Company. 



This is dedicated "To the 8,000.000 Boys of 

 Scout Age in the United States." It is" cer- 

 tain that every one of those millions can find 

 something of interest in the book. It is a real 

 boy's book of genuine achievement in the use 

 of things to be seen and things to be done. 

 The activities described cover every phase of 

 outdoor life, and the detailed observations in- 

 clude a wide range of nature studv. 



The Voice of the Garden. By Abram Lin- 

 wood Urban. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : 

 Thomas Median & Sons. 



Naturally, the first question is, "Can the 

 garden speak?" and the second should be, "Can 

 you hear what it has to say?" The garden, 

 like all nature, is speaking, but as the Rever- 

 end .Mr. Smith wrote in his poem, "America" 

 — -"Let all that breathes partake: Let rocks 

 their silence break. The sound prolong." The 

 author sees intelligence in plants. He thus 

 tells us of Darwin : 



"Many will recall the elder Darwin's fine 

 enthusiasm, who, while always strictly scienti- 

 fic in his methods, never stating anything but 

 uncolored fact, was filled with wonder and 

 awe in his study of the lives and conduct of 

 plants, indicating to his mind something much 

 like human intelligence." 



The Book of the Peony. By Mrs. Edward 

 Harding. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. 

 B. Lippincott Company. 

 A magnificent book on a gorgeous flower' 

 Is there anything in the floral world more mar- 

 velous than a peony, and is there any other 

 book in which three color printings and gen- 

 eral high grade mechanical art are more per- 

 fectly exhibited than this? The plates, the 

 text, the tables, the detailed description, every- 

 thing is ideally good, including the long 

 chapter, with illustrations, on the diseases of 

 the peony. Every lover of the peony should 

 have this book. 



The Woodcraft Manual for Girls of the 

 Woodcraft League. By Ernest Thomp- 

 son Seton. Published for the Woodcraft 

 League of America, 13 West Twenty- 

 ninth Street, New York City. Garden 

 City, New York : Doubleday, Page & 

 Company. 

 More than four hundred pages are devoted 

 to the methods of The Woodcraft League. 

 The manual is profousely illustrated and con- 

 tains much valuable material. It tells how to 

 form a tribe, with history and methods :tells of 

 games, sports, songs, plays, wood lore and 

 handicraft, with other interesting articles on 

 many phases of nature. 



The Joyous Art of Gardening.. By Frances 

 Duncan. New York City: Charles Scrib- 

 ner's Sons. 

 The amateur gardener will find in this book 

 not only inspiration but practical aid, and it 

 contains many good suggestions for those that 

 have had considerable experience. The review- 

 er is inclined to think that when the author 

 says that she has tried to aid the bes'inner she 

 has been a little overmodest. There are 

 many good points in the dainty illustrations 

 of garden plans and effects. It is a good all- 

 round handbook on the garden in its floral and 

 decorative aspects. As the author has the 

 practical information, we hope to see a book 

 from her on the vegetable garden. It would 

 be a welcome addition to our library of help- 

 ful books. 



The Bird Study Book. By T. Gilbert Pear- 

 son, Secretary National Association of 

 Audubon Societies. Garden City, New 

 York : Doubleday, Page & Company. 

 One would naturally expect from Mr. Pear- 

 son a book af general, popular, helpful inter- 

 est. His broad outlook over the bird world 

 as Secretary of the Audubon Societies reveals 

 needs. He has not written merely from an 

 individual's point of view, but in a sincere 



