of the perfect way in which the plants have been repre- 



senteft —J. \y If.irshherger. University rennsyhuiniu 



') our cuts are very fine. I marvel at the Ijeautv and 

 perfection of vour photo{,Taphs. You must have made a 

 great study of the manner of brinsinR out the lijrhtji and 

 snailes of the specimens."— (7^0 .1/ turner. Hiiff;ilo 



••The cuts an- perfect : and the black and white, to me 

 are always preferable to colored plates."— .»/rj. Sarah 

 Jyson Korer. Phila.tflpliin. 



••! have always been fond of mushrooms, but I never 

 dared eat them, or at least to KTither them from the field 

 becau.se I wa.s afrawl of KettiuR the poisonous ones. I 

 tinnk this Iwok will put me straight." 



••The work is very fine. The Ix^t I have ever seen 

 I enjoy it preatly.'^— /)r. /Vj/. Lansing. Mich. 



•'It IS a lieautiful Ixwk and does vou great credit." 



— Profess >r M.icmitlan. Uni-.ersity of Minnesota 



"The descriptive part of the text is much more than a 

 running neconifiaiilmeiit of the illustnitions. Most of 

 the descrliitions are from actual olwervations of the 

 author, and are not mere copies of the stiiigv, tecliiiical 

 duigiiosesof ordinarj- systematic works. It is certainly 

 the liest collection yet published of illustrations of our 



species. "—Khoiiora . 



'•The whole work, touching as It doe.s, upon the scien- 

 tific, practical and popular, will Ije of ihe greatest use 

 to the greatest numlier. The text illustrations will aid 

 the novice in iletermiiiing the more common edil.l.-and 

 poiwdious varieties, and a study of the photographs will 

 enable one to recognize many mushrooms during a trip 

 to the woo-ls or fields. The »xiok op»-ns a realm hitherto 

 too much neglected v\here delicious food can !« ha<1 for 

 the trouble of collecting, tells how to avoid the poison- 

 ous toadstools, and presents a field replete with Wuti- 

 ful and wonderful objects for the lover of nature and 

 nature stu>ty. It is quite the best fx)ok on miLshnjoms that 

 has been published In A.mcT\c&."—.\rinneapolis Journal. 



"This hook on American mushrooms is a work of high 

 economic value. It .supplies the most conci.se, complete 

 and recent resume of mushroom poisoning that has yet 

 been publishe<l. and for that reason alone should be on 

 the shelf of every physician, especiallv in thn.se davs 

 when the sudden interest if mushrooms fs leading eiith'u- 

 sia-st-s to try evervthing thev find." • » * * » The 

 contribution by Sirs. Rorer 'of a chapter of recipes for 

 cooking mushrooms, will add ver>- practical value to the 

 book. Dr. Atkinson's fwok, however. Is not onlv for the 

 man who collects mushnKjms for amusement. It is an 

 authority on the subject of the toxicology and chemi.slry 

 of mushrooms: and iiy means of its plioto-'raphs and de- 

 scriptions of the fleadly .species, aiiv phvsician could at 

 once verify any poisonous species t'hat had been eateu 



by mist&ta."— Medical News, Nevu York City 



