BOOKS AND WRITERS. 



Upon the appearance of a new magazine devoted to 

 any of the sciences, the prospective subscribers are wont 

 to wait and see whether the publication is Hkely to hve 

 before sending in their money. The newly issued .4 ma tei;r 

 Naturalist, of Binghamton, N. Y., is exempted from this 

 by the fact that the editor and owner is a practical printer 

 able to issue the magazine as long as he pleases without 

 necessarily worrying about the size of his subscription list, 

 though he will doubtless look after this part of the ven- 

 ture, also. The first issue compares ver}' well ^^nth other 

 first issues and points toward along and successful career. 



Mr. C. F. Saunders has written a book — ^not, as read- 

 ers of this magazine may assume, a botanical work albeit 

 the title is "In a Popp^' Garden," but a book of verse 

 which shows the same original view^-point, lively imagery, 

 and delicate touch so noticeable in his prose articles. In 

 one sense, too, it is a botanical work for the flowers have 

 inspired a good share of the contents and are woven into 

 the fabric of the others. The eighteen poems are not un- 

 tried ventures into the realms of song but most of them 

 have previously appeared in such magazines as Harper's^ 

 McClure' s and the Churchman. Aunic|ue interest is added 

 to the volume b3^the illustrations specially drawn for each 

 poem by the author's talented wife. These are in unusual 

 accord with the spirit of the text and excellent examples 

 of decorative work, (Boston, The Gorham Press). 



A vSeries of letters from a dweller in the fields and 

 w^oods to a resident of the town comes to us under the 

 title of "Mountain Walks of a Recluse." The author, Rev. 

 E. Chrysostom Burr, writes most charmingW of the birds^ 

 flowers and seasons of the Hudson Valley and the thoughts 

 the}' have suggested to him during his saunterings in the 

 uplands. His vocation of priest moreover, has brought 

 him into intimate touch with his people and has also 

 taken him out at hours when many of us are sleeping and 

 shown him the less familiar phases of Nature as well as 

 afforded him leisure to later chronicle his meditations. 

 The book faithfull}^ mirrors the peaceful contemplative 

 life of the author spent when not occupied with religious 

 duties among his loved birds and flowers. (New York, 

 the Broadway Publishing Co.) 



