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AKIlOKRTLTrRE 



Book Reviews. 



Doubletlay. Viv^e & Co.. .U Union Square, New 

 York, in The World's^ Work-, announce A'(/- 

 tun'.f Port rait K. 



A portfolio of the most wonderful por- 

 traits ever made. All being from wild life, 

 tishes in the water, wild animals in the 

 woods and wild fowls in their native habitat. 

 AuBoKici'LTrKE recommends its readers to 

 send for particulars. 



A1.S0 Aiiuricaii Foml and Hamv Fixhc.^, by David 

 Starr .lourdan and Barton \V. Everman. 



In this volume of 600 pages there are 

 ten plates in color, sixty-four full-page life 

 photographs and 20S text cuts. A remark- 

 ably valuable and handsome work. 



this tirm publish that magnificent maga- 

 zine. Country Life in America, w'hich .should 

 be found in every home. 



The World's H'orA- contains full-page por- 

 traits of .Attorney General Knox, Vassili 

 \'ere.schagin, the famous Russian painter, 

 Prime Minister lialfour, two contrasting pic- 

 tures, the ( )ld and the New Northwest. Sec- 

 retary of Kansas State lioard of Agricul- 

 ture, F. D. Coburn, at his desk, is a true 

 likeness of this foremost agriculturist of 

 the West, who has a brilliant future in store. 



So many valuable articles, ably written, 

 timely and handsomely illustrated make this 

 magazine desirable for every reader who 

 desires to become acquainted with the live 

 workers and work of the world. 



I>. .Vppleton & Company have Familiar Trees 

 and their Leaver, by F. Schuyler .Mathews. 



It was formerly considered necessary to 

 be a thorough botanist and to examine the 

 tlowf-rs in detail to determine the character 

 of trees and plants. A majority of forest 

 trees have inconspicuous Howers, and re- 

 main but a short period in blossom, which 

 would make this method of identification very 

 difficult. Every woodsman recognizes the 

 trees of his acquaintance by their peculiari- 

 ties of leaf, fruit and bark, although he 

 may not be able to describe the differences 

 in such pleasing language as Mr. Mathews 

 is able to command. With this book before 

 him any school-child may recognize all the 

 common trees of the forest. It should be 

 in every schoolroom. 



D. Appleton & di. have just published I'nirti- 

 cal Forestry, by John (iitford, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity. 



This is a work of considerable value to 

 students. The principles of forestry are 

 well explained and show a familiarity with 

 the theories of the subject as well as thor- 

 ough investigation in its prejjaration. It is 

 well written, the illustrations are fine. 

 Price $1.82 by mail. It is commended to 

 all students of woodcraft. 



The American Book Company publish a very 

 interesting book, fiir<ls of the United States, 

 by Prof. A. C. Apgar, of New Jersey. 



Birds are of so great value to the farm- 

 ers of this country, and to arboriculture, 

 this study should be given prominence, espe- 

 cially in country schools, and the attractive 

 character of Professor Apgar's books, the 

 numerous beautiful bird pictures, and 

 simple, easy system of identification of birds 

 given in this work, should make bird study 

 one of the gladsome features of school life. 



Ten Common Trees is a primary school book, by 

 Susan Stokes, of Salt Lake City. The Amer- 

 ican Book Company, publishers. 



This must greatly interest children at 

 home or in school. Considering that the 

 authoress resides in an arid region where 

 irrigation must be practiced to make trees 

 grow, we can see w'hy she should be so in- 

 terested in the trees which are so common 

 in moist climates. The picturesque and 

 peculiar appearance of Salt Lake City is 

 largely due to the many avenues of tall 

 Lombardy poplar trees. All of the ten 

 trees mentioned in this book are growing in 

 Salt Lake City, and many others as well. 



A. \V. Mumford, Chicago, has just issued Among 

 Green Trees, by Julia E. Rogers. Octavo. 

 About ?.50 pages. Price, $3.00. 



This valuable contribution to the popular 

 literature of forestry is illustrated with 

 twenty-five full-page photogravures of 

 typical forest trees, fifty halftones and over 

 one hundred drawings. This is one of the 

 most practical books ever published. It is 

 complete in itself, containing no technical 

 terms that are not defined. It will not have 

 to be used with some other publication to 

 make the text intelligible. 



