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Book Reviews. 



FOLLOWING THE DEER — Messrs. 

 Ginn and Company, Boston and London, 

 have issued this extremely interesting book 

 of Mr, William J. Long. 



Mr. Long is a pleasant writer, a student 

 of nature and tells of the woods of Maine 

 and the big and little game which inhabit 

 them. His description of Old Wally, a 

 pot hunter, is good and shows the differ- 

 ence between a genuine sportsman and the 

 fellows who kill everything in sight for 

 their market value. Many excellent illus- 

 trations display both the beauty and 

 dexterity of the wild deer. 



The book teaches some lessons of value, 

 most important is the right of a noble 

 animal to live where no real necessity 

 exists for its destruction. 



Nature studies all have an interest, 

 none more so than Following the Deer. 



PRINCIPLES of AMERICAN FOR- 

 ESTRY— by Samuel B. Green. John 

 Wiley & Sons, New York and London. 



Never has there been so marked an in- 

 terest in forest perpetuation in America as 

 at the present, and books upon forestry 

 are being multiplied. The name of Sam- 

 uel B. Green carries with it a certainty of 

 thorough mastery of this subject. 



Professor Green goes into detail in a 

 most practical manner. To young or old 

 — all who wish true information, how to 

 manage a forest, what trees are adapted 

 for various purposes, and a discussion of 

 all forest topics, will find in this new work 

 a helpful instructor. A tabular classifica- 

 tion of the important timber trees is worth 

 far more than the cost of the book. 

 Schools should have it as a reference and 

 text book. Price, $1.50, Arboricul- 

 ture will supply this work by mail at 

 above price. 



National Publishing Company, Phila- 

 delphia and Chicago, are preparing for 

 the holidays of 1903 "OUR MOTHER 

 GOOSE," by Newton H, Jones, Newspa- 

 pers, books and magazines, to be of inter- 



est in the modern days, must be profusely 

 illustrated. Man at all ages, from one year 

 to eighty, is attracted by a picture and 

 this nursery story book will prove of great 

 interest to the little ones, all of the old 

 nursery rhymes being embellished by the 

 artist's skill. Mothers will be pleased to 

 see the joy of their children in learning 

 the old stories in new dress. 



THE AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. 



Arboriculture is friendly to the cause 

 of education. It is the educated man who 

 appreciates the benefits of the forest, and 

 is willing that others in coming time shall 

 enjoy the same advantages which we enjoy. 

 It is the man of education who is patriotic 

 in the highest sense ; who wishes the great- 

 est good for our nation for all coming time. 

 And thus we favor such means of educa- 

 tion as will promote true patriotism in our 

 youth. 



The American Book Company produce 

 the very best books, published in the high- 

 est style of book art. Their works are of 

 moral as well as intellectual worth. To 

 this company we are indebted for a major- 

 ity of the school and college text-books 

 and the advance in school literature. 



The following taken from Fresh Bait j or 

 Fishers of Men: "An extraordinary phe- 

 nomenon has been noticed with regard to 

 the chestnut trees in one of the famous 

 avenues of Brussels, since the installation 

 of the electrical tram-cars. The foliage 

 of the trees on one side of the tramway 

 begins to turn brown and drop early in 

 August ; then they bud and blossom again 

 in October. The trees on the opposite side 

 of the tramway behave like ordinary trees, 

 for they lose their foliage in the late 

 autumn and do not put forth fresh blossoms 

 until the spring. Botanist are inclined to 

 believe that the cause of this singular state 

 of things is due to the electrical current 

 which passes under the ground acting upon 

 the roots of the trees." 



