Twentieth Century Text-BooKs. 



Plant Cclations. 



A First Book of Botauv. By John M. Coulter, A. M., Ph. D., Head 

 of Department of Botany, University of Chicago. i2mo. Cloth, $i.ionet. 



" A pretty full and very interesting knowledge 

 of the general relations of plant life — tJie conditions 

 under which plants grow, and the way in which 

 their anatomical and physiological characteristics 

 testify to tlie circuiristances of their environment 

 and their needs as regards nutrition and reproduc- 

 tion. . . . The name and position of the author 

 certify to the high ciuality of the book." — The Illus- 

 trated 'Buffalo Express. 



" We are accjuainted with no manual of bot- 

 any that can more usefully serve to supplement 

 work in the laboratory and the field by organ- 

 izing the results obtained from investigation and 

 suggesting explanations of them." — Philadelphia 

 Press. 



"The work is beautifully printed and illus- 

 tiated, and the subjects are treated in a manner at 

 once entertaining and instructive. Professor Coul- 

 ter is an entiuisiast with the rare c]uality of impart- 

 ing his enthusiasm to his students in class and out 

 of it." — Chicago Journal. 



"A class-room book of great excellence, cal- 

 culated to give a fair botanical knowledge to a 

 student in six months' study, or to prepare him for 

 tlie more detailed studies which Professor Coulter 

 will embody in a second book. The illustrations 

 are very numerous and of supreme excellence." — 

 Chicago Interior. 



A History of the American Nation. 



By Andrew C. McLaughlin, Professor of American History in the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan. With many Maps and Illustrations. i2mo. Cloth, 

 $1.40 net. 



"One of the most attractive and com- 

 plete one-volume histories of America that 

 has yet appeared." — Boston Beacon. 



"Complete enough to find a place in 

 the library as well as in the school." — 

 'Denver Republican. 



"This excellent work, although in- 

 tended for school use, is eL|ually good for 

 general use at home." — Boston Transcript. 



" A remarkably good beginning for the 

 newTwentieth Century Series of text-books. 

 . . . The illustrative feature, and especially 

 the maps, have received the most careful 

 attention, and a minute examination shows 

 them to be accurate, truthful, and illustra- 

 tive. " — Thiladelphia Press. 



"The volume is eminently worth v of a place in a series destined for the readers of the 

 coming century. It is highly creditable to the author." — Chicago Evening Post. 

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John Brown's Fort. 



