Tenants of an Old Farm. 



PBESS NOTICES. 



The following extracts from reviews of this book show with 

 what cordiality it has been received and how highly it is ranked 

 by the reviewers. 



Of Scientific Value. 



" Of special value, for we have in it 

 a popular account of scientific subjects 

 by one wtio has liiuiself observed every- 

 thing he describes. The scientific state- 

 ments of the author are not only reliable, 

 but coming directly from nature they still 

 retain evidence of direct contact with 

 life, which is so sure to disappear with 

 too many repetitions."— Sc/cntr. 



" Desoribes with the precision of an 

 accomplished naturalist." — Portland 

 Dailu Adrei-tiser. 



" Latest results of scientific research 

 and study. . . A great deal that is in- 

 structive, besides l)eing curious and inter- 

 esting." — PittftbiD-y ChroniclcTfleyraph. 



" The result of original investig^a- 

 tions by one who is an authority." — Illus- 

 trated L-IiriMiaii Wtekli/, N. Y. 



"Full of curious information, prin- 

 cipally on the habits of ants, bees and 

 other insects." — Buffalo Courier. 



"fiives a vast amount of informa- 

 tion about all sorts and conditions of in- 

 sects." — Worcester Dailu Spy. 



" Expresses the latest and best re- 

 sults of scientific research, and thus pos- 

 sesses a real scientific standing and val- 

 ue." — Christian at Work, N. Y. 



"Embodies the result of aceiu'ate 

 and minute observation, and cannot fall 

 to be of as much value as interest to work- 

 ing naturalists."— Bosfoji Christian Reg- 

 ister. 



" The readinfc of a few pajres in this 

 work will serve as an admirable prepa- 

 -ation for a stroll through fields and over 

 1 lills in the country during a Sunday af ter- 

 uoon." — Times-Star, Ciiieinnafi. 



" Accurate and scientific informa- 

 Hon embodying the results of the very 

 latest research in this department."— 

 National Baptist, Phila. 



Aiifhoi'itative. 



" Scientifically. Dr. McCooK is auth- 

 ority on all these mattera."— Presbyter- 

 ian, Phila. 



" ProbabW there is no one in Amer- 

 ica who is better fitted In t;ui(li' tlir young 

 in the studv of his s]i1iitc of nafuiiil his- 

 tory, than the liev. Dr. IIe^ky ('. MrCooK 

 of Philadelpl:ia."— S'. .s'. Times. 



"Of the highest order of interest. 

 The author has made studies and draw- 

 ings of the insects which can be found on 

 any old farm, and has made discoveries 

 which give him a high place among en- 

 tomologists."— C/iica(/o Advance. 



" May be said to be a perpetual pass- 

 port to the minor kingdoms of nature. It 

 Is the work of an aecoiniilislicd and prac- 

 tical naturalist who is hand ;hiiI {.'love (so 

 to speak) with the populaee of the leaves 

 and fields, the woods and waters."— .Y. Y. 

 3Iail and K.rpress. 



" The author is not a mere compiler 

 of other men's labors ; he is a close and 

 patient observer, and his book has an orig- 

 inal value." — N. Y. Home Journal. 



" He is rarely qualified for the task." 

 —Troy Daily Times. 



" Dr. McOooK has already achieved 

 an enviable reputation by his valuable 

 contributions to science, and in this 

 charming book, so full of amusement and 

 instruction, he has given us another proof 

 of his being one of the most clear, con- 

 cise and attractive writers of the day."— 

 Christian at Work, N. Y. 



" Dr. McCooK is an authority in all 

 that relates to ants and spiders ; but the 

 talks in this pleasant volume are not re- 

 stricted to insects of these varieties, but 

 include interesting and valuable instruc- 

 tion concerning many other forms of in- 

 sect lite."— Portland Press, Me. 



" Dr. McCooK is an enthusiastic 

 naturalist, and in one particular branch 

 of study— that of the habits of ants and 

 spiders— stands as high as any living wri- 

 ter, either English or American."— Boston 

 Evening Transcript. 



"It is well known that Dr. McCook 

 ! is one of the few ministers among us who 

 have made a specialty of studies in the 

 natural sciences, and that he has in this 

 line built up an enviable reputution be- 

 yond our church and beyond our land."— 

 Presbyterian Journal, I'hila. 



" His enthtisiasm in behalf of his in- 

 dustrious friends is so great that he ac- 

 tually pitched his tent in the midst of the 

 huge' mounds of certain species in one of 

 the Western States, and had to engage a 

 small army of three men to drive off the 

 attack nf the indifrnant ins/ets while he 

 was stiidviiis the interior arraiiRenients 

 of their i-'hiliorately coiistiui-tcd houses." 

 —From ( ■iKuiihcrs's .hiuriKtl i Kdinl)urgh, 

 Scotland). 



