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the A. O. U. Committee on Protection of 

 N. A. Birds, Witmer Stone ; An account 

 of the Nesting of Franklin's Gull [Larus 

 franklinii) in Southern Minnesota, illus- 

 trated by lantern slides, Thos. S. Roberts ; 

 Bird Studies with a Camera, illustrated by 

 lantern slides, Frank M. Chapman ; Home 

 Life of some Birds, illustrated by lantern 

 slides, Wm. Dutcher ; Slides — series of 

 Kingfisher, Gulls, etc., Wm. L. Baily ; 

 The Effects of Wear upon Feathers, illus- 

 trated by lantern slides, Jonathan Dwight, 



Jr.; Exhibition of lantern slides of Birds, 

 Birds' Nests and Nesting Haunts, from Na- 

 ture, members ; Language of the Birds, 

 Nelson R. Wood ; A New Wren from 

 Alaska, Harry C. Oberholser ; The Molt 

 of the Flight-feathers in various Orders of 

 Birds, Witmer Stone ; Some Cuban Birds, 

 Jno. W. Daniels, Jr.; On the Orientation 

 of Birds, Capt. Gabriel Reynaud, French 

 army ; On the Habits of the Hoatzin 

 [OpislJiocomiis ci-i'sfatus) , George K. 

 Cherrie. 



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A Dictionary of Birds. By Alfred 

 Newton, assisted by Hans Gadow, and 

 others. Cheap issue, unabridged. Lon- 

 don, Adam and Charles Black, 1893-96. 

 [New York, The Macmillan Co.] 8vo, 

 pp. xii-|-i,o88, numerous line cuts. 

 Price, $5. 



Bird students should be grateful to the 

 publishers of this invaluable valuable work 

 for issuing it in an edition which places it 

 within the reach of all. 



It is not necessary for us to add our 

 meed of praise to what is universally con- 

 ceded to be "the best book ever written 

 about birds." To those of Bird-Lore's 

 readers who have not had the fortune to 

 examine this or the preceding edition, we 

 may say that the work is based on Pro- 

 fessor Newton's article ' Birds' in the En- 

 cyclopaedia Britanica which, with the co- 

 operation of eminent specialists, has been 

 enlarged and augmented to make an orni- 

 thological dictionary of over 1,000 pages: 

 an indispensable work of reference to 

 every student of ornithology who will find 

 in its pages an immense amount of infor- 

 mation not elsewhere obtainable. — F. 

 M. C. 



Wabeno, The .Magician. The Sequel to 

 Tommy-Anne and the Three Hearts, by 

 Mabel OsGood Wright. Illustrated by 

 Joseph M. Gleeson. New York, The 

 Macmillan Company, 1S99. Price, 

 $1.50. 



This pretty green and gold covered book, 

 with its mystical sign of three interlaced 

 hearts, will be a treasure to the army of 



little folks who have so enjoyed its prede- 

 cessor ' Tommy-Anne.' Not only will they 

 meet in its pages the delightful Tommy- 

 Anne herself, but several other old friends, 

 Obi, the almost too-human Waddles, the 

 unfortunate Horned Owl, and others. In 

 this volume Anne — having dropped the 

 Tommy from her name, pushes her 

 "whys" into the several kingdoms of 

 earth and air. She interviews the " Man 

 in the Moon," learns the story of the red 

 man from a talkative Indian arrow head, 

 and the secrets of the hive from a friendly 

 honey-bee. Through her magic spectacles 

 life at the bottom of the sea becomes visi- 

 ble, and the past history of the earth 

 comes to light. It may readily be seen 

 that the author has not forgotten her own 

 childish "wonderments," and is therefore 

 eminently fitted to satisfy those of children 

 today, and although the imagination has 

 full play in the manner of conveying it — 

 the "how" — the information given is 

 trustworthy. The book, with all its charm 

 of fantasy may be put into the hands of 

 children with the assurance that it will 

 let them into the secrets of many interest- 

 ing things in Nature, and leave no sting of 

 false statements to be corrected as the 

 years pass on. 



The book, as usual with the publications 

 of the house of Macmillan, is fully illus- 

 trated, beautifully printed and altogether 

 a pleasure to look at and handle. — Olive 

 Thorne Miller. 



