By DAVID STARR JORDAN 



A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF 

 FISHES 



2 volumes, 934 illustrations. 1223 pp. $12.00 net, postage extra. 

 32-pp. Prospectus on application. 



A comprehensive work, at once scientific and popular, by the lead- 

 ing American ichthyologist. It discusses the structure, habits, evo- 

 lution, and economic value of fishes. It treats of the characteristics 

 of chief groups, emphasizing those •which by reason of divergence 

 from typical forms are of especial interest. Extinct fishes are dis- 

 cussed along with their living relations. Nothing has been spared 

 to make the work, in illustration and mechanical execution, worthy 

 of a magnum opus. There is an abundance of pictures in half-tone 

 and other forms of black-and-white illustration, and the frontispiece 

 of each volume shows in colors some of the remarkable fish brought 

 by the author from his Pacific explorations. There are also portraits 

 of the world's leading ichthyologists. 



"The most comprehensive treatise on American Ichthyology."— 7%« Dial. 



"The first large work on fishes to be independently undertaken by the writer, 

 is of nearly twice the extent of Guenther's ' Introduction ' or of the ' Cambridge 

 Natural History ' and like them ' treats of the fish from all points of view.' . . . 

 Tfie author has given us the cream of his long experience and wide knowledge of 

 American fishes and has made it full and attractive. There is no other account of 

 the sort for American readers. "—Jaw6 ReigJiard in Science. 



FISHES 



American Nature Series. 789 pp., 671 illustrations, 18 color plates. 

 $6.00 net, carriage 50 cents. 



This book includes virtually all the non-technical material contained 

 in the author's larger work, "Guide to the Study of Fishes." The 

 fishes used for food and those sought by anglers in America are treat- 

 ed fully, and proportionate attention is paid to all the existing, as 

 well as all extinct families of fishes. Notwithstanding the relative 

 absence of technical material, it is expected that the book will be of 

 value to students of ichthyology. Its chief aim, however, is to be of 

 interest to nature-lovers and anglers and instructive to all who open 

 its pages. 



" Of the highest value for the intelligent reader. An authoritative treatise and a 

 readable essay."— £o«to?i Transcript. 



" The author's wide knowledge of this group of animals, his comprehensive 

 selection of interesting data, his terse, lucid, often humorous presentation, all com- 

 bine to make this by far the most readable and interesting popular natural history 

 of fishes."- 7%« Z>tai. 



HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 



PUBLISHERS NEW YORK 



