Notice to 

 Subscribers. 



After careful consideration we have decided 

 to discontinue the extra sets of pictures. Sub- 

 scribers who have paid in advance for these 

 will be credited one montli on their subscription 

 for every three sets of pictures due. Those 

 who have not paid will be charged 4 cents per 

 set for those received, which amount should 

 be sent with the regular subscription, I1.50. 



Nature Study Publishing Co. 



203 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. 



7TIH desire to call the attention to the subjects selected 

 SV for the November number of BIRDS AND AI^L 

 NATURE. They are as follows : 



Cbe Jfmerican Otter, 

 Cbe American Porcupine, 

 Cbe Prairie Sbarp^tailed 6rcu$e, 

 Cbe Golden Plover, 

 Cbe Caspian Cern, 

 Cbe flowering Hlmond, ««<! 

 One Plate of Butterflies. 



We are endeavoring to make this number one of the 

 finest we have ever pulbished. The subjects are all 

 exceedingly interesting, and great care is given to repro- 

 duce them in a truly natural and artistic manner. The 

 articles are carefully prepared, and " How to Use a Color 

 Photograph In Teaching," by W. E. Watt, should be 

 read by every one who has as his daily task, whether in 

 school-room or home, the instruction of children. 



Nature Study Publishing Co., Chicago. 



Our Library Catalogue is 



Your Gr6at.6Si) fleiD 



in your school work, because it advertises so 

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A. FLANAGAN, 



Publisher and Bookseller, 

 267-269 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO. 



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Elfjraul Sti'fl Range, like cut, regular 

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Office of 



Board of Education, 



HERBERT B. HAYDEN, SUPT. 



CouNcxi, Bluffs, Iowa, Oct. 8, 1898. 

 W. E. Watt, President. 



Dear Sir — It is indeed a pleasure to bear 

 testimony to the educational value of so beauti- 

 ful a production as the CHARTS OF NORTH 

 AMERICAN BIRDS, issued by the Nature 

 Study Publishing Co., of Chicago. 



We have recently ordered a supply of these 

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 teachers are already finding them a most 

 inspiring basis for Nature Study and Language 

 work. 



They inspire a love for the birds and through 

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 are acquainted and are very ready to look up 

 information concerning those that are new to 

 them. All this adds a new spirit and zest to 

 the Language work in those rooms in which 

 the Bird Charts have been used. As a basis for 

 Information Lessonsthey are also of great value. 



The color-photography process gives us the 

 most beautiful representation of our North 

 American birds of which I know. I consider 

 the set invaluable. Cordially given, 



HERBERT B. HAYDEN, 



Supt. City Schools. 



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" The Moki .Snake Dance," 56 pp., 64 illustra- 

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"Health Resorts of New Mexico," 80 pp., ^ 



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" Las Vec;as Hot Springs and Vicinity," 48 ^ 



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