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[NSECT LIFE. By Joun Henry Comstock, Pro- 
fessor of Entomology in Cornell University. With Illustrations 
by ANNA BoTsFORD Comstock, member of the Society of 
American Wood Engravers. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. 


‘*A capital book for students, as well as a handbook for teachers, amateurs, and 
those interested in Nature. . . . Any one who will go through the work with fidelity 
will be rewarded by a knowledge of insect life which will be of pleasure and of benefit 
to him at all seasons, and will give an increased charm to the days or weeks spent each 
summer outside of the great cities. It is the best book of its class which has yet ap- 
peared.” —New Vork Mail and Express. 
‘*For class use no better book could be devised. But the amateur and summer 
tourist will find it equally valuable, because it opens up realms of investigation and de- 
light that are infinite in their extent and variety. . . . A work that must take first place 
in the class to which it belongs.’’—PAzladelphia Press. 
‘*So easy has the author made the gaining of knowledge concerning insect life that 
even adults who perhaps have never given the subject a thought are very likely, if they 
take up the book, to become at once fascinated.”’—Boston Globe. 
“It is just the book for those who on their vacations wander among the ponds and 
brooks, dandelions and locusts, long-horned beetles and roadside butterflies, and who 
live in the isles and the forests for several weeks to come. . . . The book must take 
first rank among works of its kind.” —New Vork Commercial Advertiser. 
‘The volume is admirably written, and the simple and lucid style is a constant de- 
light. . . . Is sure to serve an excellent purpose in the direction of popular culture, and 
the love of natural science which it will develop in youthful minds can hardly fail to bear 
rich fruit.” —Bostox Beacon. 
“A more agreeable introduction to the study of the ways of the tiny winged things 
of the air and their metamorphoses in earth and water could not well be devised.”— 
Detroit Free Press. 
“A book like this is a good thing to put in the hands of young folks to make them 
see what is outside of their little home and school world, and to teach respect for other 
forms of life.” —Brooklyn Eagle. 
‘*The book teaches something on every page, yet on every page the student is told 
to go to Nature, to search out and observe for himself. Nor is it the young only who 
may find pleasure and profit in the use of this book. . . . The whole scheme and ex- 
ecution of ‘Insect Life’ are admirable.’’— Buffalo Express. 
““To teachers, students, and the general reader who is fond of Nature, the book 
will commend itself, for it easily surpasses any volume in its field.”—Saz Francisco 
Chronicle. 
‘* A very practical book, and one that anticipates every need of the amateur in starting 
upon the study of insects. . . . Particularly desirable for summer vacation among the 
fields and woods. . . . Prof. Comstock’s book fills a real want.”—Mew Vork Times. 

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