OTHER NATURE-STUDY BOOKS 



By FRANK FINN, B.A., F.Z.A. 



TALKS ABOUT BIRDS 



Containing 36 Illustrations, 16 of which are full-page in Colour. Small square demy 8vo., 



cloth, gilt top. Price 6s. 

 "It is written in a most interesting style, and is sure to captivate intelligent boys and 

 girls." — Western Morning News. 



" Of exceptional interest and worth, as being on quite unusual lines." — Aberdeen Free Press. 



By J, H. FABRE 



LIFE AND LOVE OF THE INSECT 



Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Containing 26 Illustrations, 



11 of them full-page from Photographs. Price 5s. net (by post, 5s. 4d.). 



" Rarely have we come across a book on natural history written so attractively. He invests 



his subject with a fascination which should attract many readers who are now outside the 



ranks of students of natural history. The illustrations are excellent and most illuminating." — 



County Gentleman. 



By M. D. HAVILAND 



WILD LIFE ON THE WING 



Containing 8 full-page Illustrations and 50 Smaller Drawings in the Text by Patten Wilson. 

 Large square crown 8vo., cloth, gilt top. Price 5s. net (by post, 5s. 4d.). 



These stories of bird life by field, wood, and moor will be read with much zest by all Nature- 

 lovers. They are brightly written, and are the outcome of close observation and much practical 

 knowledge of natural history. One learns not only the secrets of bird life, but incidentally 

 much about the animals that prey on it. We sympathize with the water-hen hatching out 

 its eggs on a subsiding pool with a vixen waiting to reach her ; we are relieved when the 

 peregrine falcon escapes from its human captor ; and we read with interest of the last heron 

 of Ballongarry and of all the superstition it aroused in the mind of the old Irish keeper. 



Besides the adventures of the water-hen, the falcon, and the heron, there are equally stirring 

 stories of the crow, the woodcock, the redwing, and the pheasant. 



By CONSTANCE INNES POCOCK 



HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF THE 

 ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 



Containing 32 Illustrations from Photographs, and a Frontispiece in Colour. Small square 

 demy 8vo., cloth, gilt top. Price 5s. net (by post, 5s. 4d.). 

 " Never in the world's history has sympathy between man and animals stood for what it 

 does to-day — that, of course, by reason of man's education and ubiquity— and nowhere else 

 could we see a more pleasing result of the combination of these factors than in the Zoological 

 Gardens, where the collection numbers about four thousand specimens, including almost every 

 wild animal known, from an elephant proper to an elephant-shrew." — Quotation from 

 Opening Chapter. 



By C. VON WYSS 



GARDENS IN THEIR SEASONS 



Containing 58 Illustrations, 32 of which are in Colour. Crown 4to., canvas boards. Price 1 9. 6d. 

 "The little folk who are tempted from the gay pictures to the attractive letterpress which 

 describes them, will meet here one of those born gardeners of the seeds of knowledge, who 

 become as children themselves to open out to the little ones a glimpse of the poetry of earth."— 

 A then&um. 



BEASTS AND BIRDS 



Containing 55 Illustrations, 31 of which are in Colour. Crown 4to., canvas boards. Price 1s.6d. 

 " This is described as a Nature Book for boys and girls, and would make a charming and 

 welcome gift for children who are just old enough to learn about, and be interested in animals. 

 A short account of animals and their haunts and customs is given in simple straightforward 

 language, and the profuse illustrations, both plain and coloured, with which the book is fur- 

 nished, help to make the subject additionally clear and attractive." — Sunday Times. 



PUBLISHED BY ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 4, 5 AND 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 



