“The Editor of the Woburn Library has recognised the full 
value of the highest form of colour-printing by means of 
photography. The Duke of Bedford has not given the name of 
his chief seat to this Library without the determination to make 
it worthy of the honour.’—Dazly News. 
THE WOBURN LIBRARY 
OF NATURAL HISTORY 
EDITED BY 
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD, K.G. 
President of the Zoological Soctety 
Each in ciown 4to, cloth gilt and gilt top, 12s. 6d. net 
HE purpose of this Library is to provide a series of 
Illustrated Books, of practical utility, on subjects touching 
Country Life. Although popular in character, these volumes 
will be at once accurate and reliable, and will contain sufficient 
scientific data to fit them for their place as works of reference 
in the library of every country house. Each volume will be 
written by a well-known authority on the subject with which it 
deals, and the whole Library will be under the supervision of 
His Grace the Duke of Bedford. 
VERY important feature of this Library will be the large 
number of beautiful Illustrations which each volume will 
contain. For the most part these will be reproduced in colour, 
and carefully printed on the best art paper; but care will be 
taken that each book shall be as light as possible to handle. 
N these volumes, each of which will be complete in itself, 
all the pedantry of science will be excluded, so that 
imperfect knowledge may not be concealed under scientific terms. 
They will not be merely popular gossip about scientific subjects, 
but rather science expounded in popular language. In short, 
while each volume will be scientifically accurate, it will not be 
technically scientific, though where occasion arises appendices 
will be added, containing the most up-to-date scientific classifica- 
tion, etc., and all the scientific terms. 
Lonpon: HUTCHINSON & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW 
