Four Books for Nature Lovers 



SENT WITHOUT COST FOR EXA/VllNATiON. 



Surpassing, in general excellence, any ever Issued at anything like a popular price. 

 The Plates mark the highest point reached in color-photography. They are probably the 

 most valuable and artistic pictures, of the kind, available to-day. 7^4x10^^ inches, bound 

 in handsome green cloth. 



ANY OF THESE BOOKS WILL BE SENT POSTPAID ON APPROVAL TO BE EXAM- 

 INED BEFORE BEING PAID FOR; TO BE RETURNED IF UNSATISFACTORY. 



BIRD HOMES, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. 



The nests, eggs a?td habits of the land birds 

 breeding in Eastern United States. 



In this book are g-iven directions for identify- 

 ing birds by their nests, according- to the location 

 and situai on of the latter, whether on the ground, 

 in the trees, etc. 



The colored illustrations are a remarkable 

 feature of the book. Made from the author's pho- 

 tographs from nature, they form a collection 

 which is really wonderful and a monument of in- 

 finite patience. Many of them would be difficult 

 to duplicate on account of the obs'tacles to be over- 

 come. In some instances a bicycle pump and forty 

 feet of tubing were used to work the camera-shut- 

 ter. 



Some nests a-e shown in process of construc- 

 tion; some with the old bird sitting on them, 

 others with their complement of eggs or, with the 

 young birds still unfledged, with their pin feathers 

 just about to burst their envelopes. 



It is a book which should give delight to all 

 lovers of the woodland and out-of-door life. 



About 200 pages; 65 plates; 16 of which are col- 

 ored. Price $a.OO. 



BIRD NEIGHBORS, by Neltje Blanchan. 



An introdtictorv acquaintance vnth one hundred and 



fifty birds commonly found in the garde/is, 



meadov.is and woods about our homes. 



The descriptions are untechnical, clear and 

 vivid, and the identification of our birds is made 

 easy and certain, even to the uninitiated. The de- 

 scriptions treat of the bird's characteristics of 

 size, color and flight; its peculiarities of instinct 

 and temperament; its nestand home-life, its choice 

 of food, its songs and its season of residence. 



This book is better than Audubon for the be- 

 ginner, as it may be ca'^ried into the fields for ref- 

 erence, while the plates are as serviceable as those 

 of Audubon or Wilson. There are fifty superb 

 full-page pictures in color-photography taken, not 

 from the faded specimens in our museums, but 

 from the birds themselves in their best Spring plum- 

 age. 



234 pages; full margins for notes; SO colored 

 plates. Price $-^.00. 



BIRDS THAT HUNT AND ARE HUNTED, 



By NELTJE BLANCHAN. 



Life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey ^ 

 game birds and water -fowls. 



This book shows a most patient and industri- 

 ous research and gives an intimate personal ac- 

 quaintance with the living bird in each biographj'. 

 A careful description of each bird is given with a 

 record of the changes in plumage the season 

 brings. This is followed by notes of its 

 habits. The reader learns of their cleverness, 

 their home-life and how they may be recognized 

 by their note or appearance. The colored plates 

 are marvels of accuracy, giving the most delicate 

 tints and living attitudes — being on a larg^e scale — 

 from one-fourth to one-half life size. 



359 pages; full margins for notes; 48 colored 

 plates. Price $'J.OO. 



NATURE'S GARDEN, by Neltje Blanchan. 



An aid to knowledge of our Wild Flowers and 

 their insect friends and foes. 



This book is entirely different from its prede 

 cpssors. In the first place, it is the first American 

 book to explain the wonderful relationship exist- 

 ing between insects and all our wild flowers — to 

 desc ibe the aim and efforts of each flower to at- 

 tract certain insects for purposes of cross-fertili- 

 zation. Secondly: the author has been careful to 

 avoid technicalities in the text, in order that the 

 beginner in one of the most enjoyable branches of 

 nature study need not be discouraged. 



There is a classification by color which the 

 illustrations splendidly emphasize. The merest 

 beginner is enabled to instantly name their coun- 

 terparts when met afield. Another list classifies 

 the flowers according to thtir months of blooming ; 

 still another shows their preferred localiti»s. 

 Finally they are divided into their proper families 

 by the scientific classification. 



About 400 pages; 80 plates, over 3'^ of which are 

 superb examples of photography in colors. Price 

 !Si3.00. 



FIRST OFFER— We will send any one of these books postpaid " on approval." That 

 is, they may be examined before any money is sent us, and they may be returned if un- 

 satisfactory. 



SECOND OFFER— If you will send us one yearly subscription (your own or that of a 

 friend) to our new monthly magazine, «'THE WORLD'S WORK," we will send you any 

 one of these books WITHOUT CHARGE and pay the postage. The subscription is $3.00 a 

 year each, 



DOUBLEDAY, PAGE <& COMPANY, Publishers, 



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