BOOK NOTICES. 



Any volume noticed will be sent prepaid upon re- 

 ceipt of the price affixed, by A. W. Mumford, 203 

 Michigan Avenue, Chicag'o, Illinois. 



Cat Tales in Verse. By Elliot Walker. 

 The Abbey Press, New York, 1900. Pp. 

 47, cloth. Price, 50 cents. 



"The multitudinous friends (young- and 

 old) of cats will welcome in this book an ab- 

 solutely new thing under the sun. Here 

 they will find the >nioaus of their favorites 

 set in rhyme. Owners of cats and these 

 feline animals themselves owe the author, 

 Mr. Elliot Walker, a unanimous vote of 

 thanks. The verses are unique and admir- 

 ably done. The cover is designed by Mr. 

 C. H. Rowe and is very characteristic. 

 Many of these rhymes are of a high order of 

 merit. None of them are mere jing-les. 

 There are both wit and wisdom in the lines." 



Tabby's Defence. By Harriet Walker. 

 The Abbey Press, New York, 1901. 12mo, 

 pp. 41, cloth, illustrated. Price, 50 cents. 



This interesting little book g-ives "the 

 autobiography of a cat told in simple 

 language with a view to enlisting the sym- 

 pathy of children onhehdilf of dumb animals." 

 The story is strengthened by eight full- 

 pag-e illustrations. 



Bobtail Dixie. By Abbie N. Smith. The 

 Abbey Press, New York, 1901. 12mo, pp. 

 153, cloth, illustrated. Price, $1.00. 



In this well and profusely illustrated book, 

 lovers of dogs have a treat. The illustra- 

 tions speak often and emphatically. "As 

 the biography of a bow-wow, the book is of 

 great value, while its different teachings 

 with regard to the treatment of animals 

 will find a place in every library and every 

 school." The author and the publishers 

 are to be congratulated. They have pro- 

 duced both an entertaining and an instruct- 

 ive book. 



Mosquitoes: How They Live; How They 

 Carry Disease; How They Are Class- 

 ified; How They May Be Destroyed. 

 By Dr. L. O. Howard. McClure, Phillips 

 and Company, New York, 1901. 12mo, pp. 

 241, cloth, illustrated. Price, $2.00. 



Dr. Howard, who is the United States 

 entomologist, and eminently fitted by his 

 years of investigation for writing such a 

 treatise, has presented in this book a clear 

 and lucid account of the life history and 

 scientific classification of the Mosquito. 

 Some on the interesting subjects of which 

 he has written in the ten chapters are, 

 mosquito songs, its food, breeding places, 

 abundance, its enemies, remedies against 

 mosquitoes and others equally interesting. 



This book will appeal to all for there is no 

 one who has not a ' speaking acquaintance ' 

 \yith this bane of the human being. Beau- 

 tifully printed on fine paper and containing 

 fifty finely executed illustrations, it will be 

 a valuable addition to the library of every 

 household. 



The Eaton Field Note Book of Birds and 

 Flowers. Prepared by Prof. E. Howard 

 Eaton. Scranton, Wetmore & Co., Roch- 

 ester, N. Y. Pocket edition pp. 144, paper. 

 Price, 25 cents. 



The features of this note book are, — 



1. Residence and migration tables. 



2. Outlines for field records of each ex- 

 cursion. 



3. Complete outlines for description of 

 new birds observed. 



4. Complete outlines for description of 

 new flowers. 



5. Ruled tables for filling in a graphic 

 representation of the occurrence of all the 

 birds and flowers observed. 



It is a valuable aid, if carefully used, to 

 the young student in the study of nature in 

 the field. 



The Sea Beach at Ebb Tide. By Augusta 

 Foote Arnold. The Century Company, 

 New York, 1901. 12in.o, pp. 500, illustrated, 

 cloth. Price, $2.40. 



This book might have for a sub-title How 

 to know the Seashore. It describes the ani- 

 mals and plants of the beach. It is a guide 

 for the amateur collector and student of 

 shore-life in all its forms, giving just the in- 

 formation which he needs in order to identify 

 the specimens which he gathers and to form 

 some idea of their characteristics and habits. 

 As a field the beach at ebb-tide has been 

 selected. This valuable book is profusely 

 illustrated and elegantly bound. 



Bird Life. By Frank M. Chapman. D. 

 Appleton & Co., New York, 1901. 12mo, 

 pp. 195 and an appendix for the use of 

 teachers, pp. 88. Illustrated in colors 

 from studies of Ernest Seton Thompson. 

 Popular edition, cloth. Price, §2.00. 



The name of Frank M. Chapman con- 

 nected with a book as its editor will always 

 prove that the matter contained within its 

 covers is both interesting and accurate. 

 Mr. Chapman, writing of birds, says, "I 

 would have everyone know of them." To 

 know them well they must be examined at 

 close range. To this wild birds object. 

 They must be studied from accurate illus- 

 trations that faithfully portray both color, 

 form and position. "Bird-Life,'' which is 

 a guide to the study of our common birds, 

 is illustrated with seventy-five full page 

 colored plates and twenty-five text-figures 

 in black and white. 



