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Bi,ossoM Hosts and Insect Guests. By 

 William Hamilton Gibson. Edited by 

 Eleanor E. Davie. Newson & Company, 

 New York, 1901. 12mo, pp. 215, cloth. 

 Price, 85 cents. 



This is the first volume of Gibson's Na- 

 ture Studies. A second volume treating- of 

 Birds, and a third of Insects, are in prepara- 

 tion. Mr. Gibson's studies have long been 

 known and praised, both as literary master- 

 pieces and marvels of artistic ilhtstration. 

 Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests has been 

 compiled from these studies with a special 

 view to the needs of the schoolroom and the 

 school library. With the requirements of 

 the supplementary reader ever in mind, an 

 effort has been made, nevertheless, to elim- 

 inate all the disagreeable technical charac- 

 teristics which so frequently spoil this class 

 of books, from an artistic point of view, and 

 render them so unattractive that they are 

 valueless for general reading purposes. 

 This volume has four attributes which few 

 works of its kind can be said to have, namely, 

 Scientific Merit, Literary Merit, Artistic 

 Merit, and Practical Worth. 



This work is beautifully printed and su- 

 perbly illustrated with eleven full-page and 

 over one hundred text pictures. Any book 

 that bears the name of William Hamilton 

 Gibson will be a valuable addition to the 

 home library. 



Content IN A Garden. By Candace Wheeler. 

 Houghton, Mifflin & Company, Boston and 

 New York, 1902. 12mo., pp. 209, cloth. 

 Price, $1.35. 



This splendid work reflects credit on the 

 author for it shows a wonderful love and 

 understanding of Nature; in it the homely 

 is made beautiful. The garden was just a 

 rocky patch of pasture land. The author 

 says, "How could I guess that the grottnd of 

 it had been longing to blossom? But when 

 I saw how it received and fostered and 

 urged into growth the things I planted, I 

 understood that the earth-mother had 

 coveted the power of making herself beauti- 

 ful. When I began to dig and plant, I little 

 knew the joy which would grow out of the 

 soil." 



This volutne is full of beautiful thoughts 

 and suggestions. The mechanical genius of 

 the publishers is also evident, for they have 

 artistically printed and illustrated the book 

 in a manner that will delight the reader. 



The Life of the Bee. By Maurice Maeter- 

 linck and translated by Alfred Sutro. 

 Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1902. 

 12mo., pp. 427, cloth. Price, $.40. 



This is not a treatise on apiculture, or on 

 practical bee-keeping, but deals with the 



bee, treated in Maeterlinck's own peculiar 

 vein. It is by no means technical; passages 

 of the highest lyrical beauty abound, while 

 reflections, analogies and poetical digres- 

 sions are not wanting. It will appeal to 

 every bee-keeper and bee-lover no less than 

 to all who value Maeterlinck's works. 



The Birds of Springfield and Vicinity. 

 By Robert O. Morris. Henry R. Johnson, 

 Springfield, Mass. Octavo, pp. 54, cloth. 

 Price, $1.00. 



This is a valuable annotated list of the 

 bird-life of Springfield, Massachusetts, and 

 vicinity. In an introduction the author 

 gives a description of the region which will 

 explain the reason for the presence of cer- 

 tain species in that locality. 



Trees I Have Seen and Wild Flowers I 

 Have Seen. Dodd, Mead »S: Company, 

 New York, 1901. Pocket note books, 

 cloth. Price, each, 50 cents. 



The books are uniform with "Birds I 

 Have Seen," issued by the same publishers. 

 The pages are so printed that notes can be 

 rapidly recorded while the investigator is in 

 the field. The headings of the blank spaces 

 call attention to the essential characteristics 

 that should be observed and will materially 

 assist the novice in field work. 



The Elementary Principles of Chemis- 

 try. By Professor A. V. E. Young, of 

 the Northwestern University, Evanston, 

 Illinois. D. Appleton & Co., New York, 

 1901. 12mo, pp. 252+106, cloth. Price, 

 $1.40. 



Professor Young has had many years of 

 experience in teaching chemistry, and this 

 book is based on the plan that he has fol- 

 lowed for thirteen years in his classes be- 

 ginning the subject. In the preparation of 

 the book two things have been assumed: 

 First, that sufificient laboratory facilities 

 are provided; and, second, that the teacher 

 has information in the subject beyond that 

 which the work itself supplies. All state- 

 ments are concise and yet sufficiently eluci- 

 dated to give the student a clear under- 

 standing of the principles involved. Part 

 II, which is bound with the general text, 

 consists of experimental illustrations. The 

 author impresses on the student the impor- 

 tance of keeping painstaking notes of each 

 step of the experiment performed. 



Wild Flowers From the Yellowstone. 

 Northern Pacific Railway. Price, 50 cents. 



This railway publication consists of a 

 collection of twelve of the wild flowers that 

 are typical of the flora of the Yellowstone 

 National Park, There are also five half- 

 tones of scenery. This beautiful little 

 souvenir is bound in artistically decorated 

 board covers and the flowers are mounted 

 on fine paper. 



