The Story of the Birds. By James New- 

 ton Baskett, M. A. D. Appleton & Com- 

 pany, New York, 1901. 12 mo., pp. 263, 

 cloth. Price, 65 cents. 



This volume is one of the series of "Ap- 

 pleton's Home Reading Books,'' which are 

 edited by Dr. William T. Harris, the United 

 States Commissioner of Education. 



The author's aim in writing- this book is 

 to interest rather than to instruct, and to 

 guide the observation of the inexperienced 

 into proper channels, in suggesting slightly 

 to the student what to look for among the 

 birds, and what to do with a fact when found. 

 In this he has been successful, for the book 

 is full of information, and the headings of 

 the chapters are so pointed and suggestive 

 that they will attract the attention of the 

 reader. It is certainly a delightful book for 

 the home. The illustrations in black and 

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Animals. By Wallace Rice. Herbert S. 



Stone & Company, Chicago, 1901. Octavo, 



pp. 313, cloth. Price, $2.00. 



This work is a popular natural history of 

 wild beasts, especially of those that are well 

 known, either through living representa- 

 tives in menageries or as mounted speci- 

 mens in museums. Instruction and enter- 

 tainment are inseparably mingled in every 

 page of this book. The reader, after perus- 

 ing the life histories of the wild animals as 

 recounted by Mr. Rice, will surely have a 

 greater interest in their habits, and will say 

 with him, "Of th'e wild beasts, both fero- 

 cious and gentle, it is always well to speak 

 with consideration and sympathy. At best, 

 there is for them all no death but by mur- 

 der, starvation, or the elements. Nature, 

 • man and their fellow brutes are in league 

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 for food, for exhibition and for the mere 

 pleasure of shooting. Man is their provi- 

 dence, but a ruthless one. The illustra- 

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 of Birds and Nature, are made by the 

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Bright Days in Merrie England. By A. 



V. D. Honeyman. Honeyman & Company, 



Plainfield, New Jersey, 1901. Octavo, pp. 



440, 124 illustrations, cloth. Price, $1.50. 



This is a handsome book of travel. It is 

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 descriptions of actual travel like these, 

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 pDrtions of England as seen from the top of 



a coach, and in walks about the cities and 

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 land-owners of "Merrie England" become 

 when the reading is finished. Those who 

 do contemplate a trip to England should 

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 for use on the tour. 



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