BOOK NOTICES. 



Any volurue noticed will be sent prepaid, upon re- 

 ceipt of i he price affixed, by A . W. Mumford, 203 Mich- 

 ig'an avenue, Chicago, 111. 



The First Book of Birds. By Olive Thorne 

 Miller. Houg^hton, Mifflin & Co., Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 12ino, pp. 149, cloth, $1.00. 



This fascinating- little book is, as the au- 

 thor states, "intended to interest young peo- 

 ple in the ways and habits of birds and to 

 stimulate them to further study." Written 

 in her admirable style, the author leads 

 from the nestling to the bird grown up and 

 ready to assume the responsibility of a bird 

 family. In simple language the reader is 

 shown how the bird chooses a place for her 

 home and how the nest is constructed. The 

 growth of the baby birds and the lessons they 

 must be taught, as well as the method of 

 feeding them, is fully described. In other 

 chapters the author tells of the birds' lan- 

 guage, where they sleep, their travels, friends, 

 affections, intelligence and how they are 

 made. Throughout the reader is drawn to 

 nature. This little book should be in every 

 home, where all who can may read it and 

 the child may look at the illustrations, eight 

 of which are colored. 



Our Native Trees and How to Identify 

 Them. By Harriet L. Keeler. Illustrated. 

 Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 12mo, 

 pp. 533, cloth, g2.00. 



In this volume such trees are described as 

 are "indigenous to the region extending 

 from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and from Canada to the northern 

 boundaries of the southern states." A few 

 of the more common naturalized trees are 

 also included. A notable character of this 

 work is the simplicity of the language. 

 Technical terms are avoided wherever pos- 

 sible. The descriptions are concise and 

 direct attention to the essential features 

 and habits of each species. An instructive 

 part of the volume is the discussion of the 

 knowledge possessed by ancient writers of 

 many of the species. The illustrations, all 

 in black and white, from photographs and 

 drawings, are well executed, and will be of 

 great service to the student of trees. This 

 work will prove of value to the amateur 

 botanist and to those that love the field and 

 forest. 



Wisconsin... 

 ...Adoption 



BIRDS and NATURE has been 

 adopted by the school libraries 

 of Wisconsin, and town clerks 

 are authorized to subscribe for 

 their schools, and order the 

 back numbers. The special 

 price is $1.30 per year. Teach- 

 ers should see to it that 

 orders are sent in at once. 



I enclose S6.7S, for which please send "Birds and 

 Nature" to the following: addresses for the time in- 

 dicated. A. C. SCHOEPKB. 

 Nicholson, Wis., Aug. 16, 19C0. 



A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher, 



203 Michigan Avenue, 

 CHICAGO. 



$2,000 



For Boys and Girls. 

 BIRDS and NATURE 



six months on trial to new sub- 

 scribers for 60 Cents. 



Get your friends to subscribe 

 for Birds and Nature six months, 

 collect 60 cents for each sub- 

 scription, send us 35 cents and 

 keep 25 cents for yourself. We 

 make this offer to add a good 

 many new subscribers to our 

 list. Samples sent free. 



Send us twenty such trial sub- 

 scriptions and we will renew 

 your own copy for one year 

 free. This will bring us 8,000 

 new subscribers and we pay 

 $2,000 commission. 



h. W. MUMFORD, Publisher, 



203 Michigan Avenue, 

 CHICAGO. 



