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Now is the time to study Nature. These attractive and interesting Books wiB make life out of 



doors more enjoyable for the Amateur or Professional Student of Nature. They 



embrace various subjects and are written by recognized authorities. 



EmowaGmn trees 



Sftelis o! £ana ana mater 



Birds of £aKe$iae ana Prairie 



By Julia Ellen Rogers. Royal octavo. 224 pages. 24 photogravures, 50 half-tones 

 and over 100 drawings. Price, 93.00. This is one of the most practical books 

 ever published. It is complete in itself, containing no technical terms that are 



not defined. It will not have to be used with some other publication to make the text intelligible. The members of 



Forestry Clubs and all interested in trees will find it a handy companion at all times. Miss Rogers' experience in the 



teaching of Nature Study well prepared her for the work of writing this book. 



"Among Green Trees " is a book not only for arboriculturists and the nature lover, but for whoever appreciates 



that which is well done in literature and picture making. — Tke Chicft^o Tribune. 



By Frank Collins Baker. Octavo. Illustrated with eight full-page plates, 

 including 82 species in n atural colors, and numerous half-tones and line 

 engravings. Price, (2.50. What is the life history of a snail? What is the 

 life history of a clam? Read about these interesting creatures and learn how they live, where they live and how to 

 collect and preserve them. Read about the capture of the squid and the devil-fish, the useful money cowry and other 

 shell money, 



C{l>ltK MiA €^&Wk IMill^fAlC ^^ Oliver Cummings Farrington, Ph.D., Curator of Geology, The Field 

 OvHl^ WHW \I»HI IIIIIKI Wl# , Columbian Museum. Royal octavo. Illustrated witli sixteen full-page colored 



-' plates. Price, $3.00. It tells what gems are made of, where they come from, 

 how to determine them, how todistinguish spurious gems, etc. It thus furnishes information of the greatest value, not 

 only to purchasers of gems, but to those who desire to search for them in nature. 



By Edward B. Clark. Sixteen colored plates. 192 pages. Price, 

 __^^^_____^^__^___^^^^^_^^^_^^^^^^^^ $1.00. This book contains field sketches of bird life in the great 

 "~~°'~~'~"^~"~^~~^~~'~~~~'"^~~~~~~~" middle west. Mr. Clark for ten years has been a close student of 

 nature in a section of the country where wild bird observers have been many and bird writers have been few. The 

 author takes his readers afield with him and puts them in close touch with our feathered friends of lakeside, woodland 

 and prairie. 



By Ernest Vincent Wright, 30 illustrations. Price, $1,00, A 

 beautiful book of children's stories in verse. The subject of fairies 

 as a basis for children's stories is bj; no means a new one. Usually, 

 however, human beings, such as Kings, Princesses, or Children, are 

 made the leading characters, with fairies as occasional participants in 

 the unfolding of the fable's wonders. In this new book the elves are given exclusive prominence. The subjects dealt 

 with are well known to children, and many pleasant thoughts regarding the workings of Nature tnay be derived from 

 the pages of this volume. 



By Edward B. Clark. 16 colored plates. 40 pages, 9x11 inches. Price, 60 

 cents. This book is both for the children and the elders. The lines are not 

 jingles merely, but jingles which have a well-rounded purpose and much of 

 pith and point. The color scheme of the cover is strikingly beautiful. 



" The 'Jingle Book of Birds' is a very pretty possassion." — Chicago Evening Journal. 



By Mary Catherine JuDD, 16 colored plates. ii2 pages, gxii. Price, Si. 00, For 



children, large or small. With nonsense rhymes for little ones and prosy sense 



for older ones. Every letter of the alphabet is illustrated by a beautiful colored 



picture of a bird, whose name begins with that initial. For the children a fun-provoking rhyme is given with each 



the Yaliies that Kwn tftc moria ana 

 Bow they Do Tt 



the 3ingie Book Of Birds 



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picture, and a short prose description makes them interesting to the adult. 



Bira s of Song ana Story 



Mm Biras in City ParRs 



By Elizabeth and Joseph Grinnell. 16 colored plates. 192 pages. Price, 

 Si. 00. These authors are well known as lovers of birds and as interesting 

 writers on bird life. They not only have made the feathered kingdom a subject 



of out-door study for many years, but they have been explorers in the great field of general literature for the purpose 



of finding all that it holds pertaining to our bird friends. 



"The book, from beginning to end, can be read with pleasure and profit by old and young alike. It is a 



fascinating piece of natural history," — Pasadena Daily News. 



By Herbert Eugene Walter and Alice Hall Walter. Pocket edition. 



66 pages. Cloth. With chart showing migration of birds. Price, 40 cents. 



Every person who is interested in birds and visits city parks should have 

 a copy of this book. It furnishes a simple letter of introduction to 145 interesting birds. The essential and striking 

 characteristics that are readily noticed are mentioned. 



Vol. XVII. Edited by William Kerr HiGLEY, Octavo, 232pages. 40 full-page illustra- 

 tions by color photography. Price, cloth, >i,5o. 



Biras ana nature 

 Biras ana nature 



Double Volume XV and XVI, One-half morocco. $3.00. 

 ^12.00. Set 6 Double Volumes, half morocco, S12.00. 



Set 13 Single Volumes, cloth, 



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A. W. MUMFORD, Publisher, 378 Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. 



