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A NATURALIST'S RAMBLES ABOUT HOME. By Dr. 



CHARLES C. ABBOTT. 12mo, cloth, $1.50. 



" The home about which the doctor rambles is clearly the haunt of fowl and 

 fish of animal and insect life: and it is of the habits and nature of these that he 

 discourses pleasantly in this book. Summer and winter, morning and evening, 

 he has been in the open air all the time on the alert for some new revelation of 

 instinct, or feeling, or character on the part of his neighbor creatures. Most that 

 he sees and hears he reports agreeably to us, as it was no doubt delightful to 

 himself. Books like this, which are free from all the technicalities of science, but 

 vet lack little that has scientific value, are well suited to the reading of the young. 

 Their atmosphere is a healthy one for boys in particular to breathe. It awakens 

 a noble sympathy for what is below us. It helps to overcome a natural timidity, 

 often increased by ignorance, which detracts much from the enjoyment many 

 would have in out-of-door recreation. Ever since the days of Izaak Wall on, 

 books like his and ' The Natural History ol Selborne ' have been popular ; but 

 there was never before a time when they found so many intelligent readers as 

 they do at present. 1 ' Boston Transcript. 



HAND-BOOK OF TREE-PLANTING ; OR, Why to Plant, 

 Where to Plant, What to Plant, How to Plant. By NATHANIEL H. 

 EGLESTON, Chief of Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington. 16mo, cloth, 75 cents. 



" Mr. Egleston's little book ought to be read by every one by legislators 

 considering the subject as a matter lor statute law; by the farmer, by the manu- 

 facturer, by the frontiersman, and by the ordinary citizen for the interest of all 

 is affected by the interest of each." Hartford Evening Post. 



" The work especially aims to meet the wants of land-owners in those portions 

 of country largely destitute of forests, by furnishing the very best information 

 regarding the planting and culture of trees. The author does not discuss the 

 merits of the various ornamental trees, but treats particularly of those classes 

 which have a recognized value that commends them to the attention of any who 

 may wish to plant for use and profit. But since the laws of growth and the con- 

 ditions of success in planting are the same, whether one plants for use or for 

 ornament, this manual will be found a useful guide and helper to amateurs, and 

 to every one who is interested in tree-culture.' Western Christian Advocate 

 {Cincinnati). 



FLOWERS AND THEIR PEDIGREES. By GRANT ALLEN, 

 author of " Vignettes of Nature," etc. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, $1.50. 



No writer treats scientific subjects with eo much ease and charm of style as 

 Mr. Grant Allen. His sketches in the magazines have well been called fascinat- 

 ing, and the present volume, being a collection of various papers, will fully sus- 

 tain his reputation as an eminently entertaining and suggestive writer. 



" 'Flowers and their Pedigrees,' by Grant Allen, with many illustrations, is 

 not merely a description of British w'ild flowers, but a discussion of why t^ey 

 are. what they are. and how they come to be so ; in other words, a scientific 

 study of the migration and transformation of plants, illustrated by the daisy, the 

 strawberry, the cleavers, wheat, the mountain tnlip, the cuckoo-pint, and a few 

 others. The study is a delightful one, and the book is fascinating to any one who 

 has either love for flowers or curiosity about them." Hartford Courant. 



" ' Flowers and their Pedigrees ' is a series of charming essays, by Grant Allen, 

 a well-known English writer, on the daisy, the strawberry, the mountain tulip, 

 the origin of wheat, etc. Thonch specially adapted to the latitude of England, 

 they will not be less interesting in this country." New York Observer. 



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