Books for the Country 



OUR INSECT FRIENDS AND FOES. How to Collect, Preserve 

 and Study Them. By BEU,E S. CRAGIN. With over 250 illus- 

 trations. 8, #i.75 



Miss Cragin sets forth the pleasure to be derived from a systematic 

 study of the habits of insects, and gives many points which will be of 

 practical value to the beginner. She gives comprehensive descrip- 

 tions of all the more important species to be found in the United 

 States, together with illustrations of the same. 



AMONG THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. By JUWA P. BAI,- 

 I.ARD. Illustrated. 8, $1.50. 



"The book, which is handsomely illustrated, is designed for young readers,, 

 relating some of the most curious facts of natural history in a singularly pleas- 

 ant and instructive manner." N. Y. Tribune 



BIRD STUDIES. An account of the Land Birds of Eastern North 

 America. By WIUJAM B. D. SCOTT. With 166 illustrations 

 from original photographs. Quarto, leather back, gilt top, in a 

 box, net, $5.00. 



" A book of first class importance. . . . Mr. Scott has been a field naturalist 

 for upwards of thirty years, and few persons have a more intimate acquaintance 

 than he with bird life. His work will take high rank for scientific accuracy and 

 we trust it may prove successful." London Speaker. 



WILD FLOWERS OF THE NORTHEASTERN STATES. Drawn 

 and carefully described from life, without undue use of scientific 

 nomenclature, by EI,I,EN HITHER and MARGARET C. WHITING. 

 With 308 illustrations the size of life. 8, net, $3.00. 

 " Anybody who can read English can use the work and make his identifica- 

 tions, and, in the case of some of the flowers, the drawings alone furnish all that 

 is necessary. . . . The descriptions are as good of their kind as the drawings 

 are of theirs." N. Y. Times. 



THE SHRUBS OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA. By CHARGES 



S. NEWHAU,. Fully illustrated. 8, $1.75. 



"This volume is beautifully printed on beautiful paper, and has a list of 116 

 illustrations calculated to explain the text. It has a mine of precious informa- 

 tion, such as is seldom gathered within the covers of such a volume." Baltimore 

 Partner. 



THE VINES OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA. By CHARGES S. 

 NEWHAU,. Fully illustrated. 8, $1.75. 



"The work is that of the true scientist, artistically presented in a popular 

 form to an appreciative class of readers." The Churchman. 



THE TREES OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA. By CHARGES S. 

 NEWHAI,!,. With illustrations made from tracings of the leaves 

 of the various trees. 8, $1.75. 



"We believe this is the most complete and handsome volume of its kind, and 

 on account of its completeness and the readiness with which it imparts informa- 

 tion that everybody needs and few possess, it is invaluable." Binghamton Repub- 

 lican. 



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