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extracted, with a few alterations and additions, from 

 " Homes without Hands " ; a book of about half the size, 

 but with sufficient of the original matter to render the 

 scheme precisely similar. The " Boy's Own Natural 

 History," in like manner, was cut down from the large 

 three-volume work which was completed in 1863. 

 "Insects at Home" yielded in 1882 "Common 

 British Insects," which included a selection only of 

 the beetles, butterflies, and moths described in the 

 larger work. And the list is completed by " Wild 

 Animals of the Bible," " Domestic Animals of the 

 Bible," and " Birds of the Bible," all of which were 

 extracted from "Bible Animals." 



Of the second class of these supplemental books, 

 comprising those which consist merely of reprinted 

 magazine articles, " Out of Doors " has already been 

 mentioned as appearing in 1874. This was followed 

 about ten years later, first by " My Back-yard Zoo," 

 and afterwards by " The Romance of Animal Life," 

 and " Half Hours in Field and Forest," all three of 

 which consist of articles originally contributed to Good 

 Words and The Sunday Magazine. Latterly, also, 

 the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has 

 published part of a long series of articles written 

 for The Child's Pictorial in two handsome quarto 

 volumes, under the title of " The Zoo." A third 

 volume will probably follow. Their principal feature is 

 that the illustrations from the pencil of Mr. Harrison 

 Weir are for the most part in colours. The books, 

 of course, are intended for children's reading. 



