BOOKS OF ESPECIAL INTEREST 



TO 



OBSERVERS OF NATURE. 



LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



Life and Correspondence. Edited by his wife, ELIZABETH GARY 

 AGASSIZ. With Portraits, Illustrations, ami Index. New Edi 

 tion. Crown 8vo, gilt top, $2.50 ; half calf, $4.50. 



L. H. BAILEY, JR. 



Talks Afield, about Plants and the Science of Plants. With one 

 hundred Illustrations. 16mo, $1.00. 



&quot;Talks Afield, - by Professor L. H. Bailey, adds another to the short list 

 which this country as yet affords of readable scientific books on plants. 

 American Naturalist. 



FRANK BOLLES. 



Land of the Lingering Snow. Chronicles of a Stroller in New 

 England from January to June. 16mo, $1.25. 



An outdoor book containing an account of walks to Arlington Heights, and 

 other points in Old Cambridge and Boston, the Ipswich Dunes, Mt. Wachusett, 

 the Concord and Sudbury rivers, Mt. Chocorua, and Highland Light. They de 

 scribe the scenery of these pleasant tours ; mention the trees and flowers ob 

 served ; speak of the birds noticed on the way, their habits and songs ; and 

 record the impressions and thoughts which such leisurely tramps in scenes and 

 circumstances so delightful would naturally inspire. 



At the North of Bearcamp Water. Chronicles of a Stroller in 

 New England from July to December. 16mo, $1.25. 



Mr. Bolles gives us another book, comprising a chronicle of Summer, Au 

 tumn, and early Winter life in the White Mountains. The Bearcamp Valley 

 and the Sandwich range form a singularly beautiful country for a naturalist s 

 rambles, and these are the theatre in which storm, moonlight, and sunshine, 

 birds, beasts, insects, and flowers play parts in a charming drama of nature. 



JOHN BURROUGHS. 



Wake Robin. New Edition, revised. Illustrated. 

 Winter Sunshine. New Edition, revised. 

 Birds and Poets, with other Papers. 

 Locusts and Wild Honey. 

 Pepacton, and other Sketches. 

 Fresh Fields. 

 Signs and Seasons. 

 Indoor Studies. 

 16mo, each $1.25. 



The minuteness of his observation, the keenness of his perception, give him 

 a real originality, and his sketches have a delightful oddity, vivacity, and 

 freshness. The Nation (New York). 



