WOOD'S POPULAR WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



Complete in Oii3 Volume, 8vo. with about 140 Illustrations, engraved on Wood from 

 Original Designs (20 full size of page), price 21s. cloth, or 28s. half-bound 

 in morocco, with gilt edges, 



HOMES WITHOUT HANDS; a Description of the Habita- 



tions of Animals. Classed according to their Principle of Construction. By 

 J. G. WOOD, M.A. F.L.S. New Edition, Revised. 



'We have much pleasure in recom- 

 mending Mr. WOOD'S work. The Author 

 is a careful observer of nature, and 

 writes in a pleasant and attractive man- 

 ner. The illustrations for the most part 

 are executed with great spirit ; and we 

 have no doubt that Homes without Hands 

 will increase in popularity as it becomes 

 more widely known.' 



QUARTERLY REVIEW. 



'Mr. WOOD'S singularly interesting 

 volume does not pretend to much original 

 research or observation ; indeed, it treats 

 of the wonderful instincts of animals 



spread over the entire globe, and cannot 

 therefore be anything but a compilation ; 

 but it is done with so much skill that in 

 all probability it will put many a now 

 little kno vn work on zoology into circu- 

 lation, which otherwise would have been 

 confined to the comparatively limited 

 class of naturalists. The profuse illus- 

 trations with which the work is fur- 

 nished add another charm to this wonder- 

 book. In natural history we are but 

 children of a larger growth ; and the 

 curious woodcuts which meet us at every 

 page will open wide other eyes than those 

 of our little ones.' THE TIALES. 



By the same Author, 

 STRANGE DWELLINGS; a Description of the Habitations 



of Animals, Abridged from Homes without Hands. With about 60 Woodcut 

 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. price 7*. 6d. cloth, gilt top ; or Us. bound in 

 tree-calf. 



' Mr. WOOD considers that he has so 

 fully described the object of this work 

 in his title-page that he has no need to 

 dwell further upon it in his preface. 

 We feel therefore relieved from explain- 

 ing the nature of it. Many, too, are 

 probably familiar with the larger w. rk, 

 of which the present is a most admir- 

 able compendium. Like all Mr. WOOD'S 

 writings, it is replete with the most 

 valuable information, conveyed in a 

 most pleasing form. The book is beau- 

 tifully illustrated, and is altogether, to 

 our mind, a mo-t choice publication, in 

 which it is difficult to say whether what 

 is useful or what is agreeable predomi- 

 nates. It is a most admirable gift for 

 young persons of either sex, well calcu- 

 lated to create an appetite for acquaint- 

 ance with the works of God, and that 

 appetite will grow with feeding on the 

 most interesting pages submitted by the 

 Author.' CHRISTIAN OBSERVER. 



' The interesting and instructive 

 character of Mr. WOOD'S Homes without 

 Hands has obtained for it a very favour- 

 able reception by a large class of readers; 



yet its publication at so high a price 

 as one guinea has placed it beyond 

 the reach of many others who would 

 gladly peruse it. To these, then, it will 

 be particularly gratifying to learn that 

 in the present volume they can secure 

 a full and almost equally interesting 

 abridgment of the larger book. The 

 various styles of dwellings, from the 

 simple buiTOW in the ground to the 

 almost thoughtfully-constructed habita- 

 tion of the beaver, and from the simplest 

 to the most complicated forms of birds' 

 and insects' nests, are in turn referred 



to, and described in detail 



Taking Strange Dwellings as a whole, it 

 would form as handsome a present for 

 young people as could be desired, and 

 would not be an unacceptable present to 

 many who are no longer young. The 

 illustrations are numerous and attract- 

 tive ; and each notice being complete in 

 itself, the work has the additional re- 

 commendation that it can be read at 

 intervals, as opportunities offer, without 

 losing any of its interest.' 



SCIENTIFIC REVIEW. 



London, LONGMANS & CO. 



