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book will be a delight to many a youngster who wants to know 

 something about the insects of his environment. All too often 

 the books which he encounters in the school or public library to 

 which he goes for information are so filled with technical terms 

 that they promptly discourage his out of -door-enthusiasm. This 

 book, however, is written in an exceedingly interesting way, and 

 with as little scientific nomenclature as is possible. The directions 

 for collecting, spreading, mounting insects are explicit; then come 

 descriptions of the more common butterflies and moths, making 

 up nearly half the book. The rest of the book is devoted largely 

 to the beetles, with some space given to the more common bugs. 

 The book is illustrated with numerous pen-and-ink sketches which 

 serve admirably in identification. 



The Magic Forest. Stewart Edward White. Pp. 146. The 

 Juvenile Library. 50 cts. 

 This is the story of a white boy who unintentionally stepped off 

 of a transcontinental train and was left behind in the Northwest. 

 In his wanderings, he encountered a roving band of Indians who 

 temporarily adopted him, and he leads a life of intense interest in 

 the forest. " jimmie" is the chum of one of the Indian lads who 

 undertakes to teach him the wood lore. Together the boys fish 

 and hunt, and the story tells of many of the wonderful experiences 

 they had. The tale would not be complete without Jimmie's 

 return to his own home, and to his worried parents. And so the 

 tale ends as it should. 



The Tree Notebook. By Anna Comstock. 160 pp. Corn- 

 stock Publishing Co. 30 cts. 

 The Fish Notebook. By Geo. C. Embody. Comstock Publish- 

 ing Co. 30 cts. 

 These books are uniform with the flower and bird notebooks 

 already published in this nature notebook series. The Tree Note- 

 book gives a number of illustrations of terms that are in common 

 use in the descriptions of trees; then there follow pages illustrating 

 the differences between trees that arc likely to be confused, such 

 as the various kinds of poplars, willows, maples, and oaks. The 

 bulk of the book is made up of a series of uniform blanks which the 

 pupil is to fill in the study of trees that he encounters. The final 

 pages of the book are designed for the study of evergreen trees. 



