WHAT CRITICS SAY OF AMERICAN WOODS 



" However much you may have observed 

 and admired the familiar trees, you have 

 much to learn of their beauty aW char- 

 acter if you have not studied them in the 

 light of this remarkable publication." 



N. Y. Observer. 



"A many-sided treat is in store for 

 everybody who has not seen the arrange- 

 ment of American Woods. Every teacher 

 should see these to bring a fresh interest 

 and stimulant to children. You will feel a 

 new thrill of pride in your native trees." 



Primary Education. 



"Very valuable to engineers and others 

 who have to do with woods." 



Prof. F. G. Swain, C. E., 



Mass. Insti. of Technology. 



"Each fresh issue of your wonderful sec- 

 tions of American woods seems more perfect 

 and exquisite than the last, and we would 

 not do without them for twice their cost. 

 My teacher of Botany makes constant use of 

 them, to the great delight and advantage of 

 her two hundred pupils. The perfection of 

 the individual sections is only equaled by 

 the ingenuity of their mounting, and we find 

 less injury by such handling than occurs to 



most illustrative specimens in any depart- 

 ment of science." E. H. Russell, Prin., 



Normal School, Worcester, Mass. 

 " One of the most marvelous and instruc- 

 tive books ever made. Every school in the 

 county, from the primary to the college, 

 should own this work." Art Education. 



" You must be working more in the inter- 

 est of mankind generally than for yourself, 

 to furnish so much for so small a compensa- 

 tion." C. H. Baker, C. E., 



Seattle, Wash. 



"Impossible to commend it too highly. 

 About it there is nothing to criticise." 



Wm. T. Hornaday, in Recreation. ' 

 " Send me four copies of every Part you 

 issue." Dr. Chas. Schaeffer, Phila., Pa. 



"A valuable accession to any library or 

 parlor." The Express, Buffalo, N. Y. 



" First class in its line. It will be of ser- 

 vice to me in my profession as architect." 

 F. E. Field, Architect, 



Providence, R. I. 



" The teacher could scarcely have a more 

 useful work of reference." W. S. Jackman, 

 Pres., Committee of Sixty, Chicago. 

 "A most fascinating publication of excep- 

 tional excellence." Springfield Republican. 



ELLIOTT CRESSON MEDAL. 



Many other strong testimonials relating to AMERICAN WOODS might 

 be cited, but there could scarcely be a stronger one than the fact that its author 

 has recently been awarded the Elliott Cresson gold medal on account of its 

 production. The medal was awarded by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 

 from a fund (bearing the name of the founder) which the Institute holds in 

 trust for sti iking and awarding medals in recognition of particularly meritori- 

 ous work in the lines of invention, discovery, ingenuity, etc. The consider- 

 ation of AMERICAN WOODS was taken up entirely on the initiative of the 

 Institute, and it was unanimously decided, through its committee of scientists 

 and experts, that the author of the work was entitled to the Elliott Cresson 

 gold medal. 



