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August 



graphic paper and are absolutely accurate. It 

 is believed that they will prove more helpful 

 to beginners than any series of fern pictures 

 that has heretofore appeared. The book is 

 provided with an index and a glossary, and 

 also tables listing the species fruiting in each 

 month of the season and showing what species 

 may be looked for in each particular kind of 

 soil and environment. 



The American Natural History. A foundation 

 of useful knowledge of the higher animals 

 of North America. By WILLIAM T. HORN- 

 ADAY. 300 illustrations from photographs 

 and original drawings. Numerous dia- 

 grams and maps. Over 400 pages, double 

 column, 5^2 by 8 inches. New York : 

 Charles Scribner's Sons. $3.50. Postage 

 extra. 



William Temple Hornaday , author of ' ' The 

 American Natural History," is the director of 

 the New York Zoological Park. He has also to 

 his credit several other volumes, including a 

 "Guide to the New York Zoological Park," 

 "Two Years in the Jungle," "Taxidermy and 



W. T. HORNADAY, AUTHOR OF THE "AMERI- 

 CAN NATURAL HISTORY." 



Zoological Collecting," "Free Rum on the 

 Congo," etc. The present book is the result 

 of many years of study, research, and observa- 

 tion among the wild animals of this continent. 

 It is written in a popular manner ; in scope and 

 arrangement it is scientific. The author has 

 tried to make clear the place of each mammal, 

 bird, reptile, amphibian, and fish in nature's 

 system, and has clearly described his subjects. 

 The book is written for the teacher, the stu- 

 dent, and the general reader, and takes the 

 place between the " nature book " and the zo- 

 ology. The author relates here and there 

 throughout the book anecdotes and personal 

 experiences and observations. There are 200 

 original drawings by Beard, Rungius, and Saw- 

 yer; 100 photographic reproductions by San- 



born, Keller, and Underwood, and numerous 

 diagrams and maps. The greater number of 

 the illustrations have been made expressly for 

 the work, which is further provided with in- 

 dices. 



How to Make a Flower Garden. Manual of 

 practical information and suggestions. 

 Published by Doubleday, Page & Co. , New 

 York. Price, $1.60 net. Illustrated. 



It is doubtful if the amateur gardener can find 

 more of profit in the reading of a single volume 

 than is given in this handsome publication. It 

 is made up of chapters by expert gardeners, in- 

 cluding L- H. Bailey, Sarah Hopkins, Warren 

 H. Manning, William Verbeck, and a score of 

 others. 



The book covers practically every branch of 

 the subject, and there are many accounts of 

 garden making in various sections of the coun- 

 try based upon actual experiences. The ap- 

 pendices alone, for the different lists of flowers 

 and shrubs they contain suitable for all pur- 

 poses and seasons, are worth more than the 

 price of the volume to the average gardener. 

 The illustrations, over one hundred half-tones 

 in number, add much to the value of the book. 



Baby Pathfinder to the Birds. By HARRIET E. 

 RICHARDS and EMMA G. CUMMINGS, 

 members of American Ornithologists' 

 Union. Paper, 30 cents ; leather, 50 cents. 

 W. A. Butterfield, publisher, 59 Bromfield 

 street, Boston. 



A pocket guide to bird identification. Just 

 the thing for beginners in bird study and for 

 busy people. It describes one hundred and ten 

 of the land birds of New England, is printed 

 in clear type on thin paper, and illustrated by 

 pen and ink drawings. The birds are grouped 

 in families, prefaced by a descriptive paragraph 

 of family characteristics. Then follows a con- 

 cise description of each member that is com- 

 monly a resident, a visitor, or a migrant in 

 Massachusetts. Alternate pages are left blank 

 for personal notes. Certainly one of the most 

 useful nature books we have seen. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather 

 Bureau, Bulletin M, "The Floodsof the Spring 

 of 1903 in the Mississippi Watershed." By 

 H. C. Frankenfield. Washington : Govern- 

 ment Printing Office, 1904. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather 

 Bureau, Bulletin No. 33, " Weather Folklore 

 and Local Weather Signs." By Edward B. 

 Garriott. Washington : Government Printing 

 Office. Price, 35 cents. 



Department of Agriculture, Kingdom of 

 Belgium. "Agriculture : Agricultural Educa- 

 tion. ' ' Printed by Charles Bulens, Brussels, 

 for distribution at "the World's Fair, St. Louis, 

 1904. 



U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological 

 Survey, Bulletin No. 230, "A Gazetteer of Del- 

 aware." By Henry Gannett. Washington : 

 Government Printing Office, 1904. 



