THE NATURE LIBRARY 



TEN SUPERB VOLUMES 



In the 4,000 pages of these books there are 300 full-page color plates, 450 half-tone photographs, 

 and 1,500 other illustrations, making this set one of the richest publications pictorially ever issued. 

 As most of these pictures are photographs from nature, with the exact colors and tones of the 

 living objects, they have a value and a fidelity unique 

 in a work of this kind. The- photographers went 



Among the Wilds 

 and Secret Places 



of nature, and they show you many curious things never 

 before presented with "true-to-life" accuracy. 



A plan to make nature study fascinating and nature 

 books absorbingly interesting was followed by the authors 

 of this beautiful library, and the result is an entirely 

 gratifying success, to which educators as well as general 

 readers warmly testify. 



Every one is interested in nature, or should be. If 

 you are interested, you can find no better companion- 

 ship than these books, that treat so intimately animals, 

 flowers, birds, fishes, moths, butterflies, insects, etc., 

 and impart their information so delightfully. If you are not interested in nature, you cannot 

 help being interested in these books, and they will wake the imagination you have allowed to 

 sleep, and restore you to the joy of the open. 



necessary as the dictionary, 

 and far more interesting. " 



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post-paid, an elaborate descriptive booklet containing 

 sample color plates, black-and-white half-tones, speci- 

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 styles of binding, prices, terms, etc. 



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