DOMESTICATED AN/MALS 



THEIR RELATION TO MAN AND THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION 



By NATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER 



Dean of the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University 



WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS BY 



Ch. Herrmann Leon, Edwin Lord Weeks, C. Delort, and Ernest E. Thompson 

 One Volume, Octavo, $2.50 



EVERYBODY who knows Professor Shaler's remarkable talent for the 

 interesting explanation of Nature, and for science that is really 

 popular and not simply called so, can imagine how the author of 

 "Aspects of the Earth," "Nature and Man in America," and "Sea and 

 Land " will deal with the subject of Our familiar domestic animals. The 

 book which he now publishes deals chiefly with the horse, the dog, the 

 familiar beasts of burden, and domesticated birds, and it would be hard 

 to find a collection fuller of apt illustration, anecdote, ingenious clearing 

 up of difficult points, and otherwise entertaining reading on a topic so full 

 of attraction. It will be read with continual surprise at the breadth of its 

 observation and the ingenuity and probability of the theories advanced. 

 The illustration of the book has been done by some master hands. Delort, 

 of Paris, the late famous artist in this field, drew the horses ; Herrmann 

 Leon, the dogs ; Ernest E. Thompson, the Canadian ornithologist, the 

 birds; and Edwin Lord Weeks, the beasts of burden. 



The subjects of the chapters are : Introduction, The Dog, The Horse, 

 Flocks and Herds, Domesticated Birds, Useful Insects, The- Rights of 

 Animals, The Problem of Domestication. 



ASPECTS OF THE EARTH 



A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF SOME FAMILIAR GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA 

 With 100 Illustrations. One Volume, Octavo, $2,50 



" The human interest of Professop Shaler's book is its distinctive note. His purpose 

 is to show the relation of natural forces to the fortunes of man, and to throw light upon the 

 multitude of ways in which natural phenomena affect the welfare of the human race. The 

 illustrations are of special beauty and interest, the subjects having been so chosen as to bring 

 out the most interesting side of his topic." — Chicago Journal. 



" The subjects are as interesting as the way in which they are treated, and the illustra- 

 tions are not only numerous but excellent. The chapter on American forests will also be 

 found of peculiar value and significance." — N'ew York Tribtme. 



