THE AMERICAN NATURE SERIES 



In the hope of doing something towards furnishing a series where the 

 nature-lover can surely find a readable book of high authority, the pub- 

 lishers of the American Science Series have begun the publication of the 

 American Nature Series. It is the intention that in its own way, the new 

 series shall stand on a par with its famous predecessor. 



The primary object of the new series is to answer the questions which 

 the contemplation of Nature is constantly arousing in the mind of the 

 unscientific intelligent person. But a collateral object will be to give some 

 intelligent notion of the causes of things." 



While the co-operation of foreign scholars will not be declined, the 

 books will be under the guarantee of American experts, and generally 

 from the American point of view ; and where material crowds space, 

 preference will be given to American facts over others of not more than 

 equal interest. 



The series will be in six divisions : 



I. NATURAL HISTORY 



This division will consist of two sections. 



Section A. A large popular Natural History in several volumes, 

 with the topics treated in due proportion, by authors of unquestioned 

 authority. 8vo. T^xlOj in. 



The books so far publisht in this section are: 

 FISHES, by DAVID STARR JORDAN, President of the Leland Stanford 



Junior University. $6.00 net; carriage extra. 

 AMERICAN INSECTS, by VERNON L. KELLOGG, Professor in the Leland 



Stanford Junior University. $5.00 net; carriage extra. 

 BIRDS OF THE WORLD. A popular account by FRANK H. KNOWLTON, 

 M.S., Ph.D., Member American Ornithologists Union, President 

 Biological Society of Washington, etc., etc., with Chapter on Anat- 

 omy of Birds by FREDERIC A. LUCAS, Chief Curator Brooklyn Muse- 

 um of Arts and Sciences, and edited by ROBERT RIDGWAY, Curator of 

 Birds, U. S. National Museum. 



Arranged for are; 

 SEEDLESS PLANTS, by GEORGE T. MOORE, Head of Department of 



Botany, Marine Biological Laboratory, assisted by other specialists. 

 WILD MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA, by C. HART MERRIAM, 



Chief of the United States Biological Survey. 

 REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS, by LEONHARD STEJNEGER, Curator 



of Reptiles, U. S. National Museum. 



Section B. A Shorter Natural History, mainly by the Authors of 

 Section A, preserving its popular character, its proportional treatment, and 

 its authority so far as that can be preserved without its fullness. Size not 

 yet determined. 



II. CLASSIFICATION OF NATURE 



Section A. Library Series, very full descriptions. 8vo. T^xioiin. 



Already publisht; 

 NORTH AMERICAN TREES, by N. L. BRITTON, Director of the New 



York Botanical Garden. $7.00 net; carriage extra. 

 FERNS, by CAMPBELL E. WATERS, of Johns Hopkins University. 8vo, 



pp. xi+362. Price $3.00 net; by mail, $3.30. 



Section B. Pocket Series, Identification Books " How to 

 Know," brief and in portable shape. 



