TWO NATURE BOOKS. 



The Most Origifial Book of the Year. 



WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN. 



By ERNEST SETON THOMPSON. 



With nearly 200 illustrations from drawing's by the author. Seventh 

 Thousand. Square 12mo, $2.00. 



" There is 7iothing in modern story-telling which equals the tale of the capture of the 



pacing mustang In depicting anitnal life and character, Mr. Thompson has 



probably no peer in this country, and this delightful volume shows us that his pen is as 

 mighty as his marvelous brush.''^ — New York Mail and Express. 



"The originality and freshness of these stories 



is irresistible In everything- he does Mr. 



Thompson has a way peculiarly his own 



Even if naked and unadorned, the facts he tells us 

 would be very interesting; but when we have the 

 facts and the factors fairly dancing- before us, 

 clothed in all the quaint quips and droll persi- 

 flage of an accomplished humorist and born story- 

 teller, they are — as I have said — irresistible." 



— W. T. Hornadav, in Recreation. 



"The pictures in this book are perfect. Not 

 only the full-page studies are to be so character- 

 ized, but the marginal pen drawings as well. Mr. 

 Thompson has deep learning in the ways of 

 animals. He has also a captivating strain of 

 humor, both as writer and artist, and, with Mrs. 

 Thompson's aid, he has gone about the making of 

 this book in such wise that it is as attractive ex- 

 ternally as in its matter. It is a fine book for 

 young and old alike." — New 1'ork Tribune. 



By the Author of ^^How to Know the Wild Flowers." 



HOW TO KNOW THE FERNS. 



By Mrs, FRANCES T. PARSONS (formerly Mrs. Dana). 

 With 144 illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.50 net. 



" Of the ferns, as of the flowers, she writes as one who not only knows but loves them. The charm 

 of her fern book is as irresistible and pervading as is the charm of nature itself. . . . This gifted 

 and enthusiastic naturalist knows the ferns literally "like a book," and her book makes the first lesson 

 of the novice in the lore of fern life an easy and a delightful task."— iWw York Mail and Express. 



By the Same Author. 



How TO Know the Wild Flowers. 



Forty-third thousand. With many illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.75 net. 



"I am delighted with it. . . . You have combined love of outdoor life with what gives a tenfold 

 zest to this love — the trained literary appreciation of the writers who have had eyes to see and the skill 

 to write about what they have seen in the woods and fields."— //b//. Theodore Roosevelt. 



Charles Scribner's Sons, 



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