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NATURALISTS RAMBLES ABOUT HOME. 

 By Charles C. Abbott. i2rno. Cloth, $1.50. 



"The home about which Dr. Abbott rambles is clearly the haunt of fowl and fish, 

 of animal and insect life ; and it is of the habits and nature of these that he discourses 

 pleasantly in this book. Summer and winter, morning and evening, he has been in 

 the open air all the time on the alert for some new revelation of instinct, or feeling, 

 or chara';ter on the part of his neighbor creatures. Most that he sees and hears he 

 reports agreeably to us, as it was no doubt delightful io himself. I>ooks like this, 

 which are free from all the technicalities of science, but yet lack little that has scien- 

 tific value, are well suited to the rending of the young. Their atmosphere is a healthy 

 one for boys in particulak' to breathe." — Boston Transcript. 



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AYS OUT OF DOORS. By Charles C. Abbott, 

 author of "A Naturalist's Rambles about Home." i2mo. 

 Cloth, $1.50. 



" Dr. Abbott is no closet-bred student. He gets his inspiration from actual con- 

 tact with nature, and he is continually discovering analogies that escape the less sym- 

 pathetic observer. Dr. Abbott is not only a clear-eyed observer and a sound philoso- 

 pher; he is an admirable writer as well." — The Deacon, Boston. 



" 'Days out of Doors' is a series of sketches of animal life by Charles C. Abbott, 

 a naturalist whose graceful writings have entertained and instructed the public before 

 now. Tho essays and narratives in this book are grouped in twelve chapters, named 

 after the months of the year. Under 'January' the author talks of squirrels, musk- 

 rats, water-snakes, and the predatory animals that withstand the rigor of winter: 

 under ' February ' of frogs and herons, crows and blackbirds ; under ' March ' of gulls 

 and fishes and foxy sparrows, and so on appropriately, instructively, and divertingly 

 through the whole twelve." — Tin New York Sun. 



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'HE PLAYTIME NATURALIST. By Dr. J. E. 

 Taylor, F. L. S., editor of " Science Gossip." With 366 Illus- 

 trations. i2ino. Cloth, $1.50. 



"The Playtime Naturalist" relates the doings and holiday rambles and adventures 

 of the "Natural History Society" of Mugby School. "As the writer," says the 

 author in his preface, "was once a boy himself, and vividly remembers the never-to-be- 

 forgoitcn rambles and observations of the objects in the country, he thought he could 

 not do better than enlist this younger generation in the same loves and pleasures." 



"The work contains abundant evidence of the author's knowledge and enthusiasm, 

 and any boy who may read it carc''u!ly is sure to find something to attract him. The 

 Style is clear and lively, and there are many good illustrations." — Xatitre. 



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