SCRIBNER'S BOOKS FOR NATURE LOVERS 



By FRANCES THEODORA PARSONS 



(Mrs. DANA) 



How to Know the Ferns 



With 150 full-page illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.50 net. 



" This is a notably thorough little volume. The text is not voluminous, 

 and even with its many full-page illustrations the book is small; but brevity, 

 as we are glad to see so many writers on nature learning, is the first of virtues 

 in this field. . . . The author of ' How to Know the Ferns ' has mastered 

 her subject, and she treats it with authority." — New York Tribune. 



"The inspiration that entered into and made 'How to Know the Wild 

 Flowers ' so deservedly popular has not been lost in ' How to Know the 

 Ferns.'" — New York Times. 



By JOHN B. GRANT 



Our Common Birds and How 

 to Know Them 



With 64 full-page plates. Oblong i2mo, $1.50 ?iet. 



PARTIAL LIST OF PLATES: hoot owl, belted kingfisher, whip- 

 poor-will, KINGBIRD. PHCEBE, BLUE JAY, BOBOLINK, MEADOWLARK, ORCHARD 

 ORIOLE, PURPLE FINCH, RED CROSSBILL, SNOWFLAKE, SNOWBIRD, SONG SPAR- 

 ROW, CARDINAL, SUMMER RED BIRD, CEDARBIRD, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BROWN 

 THRUSH, WINTER WREN. WOOD THRUSH, ROBIN, and 42 Others. 



" The book is learned, but not too much so for common use, and, if care- 

 fully studied, it will introduce the student into that interesting- world of bird 

 life where a few favored mortals, such as the author, Bradford Torrey, Olive 

 Thorne Miller, and a small handful more, have won their way and brought 

 back so much of delight. The book has more than sixty plates of the com- 

 moner American birds, with descriptions, and a very enjoyable and instructive 

 introductory essay." — The Congregationalist . 



" It gives plain, practical illustration regarding birds and how best to study 

 them in their haunts and homes in the woods and fields. The plates adorn 

 the pages and give value to the concise, clearly written text." 



— Chicago Inter-Ocean. 



CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, Publishers 

 153-157 Fifth Avenue, New York 



