SCIENCE.— ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Recent ^ Standard Publications on Nature Study 



BAILEY.— Lessons With Plants. Sug- 

 gestions for Seeing and Interpreting 

 some of the Common Forms of Vege- 

 tation. By L. H. Bailey, Professor 

 of Horticulture, Cornell University, 

 witti delineations from nature by W. 

 ,'*. HOLDSWOKTII, of the University of 

 Michigan. Half Leather. %i.iQ net 

 " It is an admirable book, and cannot 

 fail both to awaken interest in the sub- 

 ject and to serve as a helpful and re- 

 liable guide to young students of plant 

 life.— Prof. V. M. Spalding, University 

 of Michigan. 



—First Lessons With Plants. 



Abridged from the above. 



40 cents net 



"A remarkably well printed and 

 illustrated book, extremely original 

 and unusually practical."— Supt. H. W. 

 FosTEK, Ithaca, N. Y. 



BADENOCn (L. N.)-The Romance of 



the Insect World. By L. N. Baden 



ocH. With illustrations by Margaret 



D. Badenoch and others. Second 



Edition. Gilt top. $1.25 



"The volume Is fascinating from 



beginning to end. and there are many 



hints to be found in the wisdom and 



thrift shown by the smallest animal 



creature." — Bos\.on Times. 



BRIQHTWEN.- Inmates of My House 

 and Garden. By Mrs. Biiii;htwen. 

 Illustrated 12m 0. $1.25 



"The book fills a delightful place 



not occupied by any other book that 



we have ever seen."— Boston Home 



Journal. 



CARPENTER.- Insects, their Struc- 

 ture and Life. Fully Illustrated. 



In Press 



GEE. — Short Studies in Nature 

 Knowledge. An Introduction to 

 the Science of Physiography. By 

 William Gee. Svo. $1.10 »iet 



"A charming book . . . fascinating 



to read." — Jour, of Education. 



INQERSOLL.— Wild Neighbors. Out- 

 Door Studies in the United States. A 

 Book about Animals. By Ernest 

 INGEESOLL. Illustrated. $1.50 



"In all respects a most welcome 

 book ... in the club, in the libraries, 

 and among the treasures of the grow- 

 ing boy no less." — Evening Post. 



JACKMAN.— Nature Study for Gram- 

 mar Grades. A Manual on the Study 

 of Nature for Teachers and Pupils 

 below the High School. By Wilbur 

 S. Jackman, Chicago Normal School. 

 12mo. Cloth. $1.00 ne( 



In preparing this Manual, it has been 

 the author's aim to propose a few of 

 the problems within the comprehen- 

 sion of grammar school pupils, which 

 arise in a thoughtful study of nature, 

 and to oifer suggestions designed to 

 lead to their solution. 



LANGE.— A Hand=Book of Nature 



Study. By D. Lange, Central High 



School, St. Paul, Mmn. Cloth. 12mo, 



$1.00 ne< 



" The style of the book is fresh and 



inspiring, its descriptions clear and 



full, and its illustrations numerous." — 



Wisconsin Journal of Education. 



LUBBOCK.— The Beauties of Nature 



and the Wonders of the World we 

 Live in. With Illustrations. Third 

 Edition. Cloth, gilt top. $1.50 



"In this pleasant volume Sir John 

 Lubbock talks in a familiar yet always 

 accurate manner of the wonders of 

 animal life, of plant life, and of the 

 woods and held, telling not merely the 

 dry scientific facts, but the poetic asso- 

 ciations and suggestions that surround 

 them. ... So much of recent knowl- 

 edge upon all these great subjects has 

 scarcely been conveyed elsewhere in so 

 bright and interesting a vra.^."— Phila- 

 delphia I'irnes. 



MURCHE (Wilson)— Science Readers. 

 By Vincent T. Murche. Revised and 

 adapted for use in schools with a 

 preface by Mrs. L. L. W. Wilson, 

 Philadelphia Normal School. Author 

 of "Nature Study in Elementary 

 Schools," etc. 



Vols. I. and II. 25 cents each. 



Vols. III. and IV. 40 cents each. 



Vols. V. and VI. 50 cents each. 

 Of this series of Science Readers, 

 Books I., II. and III. are adapted to 

 Secondary Grades comprising pupils 

 who are in their third and fourth 

 year of school work. Books IV., V. 

 and VI. are suitable for Grammar 

 Grades both in reading and in sub- 

 ject-matter. 



SCOTT.— An Introduction to Geology. 



By William B. Scott, Professor of 

 Geolosy and Paljeoutology. Prince- 

 ton University. 12mo. '$1.90 net 

 "It is adapted to older beginners, 

 and to the liking of a teacher who in- 

 troduces a large share of deduction in 

 his work. . . . The closing chapters 

 deal with historical geology."— r/ie 

 Nation. 



— An Elementary Text,=Book of 

 Physical Geography, for High 

 Schools. By Ralph Stockton Tarr, 

 B.S., F.G., S.A., Professor of Geology 

 and Physical Geography at Cornell 

 University ; Author of " Economic 

 Geology of the United States," etc. 

 Second Edition. $1.40 nei 



Without question a complete, com- 

 prehensive,, and scientific work on a 

 very important subject of present in- 

 terest. In subject-matter, illustrations, 

 style, and clearness, it is admirable. 

 It is the most valuable contribution 

 yet made to the study of Geography." 

 —Clarence E. Melenev, Teachers 

 College, New York. 



— Elementary Geology for the use of 



Preparatory and High Schools. By 

 Ralph S. Tarr, Cornell University. 

 Author of " Economic Geology of 

 the United States." A Companion 

 Volume to the precedin.g, Half- 

 Leather. Small Svo. $1.40 nei 



A most fascinating book for any one. 

 In combination .with his ' Elementary 

 Geography' of special scientific value." 

 — Chicago Inier-Ocean. 



WEED.— Life Histories of American 

 Insects. By Prof. Clarence M. 

 Weed, New Hampshire College of 

 Agric. and Mech. Arts. Fully Illus- 

 trated. Cloth. $1.50 



"An excellent manual for a non- 

 technical student or general observer 

 ... 'in a simple, direct style . . . full 

 of value and mletesV— Independent. 



WILSON. -Nature Study in the Ele- 

 mentary Schools. By Mrs. L. L. W. 

 Wilson, Ph.D., Philadelphia Normal 

 School for Girls. 



Teachers' Manuals, 90 cents net 



"Mrs. Wilson's little manual affords 

 excellent assistance to those who mean 

 to equip themselves for the best kind 

 of work. It is a good book for every 

 teacher to have and to study when 

 preparing to give lessons in Nature 

 Study."— Dr. R. K. Buehrle, Superin- 

 tendent, Lancaster, Pa. 



WRIGHT (Mabel Osgood)— Birdcraft. 

 A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, 

 Game, and Water Birds. By Mabel 

 Osgood Wright. With full-page 

 Plates showing 128 Birds. $2.50 net 



" Even if this volume were devoid of 

 illustrations, it would be welcomed as 

 an addition to English literature. It is 

 more than an accurate and compre- 

 hensive description of all the birds one 

 is likely to find in an extended search. 

 It is also an introduction to them and 

 their haunts." — The Evening Bulletin, 

 Philadelphia. 



— The Friendship of Nature. A New 



England Chronicle of Birds and 

 Flowers. By Mabel Osgood Wright. 

 Second Edition. ISmo. 75 cents 

 "A dainty little volume, exhaling 

 the perfume and radiating the hues of 

 both cultivated and wild flowers, echo- 

 ing the songs of birds, and illustrated 

 with exquisite pen pictures of bits of 

 garden, field and woodland scenery." 

 — Richmond Dispatch. 



Mrs. Wright's two volumes in The 

 Heart of Nature Series are not 



repeated here since they are already 

 described on another page. 



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