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For 1896 is iEnlarged and Greatly Improved. 



It takes a long; step, in fact a whole jump ahead, and becomes the leading magazine of out-door recreation 

 and education. Best old features retained, new ones added. Decidedly popular. Strictly scientific. Pro- 

 fusely illustrated. Attractive cover designs changed every month. High-grade paper throughout. Elegantly 

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JS13?C1S« This Department, under the management of Mk. John H. Sage, Secretary of American Orni- 

 thologists' Union, will be of vastly more interest than ever before. In the January number is a very fas- 

 cinating article, 'Around Our Ranch-house, ' the first of a series of articles from the pen of Miss Floe- 

 ENCE A. Mereiam, so favorably known as the author of ' Birds Through an Opera Glass, ' ' My Summer 

 in a Mormon Village, ' etc. The first of a series of illustrated articles by Olive Thoene Miller, the 

 talented and well-known writer, will be published in the March or April number. Other well-known 

 writers have promised articles. 



JC ernS a-Hd. JMOSSeS* 'The Luminous Moss,' in the January number, is the first of a 

 series of illustrated articles by Elizabeth G. Beitton, of Torrey Botanical Club, New York City. 

 This will be followed by ' The Humpbacked Elves, ' 'The Brownies ' ( two articles ), ' The Water Nymphs, ' 

 and ' The Red Bearded Dwarfs. ' 



Plants and Flowers, miss C. a. Shepaed, of New Britain, Editor of the Depart- 

 ment of Botany, will have several interesting articles and be aided by many talented contributors. An 

 attractive and very valuable feature of this department will be a series of illustrated articles of especial 

 interest to teachers, by Miss E. Carlisle, Principal of Normal School, Norwich, Conn. The fii-st will 

 be ' Buds and How to Find Them, ' with teaching hints, drawings showing structure, etc. Another 

 interesting series is by J. E. Waltee, Peru, Ind., on 'Dicotyledon Pollens.' The first article com- 

 mences in the January number and has about 150 illustrations. An equal number or more will be vrith 

 the second part in February. 



•"SXrOnOmy • This Department will be edited by Miss Mary Peoctoe, daughter of the late 

 Prof. Richard A. Proctor, and will number among its contributors some of the best writers on Astronomy. 



JLUSQCTiSs Among the attractive features will be articles on 'Ants and Spiders,' by Dr. Heney C. 

 McCooK, Philadelphia, author of ' Tenants of an Old Farm,' etc. Also articles by ANNA Botsfoed Com- 

 STOCK, Ithaca, N. Y., and other talented and well-known writers. 



JXLlCj/OSCOjiy* As heretofore, 'Practical Microscopy,' under the able management of Miss M. 

 A. Booth, will take a high stand, worth more than double the price of The Observer. The January num- 

 ber has an illustrated biographical sketch of Prof. Alfred Clifford Mercer, M. D., F. R. M. S., President 

 of American Microscopical Society. Dr. Alfred C. Stokes vsdll have several intensely interesting 

 illustrated articles during '96. The first is published in the February number. 



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