THE AUDUBON NOTE BOOK. 



AUDUBON SOCIETY. 



The total registered membership of the Society 

 on October 31 was 48,046, showing an increase of 

 205 during the month, drawn from the following 

 sources: 



New York 72 Ohio 17 



Maine 18 Indiana i 



Vermont 22 New Jersey 4 



Connecticut 22 Maryland 2 



New Hampshire.. ..'. 11 North Carolina 2 



Massachusetts 10 Florida 2 



Pennsylvania 20 Canada 2 



205 



C. F. Amery, General Secretary. 



AUDUBON MONUMENT. 



The following subscriptions on behalf of the Au- 

 dubon Monument have been received in this office 

 since last acknowledgment. Other contributions 

 from members of the Society have, we believe, been 

 sent direct to the Central Committee, but the con- 

 templated fall meeting has not yet been held: 



Edmund Rodman, New Bedford, Mass $1 00 



Miss M. J. Coburn, Providence, R.I 20 



Miss Mary Rartol, Manchester, Mass. 5 co 



Miss Rartol' s friend i 00 



D. B. Williams, Irvington, N. Y 25 



Lucy Williams, Irvington, N. Y 25 



J. A. Williams, Irvington, N. Y 25 



L. A. Edwards, Irvington, N. Y 25 



Charlie Edwards, Irvington, N. Y 25 



Harry Edwards, Irving. on, N. Y 25 



Margaret Edwards, Irvington, N. Y 25 



Bessie Edwards, Irvington, N. Y 25 



"CHARLEY'S WONDERFUL JOURNEYS." 



Thksic stories have been so cordially appreciated 

 and have drawn forth such flattering comments from 

 the readers of the Audubon Magazine, that the 

 author and publishers have been encouraged to re- 

 produce them in book form. The book, which will 

 be ready for issue in a few days, is a handsome im- 

 perial octavo volume of 116 pages, thick paper and 

 large print. It contains some hitherto unpublished 

 journeys, with a description of Charley's home in a 

 wild romantic valley in Northern Maine; and in ad- 

 dition to the admirable illustrations by the elder 

 Bellew, now deceased, and Bennett, it has been 

 liberally embellished with drawings by Frank Bellew 

 (Chip) and Miss Etheldred Breeze Barry. Indeed 

 no pains have been spared to render it a charming 

 Christmas gift book. Forest & Stream Publishing 

 Co. Price, $1.50. 



"BIRD PORTRAITS" 



Some Native Birds for Little Folks. By Dr. 

 W. Van Fleet. Illustrated by Howard H. Dar- 

 nell. Forest & Stream Publishing Co. Price, 

 $3.00. 



This is the title of a tastefully got up imperial 

 octavo volume, beautifully illustrated by photo- 

 gravure portraits of the birds described, making it 

 a pretty and most attractive book for the holiday 

 season. Nor is the reading matter less attractive. 

 The large clear type on thick paper makes the read- 

 ing look so delightfully easy that the smallest chil- 

 dren, knowing their letters, will confidently attempt 

 to spell it out. The birds, too, are among the most 

 familiar to American children, the list comprising 

 the Robin, Chickadee, Kingfisher, Great Horned 

 Owl, Bobolink, Blue Jay, Woodcock, Nuthatches, 

 Meadow Lark, Ruffed Grouse, Cedar Bird, Kildeer 

 Plover, Summer Duck and Crossbill. The descrip- 

 tions are written in an entertaining style, rendering 

 it a very pleasant task for children to familiarize 

 themselves with the ways and habits of the birds 

 so charmingly portrayed. 



One of the prettiest and most instructive books 

 for the holiday season. — The Evening Post. 



A picture gallery and history of birds in one vol- 

 ume. — Sandusky Register. 



TO THE YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE AUDU- 

 BON SOCIETY. 



Dear Children : 



Do you know that you are living in a particularly 

 good and interesting period of the world's history? 

 Especially is it true that goodness is made so attrac- 

 tive and easy nowadays, that we are every day more 

 readily ashamed of any cruel deed; yet thoughtless 

 habits are still common and there is a great deal of 

 unconscious destruction at work on our grand old 

 earth which it is a pity to think of, and which will 

 surely cease when all mankind shall have learned to 

 see clearly and to think rightly. 



Let us bless the Audubon Society for showing us 

 what sad havoc we are making with the beautiful 

 and useful gifts of the Creator, and prove our grati- 

 tude to it by taking its principles to our hearts and 

 standing loyally to our colors, striving at the same 

 time to bring others to a knowledge of the truth. 



How I wish there had been some such society 

 when I was young ! Now I am middle-aged and 

 find myself blushing with shame to think I ever 

 bought a dead bird and thought my hat becoming 

 with one on it ! 



