I. "GLEANINGS FROM NATURE" 



Special studies on the insects, fishes, reptiles, birds and plants of 

 Indiana and adjoining states. Some of the chapter headings are: 

 Harbingers of Spring. Katydids and Their Kin. 



Two Fops Among the Fishes. Snakes and Their Habits. 



Midsummer Along the Old Canal. Twelve Winter Birds. 



Ten Indiana Caves and the Animals How Plants and Animals Spend the 

 which Inhabit them. Winter. 



"This book can be highly recommended for its honesty and directness of purpose. The essays 

 are truthful and give vivid touches of nature, the results of close and sympathetic observation." 

 — Dr. D. S. Jordan, in American XaiuraHst. 



" \ true outdoor book, well designed to increase the pleasure and interest of an outing." — F. 

 M. Chapman, in Bird-Lore. 



Silk cloth, 348 pp., 15 pis., 100 illustrations. $1.25, postpaid. 



II. "A NATURE WOOING AT ORMOND BY THE SEA" 



The only book treating of the natural history of the East Coast of 

 Florida. Contains lists of the insects taken at Ormond, Fla., in March 

 and April, with many notes on birds, insects, reptiles, shell mounds, etc. 



"The author is a t:-ue naturalist, and chapters written by a man of this kind are worth read- 

 ing. This book is beautifully illustrated and is well gotten up in every way." — Recreation. 



Silk cloth, 245 pp., 12 pis., 63 illustrations, map. $1.10, postpaid. 



III. "BOULDER REVERIES" 



A series of sketches on the wild life of an old woods pasture in 

 Western Indiana. It breathes of nature on every page. 



".-^ book delightful in its simplicity, which will address a strong appeal to all lovers of Nature." 

 — Indianapolis News. 



"It has given me many an hour of restful and uplifting pleasure." — Hon. Albert J. Beveridge. 



Silk cloth, 230 pp., 10 pis. $1.10, postpaid. 



IV. "WOODLAND IDYLS" 



The newest and best of Blatchley's nature books. An appeal for 

 the simple life, written in the midst of nature, where only that life can 

 be lived. A book for all who love the great out-of-doors, and especially 

 for camp-lovers, bird-lovers, botanists, and fishermen. The following 

 are a few of the page headings: 



Odors of August. Fisherman's Luck. 



A Woodland Optimist. Old Clothes in the Woods. 



Simplers and Herbalists. Fire Pinks and Hummingbirds. 



The Earth's Mold Blanket. How Herons Hunt. 



A Floral Calendar. Evening Wood-Sprites. 



"A better book than this as a pocket companion for the camper can hardiv be found, for it 

 will sharpen his wits to a multitude of little things about him, and will introduce him to phases 

 of nature that will be right at hand, no matter where he pitches his tent." — Indianapolis News. 



"I have enjoyed it to the very utmost. It takes me back to the old davs amidst Nature's 

 sweet refreshing environment, for which there is no substitute in this world." — Hon. Chas. W. 

 Fairbanks. 



Silk cloth, 242 pp., 3 pis. $1.25, postpaid. All 4 for S4.00, or 

 "Woodland Idyls" and either ''Boulder Reveries" or "A Xature Woo- 

 ing" for $2.00. 



THE NATURE PUBLISHING CO., 

 155S Park Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 



