By W. T. HORNADAY 



The American 

 Natural History 



A Foundation of Useful Knowledge of the Higher 

 Animals of North America 



Fifth Printing in the lar^e one-volume edition, 

 profusely illustrated 



Published also in the Fireside Edition, in four crown oc- 

 tavo volumes, with i6 full-page illustrations in color, 67 

 full-page illustrations from original drawings and photo- 

 graphs, and nearly 300 text illustrations, and with numer- 

 ous charts and maps. 



In the Fireside Edition (1914) Dr. Homaday has em- 

 bodied all the scientific facts that have been accumulated 

 by specialists since the book first appeared in 1904, and has 

 taken fully into account the recent changes in conditions 

 affecting the wild life of North America. 



AUTHORITATIVE ENDORSEMENTS 



"A great natural history. ... An ideal animal book. . . . Com- 

 mon sense is the author's marked characteristic. Nothing healthier 

 can be imagined for those who have been wading through the artistic, 

 sentimental slop that passes for Natural History." — New York Sun. 



"Mr. Hornaday is a practical man and he has written a practical 

 book. . . . The descriptions are clear and avoid overtechnicality, 

 while they are accompanied by readable accounts of animal traits and 

 incidents of wild life. It is refreshing to have a book that is thoroughly 

 dependable as regards fact and scientific in spirit, yet written with 

 liveliness and freshness of manner." — The Outlook. 



