BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY 



OUR INSECT FRIENDS AND FOES 



How to Collect, Preserve and Study Them. By BELtE S. Cragin. With 

 over 2JO illustrations. 8°. 



Miss Cragin sets forth the pleasure to be derived from a systematic study of 

 the habits of insects, and gives many points which will be of practical value to 

 the beginner. She gives comprehensive descriptions of all the more important 

 species to be found in the United States, together with illustrations of the same. 



AMONG THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES 



By JuWA P. Bai,i,ard. Illustrated. 8% I1.50. 



"The book, which is handsomely illustrated, is designed for young readers, relating 

 some of the most curious facts of natural history in a singularly pleasant and instructive 

 manner." — A^. V. Tribune 



BIRD STUDIES 



An account of the Land Birds of Eastern North America. By William 



B. D. Scott. With i66 illustrations from original photographs. Quarto, 



leather back, gilt top, in a box, net^ fc.oo. 



*' A book of first class importance. . . . Mr. Scott has been a field naturalist for up- 

 ■wards of thirty years, and few persons have a more intimate acquaintance than he with bird 

 life. His work will take high rank for scientific accuracy and we trust it may prove success- 

 ful." — London Speaker. 



WILD FLOWERS OF THE NORTHEASTERN STATES 



Drawn and carefully described from life, without undue use of scientific 

 nomenclature, by BllKN" MillKR aud Margare^t C. Whiting. With 308 

 illustrations the size of life, and Frontispiece. New edition in smaller form. 

 8°, net, fe.oo. 



' ' The authors of this excellent work offer it, not in competition with scientific botanies, 

 but with the hope that by their drawings and descriptions they may make it easy to become 

 acquainted w^ith the wild flowers of the northeastern portion of the United States. Anybody 

 who can read !^nglish can use the work and make his identifications, and, in the case of some 

 of the flowers, the drawings alone furnish all that is necessary. . . . The descriptions are 

 as good of their kind as the drawings are of theirs." — I^. V. Times, 



THE SHRUBS OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA 



By Chari^ks S. Newhai,!,. Fully illustrated. 8°, f 1.75. 



" This volume is beautifully printed on beautiful paper, and has a list of 116 illustrations 

 calculated to explain the text. It has a mine of precious infonnation, such as is seldom 

 gathered within the covers of such a volume.'' — Baltimore Partner. 



THE VINES OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA 



By Chari.es S. NKwhai i,. Fully illustrated. 8°, f 1.75. 



"The work is that of the true scientist, artistically presented in a popular form to an 

 appreciative class of readers."— 7'^^ Churchman. 



THE TREES OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA 



By Charles S. Newhai.1.. With illustrations made from tracings of the 

 leaves of the various trees. 8°, J1.75. 



" We believe this is the most complete and handsome volume of its kind, aud on account 

 of its completeness and the readiness with which it imparts information that everybody needs 

 and few possess, it is invahxahlQ.^^ —Binghafnton Republican. 



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