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TNSECT life. By John Henry Comstock, Pro- 

 fessor of Entomology in Cornell University. ^Vith Illustrations 

 by Anna Botsford Comstock, member of the Society of 

 American Wood Engravers. i2mo. Cloth, $2.50. 



*'A capital book for students, as well as a haDdbook for teachers, amateurs, and 

 those interested in Nature. . . . Any one who will go through the work with fidelity 

 will be rewarded by a knowledge of insect Ufe which will be of pleasure and of benefit 

 to him at all seasons, and will give an increased charm to the days or weeks spent each 

 summer outside of the great cities. It is the best book of its class which has yet ap- 

 peared.'* — Neiv York Mail and Express, 



*'For class use no better book could be devised. But the amateur and summer 

 tourist will find it equally valuable, because it opens up realms of investigation and de- 

 light that are infinite in their extent and variety. ... A work that must take first place 

 in the class to which it belongs." — Philadelphia Press. 



** So easy has the author made the gaining of knowledge concerning insect life that 

 even adults who perhaps have never given the subject a thought are very likely, if they 

 take up the book, to become at once fascinated." — Boston Globe. 



*' It is just the book for those who on their vacations wander among the ponds and 

 brooks, dandelions and locusts, long-homed beedes and roadside butterflies, and who 

 live in the isles and the forests for several weeks to come. . . . The book must take 

 first rank among works of its kind." — N'ezu York Commercial Advertiser. 



'*The volume is admirably written, and the simple and lucid style is a constant de- 

 light. ... Is siu-e to serve an excellent purpose in the direction of popular culture, and 

 the love of natural science which it will develop in youtliful minds can hardly fail to bear 

 rich fruit." — Boston Beacon. 



"A more agreeable introduction to the study of the ways of the tiny mnged things 

 of the air and their metamorphoses in earth and water could not well be devised." — 

 Detroit Free Press. 



" A book Hke this is a good thing to put in the hands of young folks to make them 

 see what is outside of their little home and school world, and to teach respect for other 

 forms of life." — Brooklyn Eagle. 



"The book teaches something on everj' page, yet on every page the student is told 

 to go to Nature, to search out and observe for himself. Nor Ls it the young only who 

 may find pleasure and profit in the use of this book. . . The whole scheme and ex- 

 ecution of ' Insect Life' are admirable."— 5w^^ Express. 



" To teachers, students, and the general reader who is fond of Nature, the book 

 will commend itself, for it easily surpasses any volume in its field."— i'^« Francisco 

 Chronicle. 



" A very practical book, and one that anticipates every need of the amateur in starting 

 upon the study of insects. . . . Particularly desirable for summer vacation among the 

 fields and woods. . . Prof. Comstock's book fills a real want."— iV^w York Times. 



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