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r\U TINGS AT ODD TIMES. By Charles C. 



^^ Abbott, author of "Days out of Doors" and "A Naturalist's 



Rambles about Home.'' i6mo. Cloth, gilt top, $1.25. 



** A charming little volume, literally alone with Nature, for it discusses seasons and 

 tlie fields, birds, etc., with the loving freedom of a naturalist bom. Every page reads 

 like a sylvan poem; and for the lovers of the beautiful in quiet out-door and out-of- 

 town life, this beautifully bound and attractively printed Utile volume will prove a 

 companion and friend." — Rochester Union and Advertiser. 



NATURALIST'S RAMBLES ABO UT HOME. 



By Charles C. Abbott. i2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



"The home about which Dr. Abbott rambles is clearly the haunt of fowl and fish, 

 of animal and insect life ; and it is of the habits and nature of these that he discourses 

 pleasantly in this book. Summer and winter, morning and evening, he has been in 

 the open air all the time on the alert for some new revelation of instinct, or feeling, 

 or character on the part of his neighbor creatures. Most that he sees and hears he 

 reports agreeably to us, as it was no doubt delightful to himself. Books like this, 

 which are free from all the technicalit'es of science, but yet lack little that has scien- 

 tific value, are well suited to the reading of the young. Their atmosphere is a healthy 

 one for boys in particular to breathe." — Boston Transcript. 



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A YS OUT OF DOORS. By Charles C. Abbott- 



l2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



"'Days out of Doors' is a series of sketches of animal life by Charles C Abbott, 

 a naturalist whose graceful writings have entertained and instructed the public before 

 now. The essays and narratives in this book are grouped in twelve chapters, named 

 after the months of the year. Under 'January' the author talks of squirrels, musk- 

 rats, water-snakes, and the predatory animals that withstand the rigor of winter; 

 under * February ' of frogs and herons, crows and blackbirds ; under ' March' of gulls 

 and fishes and foxy sparrovi's; and so on appropriately, instructively, and divertingly 

 through the whole twelve." — Aew York Sun. 



WE PLAYTIME NATURALIST. By Dr. J. E. 



Taylor, F. L. S., editor of " Science Gossip." With 366 Illus- 

 trations. i2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



"The work contains abundant evidence of the author's knowledge and enthusiasm, 

 and any boy who may read it carefully is sure to find something to attract him. The 

 style is clear and lively, and there are many good illustrations." — Nature. 



'J^HE ORIGIN OF FLORAL STRUCTURES 



■*■ through Insects and other Agencies. By the Rev. George 

 Henslow, Professor of Botany, Queen's College. With nu- 

 merous Illustrations. i2mo. Cloth, $1.75. 



"Much has been written on the structure of flowers, and it might seem almost 

 superfluous to attempt to say anything more on the subject, but it is only withm the 

 last few years that a new literature has sprung up, in which the authors have described 

 their observations and given their interpretations of the uses of floral mechanisms, more 

 especially in connection with the processes of fertilization." — From Introduction. 



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