From Mr. MELROSE'S CATALOGUE. 



The New Book of Animals. 



AN ALBUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Written by Horace 

 G. Groser. With Coloured Plates from Special Drawings by 

 A. Scott Rankin, and a profusion . of fine Black and White 

 Illustrations. With striking Cover Design by Sarkadi. 



Crown 4io, 6s. net. Second Edition. 



The DAILY TELEGRAPH says : 



" It is an ideal children's book." 

 The DAILY NEWS characterises it as 



An excellent series of animal portraits, accompanied by breezy but instructive description, 

 anecdote, and hunting story." 



The DAILY CHRONICLE reviewer says : 



" Mr. Groser and the artists have made betvifeen them a fine book, which is wonderfully cheap, 

 very interesting, and which I am very sorry was not published when I was a boy." 



The STANDARD says: 



"It has been written with so much sympathetic care that it possesses at one and the same time 

 a story interest and also an educational value which ought to go far towards making it widely 

 known." 



The SCOTSMAN says : 



"There is no boy who is not fond of Natural History, and he will be fonder of it than ever when 

 he masters the contents of ' The Book of Animals.'" 



The GLASGOW HERALD says: 



"Young readers with a taste for Natural History should make a note of this book. . . . Mr. 

 Groser writes both interestingly and instructively." 



The SPECTATOR says : 



"In Mr. Groser's 'Book of Animals' we have Natural History in a very attractive form.'' 



The SPEAKER says : 



"This is an exceedingly cheap and highly attractive book . . . the black and white illustra- 

 tions are really excellent." 



The BOOKMAN says : 



" Mr. Groser writes simply and attractively. . . -. The volume is a most handsome and enticing 

 gift book, the best we have seen of this season's popular Natural Histories," 



The ATHENiEUM says : 



" The type is of the large generous kind which makes reading a pleasure." 

 The NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE says: 



"A handsome volume, which it should be the ambition of every boy to possess. . . . Special care 

 has been bestowed upon the illustrations." 



The GLASGOW NEWS says : 



"... For those boys, this 'Book of Animals' will provide the most fascinating browsing; 

 it is simply but not childishly written, gives a good deal of (but not too much) information, and 

 abounds in excellent stories, some old, some from the very latest writings of exploiers," 



The ABERDEEN FREE PRESS says : 



"One of the most attractive books of the kind printed. It deals chiefly with wild animals, and 

 these Mr. Groser describes with a wealth of detail, of anecdote, and of historical reference that 

 is very captivating. . . . The book is one that should make )'oung eyes gleam." 



ANDREW MELROSE, 3 York Street, Covent Garden, LONDON, W.C. 



