D. APPLETON AND COMPANY'S PUBLICATIONS. 



P AMI LIAR FEATURES OF THE ROAD- 



^ SIDE, By F. Schuyler Mathews, author of " Familiar 



Flowers of Field and Garden," ** Familiar Trees and their 



Leaves," etc. With 130 Illustrations by the Author. i2mo. 



Cloth, $1.75. 



" A faithful guide-book for our roadsides. . . . Can be unhesitatingly commended 

 for summer strolls." — Neiv York Evening Post. 



" One who rides, drives, or walks into the country, particularly in these days of 

 bicycling, will find this book an invaluable and incessant source of elevating amuse- 

 ment." — Philadelphia Press. 



" Deserves to be the QniA^-hooV ^ar excellence ai i\\Q familiar wayside. ... His 

 book, taken as a whole, is a treasure." — Neiv York Times, 



*' An admirable book for Nature lovers to take with them to the country, for it 

 reveals in a delightful way many mysteries of insect and floral life, and comes as an 

 exquisite refreshment and welcome instructor," — Boston Times. 



*' A delightful study of Nature in her manifold forms. . . . Take this trip on the road 

 with Mr. Mathews, for he is a very entertaining lecturer, and has personal acquaint- 

 ance with buds and flowers." — Minneapolis yournal. 



" The book is certainly a charming one for all lowers of Nature, and can but inspire 

 a love of the waysides for any into whose hands it shall come." — Boston Saturday 

 Evening Gazette. 



*' It is such a book as will direct the attention of its readers to those features of 

 everyday life with which they are often unacquainted, because they have never stopped 

 to give them attention." — Jersey City Eveni?/g yournal. 



"A beautiful book, and as interesting and instructive as it is beautiful, . , . The 

 lessons of the book are enforced so pleasingly as to make every page fascinating." — 

 Chicago Inter-Ocean. 



" A book to carry through one's summer wanderings, to quicken one's appreciation 

 of common beauties." — Philadelphia Public Ledger. 



" A book that ought to be in the satchel of every one who lakes a vacation ; and 

 even stay-at-homes will find a new interest in their surroundings through its perusal," 

 — Chicago Advance. 



"A. thoroughly charming book alike for the amateur naturalist and the loverof out- 

 door life." — Boston Beacon, 



"It is impossible to express the fascination of such a book as this." — New York 

 Commercial Advertiser. 



" The book is one for people who are fond of the country. It is not merely in- 

 structive, but is suggestive apd stimulating, and helps people to use their own eyes to 

 advantage." — Brooklyn Eagle. 



"An introduction to a boundless world for which every lover of Nature will be 

 deeply grateful — luminous, learned, appreciative. ... A valuable and delightful 

 boDk." — New Haven Lee^der, 



" The book is most interesting and instructive, and will be found to impart useful 

 knowledge in a most entertaining manner." — Hartford Post. 



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