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PAMJLIAR FEATURES OF THE FOAD- 



■^ 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 gQide-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 %\xvdL&-hoQ\:. par, excellence oi \\\e familiar wayside. . . . His 

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



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

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

 exquisite refreshment and welcome instructor." — Boston Titnes. 



"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 Journal. 



" 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." —^e'^'j^y City Evening yournal. 



"A beautiful book, and as interesting and instructive as it is beauiiful. . . . 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 beautie.-.." — Philadelphia Public Ledger. 



" A book that ou^ht to be in the satchel of every one who takes 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 thelover of out- 

 door life." — Boston Beacon. 



*'lt is impossible to express the fascination of such a hookas this.'' — New York 

 Commercial A dvertiser. 



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

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

 advantage." — Brooklyn Eagle. 



" An introduction to a boundle'^s wodd for which every lover of Nature will be 

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

 book." — New Haven Leader. 



" 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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