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TESTIMONIALS 



"We have read the MS. and have 

 seen the illustrations for this book. 

 " Reveries and Recollections of a Natu- 

 ralist," and will say that we believe 

 that American students of literature and 

 nature never had such a sweet-scented 

 bunch of roses thrown at them. In this 

 case the author, poet -naturalist, has 

 Riven us a classic that will surely en- 

 dure." 



PROF. G. N. PROCTOR 

 In Literary Interchange 



" Those who are seeking information 

 on bird protection should, by all means, 

 study the literature in this work." 

 JOSEPH E. GOULD 



Ornithologist 



" You don't have to be a naturalist to 

 read this book." 



THOMAS M. EARL 

 Author of Pets of the Household 



IUST PUBLISHED 

 A NEW WORK ... 



Reveries 



AND 



Recollections 



OF A 



Naturalist 



By OLIVER DAVIE 



• Author of " Nests and Eggs 

 of North American Birds," 

 " Methods in the Art of 

 Taxidermy," etc, 



A sumptuous volume, printed on the finest hand-made, deckle-edge paper; 



octavo pages 8x9 inches; bound in silk cloth; stamped in gold 



and ink from a special design in brass. Each copy in a box. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Frontispiece Photogravure: The Author in his Study with his birds and books. 



Horned Grebe "Intrusion," an original illustration by E. S. Cheney. 



Kittiwake Gull, from a specimen in the author's collection. 



White-faced Glossy Ibis, from a specimen in author's collection. 



Yellow-crowned Night Heron, from a specimen in author's collection. 



Limpkin, from a specimen in author's collection. 



Lesser Yellow-leg Snipe, an original illustration by E. S. Cheney. 



Portrait of Audubon* 



Portrait of William Bambrough, a companion of Audubon in his Southern ex- 

 plorations, from a drawing by himself, 1832. 



Raven, from a specimen in author's collection. 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue Jay and Cedar Waxwing, from an original min- 

 iature water-color by Audubon, 1824, here for the first time reproduced. 



Edition Limited to Two Hundred Numbered Copies, at $2.00 per Copy, prepaid. 



O. DAVIE & CO., Publishers, Columbus, Ohio 



