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Photographing Birds and Butterflies in Colors 



COLOR Photography, as developed in the last year or two, has made possible these remark- 

 able nature books, the pictures in which will probably surprise you unless you have kept 

 up with such matters very closely. They are photographed direct from the birds and 

 butterflies, and only three colors are used in printing ; yet the results are generally absolutely accu- 

 rate. Their price is about one-twentieth of what such books would have cost only a few years ago. 



We will send any or all of these books " on approval " to any 

 reader of Recreation, After examining them at your leisure 

 you can either send us the price or return the books. 



The Butterfly Book s ZlL By Dr. W. J. Holland 



48 COLORED PLATES AND HUNDREDS OF TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS 

 SHOWING OVER 1,000 SPECIES OF AMERICAN B UTTER f LIES 



Dr. Samuel H. Sccdder, the foremost authority on the 

 subject, says in Science: — "The 48 plates have been repro- 

 duced by the new process known popularly as 'three-color 

 printing, ' and this is its first application, so far as we know, 

 to butterflies. It is, however, an unquestionable and sur- 

 prising success, destined— if the extraordinarily low price at 

 which the book is sold be any guide — to come into very gen- 

 eral use. . . . The work will surely command a large sale 

 and prove a great stimulus to the study of butterflies. Cer- 

 tainly we have never before had such a generous aid to those 

 wishing to cover the whole field. 



Samuel Harraden Church, the historian, says:— "Dr. W. 

 J. Holland's ' Butterfly Book ' is a discovery and a revelation. 

 Think of one man — a busy, scholarly man of affairs — collect- 

 ing 500 000 butterflies ; and then arranging, naming and 

 describing them! What patience, what consecration tbat 

 shows! This book is the authoritative expression of the 

 supreme knowledge of a great naturalist. lis plenitude of 

 magnificent color photographs, its hundreds of black-and- 

 white drawings, its fascinating composition, and its beautiful 

 manufacture, all tempt one to call it the cheapest and the best 

 book ever published." 



Size, 7% x ioYs; Pages, 382 ; Binding-, cloth; Type, 1 1 -point ; Illustrations, 48 colored plates and many 

 text cuts, showing every important American species : Price, $3.00 net. 



Birds that Hunt and are Hunted 

 By Neltje Blanchan 



10th 

 Thousand 



48 COLORED PLATES; 170 GAME BIRDS, WATER FOWL AND BIRDS OF PREY 

 DESCRIBED. INTRODUCTION AND ANNOTATIONS BY G. O. SHIELDS (" Coquina." ) 



"Sportsmen will especially relish the forty- eight colored 

 plates, which show the more important birds in characteristic 

 poses. They are probably the most valuable and artistic 

 pictures of the kind available to-day. There is a charm of 

 reality in the author's presentation utterly fascinating to the 

 sportsman. To the ordinary observer, these plates will repay 

 close study and prove a sure means of identification." — 

 Literature. 



" The style is simple and graphic . . . a careful descrip- 

 tion of each bird with record of the changes in plumage the 

 season brings, is followed by such note of its habits as are 

 most characteristic or interesting. But the superb plates 

 alone would identify each specimen. No more authoritative 

 and sympathetic work in this particular field has yet ap- 

 peared, and we heartily commend it to nature lovers." — 

 Boston Transcript. 



Size, 7K x 7 0%; Pages, 35Q 

 Price, $2.00. 



Bird Neighbors 



Type, 10 -point; Binding, green cloth; Illustrations, 48 colored plates ; 



20th 

 Thousand 



By Neltje Blanchan 



52 COLORED PLATES; 150 COMMON BIRDS DESCRIBED. 

 INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURROUGHS. 



"As an aid in the elementary study of bird life, nothing has ever been published more satisfactory than " Bird Neigh- 

 bors.' . . . Excellent plates ol birds in natural colors . . . make possible the identification of many birds even by the 

 unpracticed eye. In this feature no popular 'bird-book' of moderate price can be compared with 'Bird Neighbors'.'"— 

 Review of Reviews. 



Size, 7% x 10%; Pages, 250; Type, 10-point; Binding, green cloth: Illustrations, J2 colored plates ; 

 Price, $2.00. 



OTHER BOOKS OF OUTDOOR INTEREST 



FLASHLIGHTS ON NATUBE 



By Grant Allen. 

 Size, 5V 2 x 8% : Pages, 312 : Il- 

 lustrations, 1 20 ; Binding, unique 

 wood ; $1.30. 



HOW TO PLAN THE HOME 

 GROUND 



By Samuel Parsons, Jr. 

 Size, J x 7yi ; Binding, cloth ; 

 Pages, 24Q ; Illustrations, j6 ; Type, 

 1 o -point ; Price, $1.00, net . 



SONGS OF ACTION 2d Edition 

 By A. Conan Doyle. 

 Size, 5x7; Pages, 1 44 ; Bind- 

 ing, silk basket cloth ; Price, $1.25. 



BOB, SON OF BATTLE 



10th Thousand. 

 By Alfred Olivant. (A novel 

 of sheep clogs and shepherds.) 

 Size, 5 x 7 l / 2 : Pages, 320 ; Bind- 

 ing, cloth; Type, 11 -point; Price, 

 $1.25. 



TALES OF THE BEAL GYPST 



By Paul Kester. 

 Size, 4% x 7 ; Pages, 312; Bind- 

 ing, cloth; Type, 11 -point; Price, 

 Si. 00. 



WHIP AND SPUB 



By George E. Waring, Jr. 

 Size, 4 l A x 7; Pages, 24 j; Bind- 

 ing, cloth ; Frontispiece portrait ; 

 Price, $1.00. 



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