SPECIAL OFEER 
Wit the beginning of the volume for 1898 
the AMERICAN NATURALIST inaugurated 
changes in its management and in its me- 
chanical execution which involve considerable 
expense, and this outlay, which results in a 
considerable improvement, can only be met by 
an increase in the number of subscribers. 
Therefore, the following offer is made: 
All new subscribers to the volume for 1808, 
paying the full subscription price of $4.00 a 
year in advance, may obtain the back volumes 
for the years 1893, 1895, 1896, and 1897 upon 
the following terms: Any single volume will 
be sent upon payment of $2.00; any two 
volumes for $3.50; any three volumes for 
$4.00; and all four volumes for $4.50 - 
addition to the regular subscription. : o 
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