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THE NATURE LIBRARY 



COMPLETE IN TEN SUPERB VOLUMES 



4,000 large pages, iO/^ x8 inches; 300 photographs in color; 450 half-tones photographed from life and numerous text-cuts, 

 making in all more than 5,000 illustrations of animals, birds, fish, butterflies, moths, insects, wild flowers, mushrooms, etc. 



&utf)or0 : 



JOHN BURROUGHS (Introduction) 



W. J. HOLLAND 

 L. O. HOWARD 

 DAVID STARR JORDAN 

 NELTJE BLANCHAN 

 WITMER STONE 

 BARTON W. EVERMANN 

 A. R. DUGMORE 

 NINA L. MARSHALL 

 WM. E. CRAM 



"As necessary as a dictionary 

 and far more interesting." 



Ordered by Librarians, 

 indorsed by School 

 Boards, adopted by Clubs, 

 approved by Educators, 

 required by everybody ; 

 the one great work on 

 American wild life ; ac- 

 curate, complete, scien- 

 tific, yet most readable. 



An Open Letter to Readers of 'The Garden Magazine" 



AS your love of outdoor life no doubt keeps alert your interest in all that relates to nature, we 

 y\ should like to send you a complimentary copy of our illustrated booklet descriptive of "The 

 Nature Library." SF We wish by this means to call your attention more definitely to a work 

 to which you have seen frequent reference in the leading periodicals, a work dealing in a 

 novel and elaborate way with the wild life, flora, fauna, etc., of our continent, adding to specific 

 data many strange facts of animal, bird, fish, insect and flower habit and tendency. 1 The original 

 method, the thoroughness and the fascinating quality of this work, together with the easy terms of 

 payment, have secured for it a sale of an unprecedented extent. Our patrons have expressed as 

 much surprise as delight that the books so charmingly blend in 

 SF Illustrated as no books of the kind ever have been befo 

 photography of the objects described, including many photc 

 Nature Library " has the unique merit of appealing equally 

 of the scientist, the educator, the student and the general 

 curiosity springs from the mere joy of coming in touch \ 

 her wonders. SF The booklet we should like to have tl 

 sending you will contain sample pages of the text o 

 volumes, specimens of the half-tones and photographic cc 

 and full information concerning the character of "The Nature I 

 coupled with comments of those who attest the satisfactioi 

 benefit they derive from the possession of the ten beautiful bo( 



Yours very truly, 



DOUBLED AY, PAGE & COMPANY 



133-137 EAST 16th STREET, NEW YORK 



