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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1913 



TWO BEAUTIFUL NATURE BOOKS 



MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



By GENE STRATTON -PORTER 



Author of "Freckles", "A Girl of the Limberlost", "The Harvester", etc. 



You remember in "A Girl 

 of theLimberlost"how Elnora 

 used to hunt the beautiful 

 moths of the Limberlost 

 Swamp, and how Philip first 

 found her picking a cocoon 

 from off the old bridge ? 



Mrs. Porter now describes 

 the moths of this enchanting 

 spot. Her photographs of liv- 

 ing moths naturally posed on 

 buds and branches are very 

 beautiful, and though her de- 

 scriptions are scientifically 

 accurate, the personal expe- 

 riences that fill the volume 

 are so entertaining, thepicture 

 of the nature life there so 

 vivid, as to give it a unique 

 place in the literature of 

 science. 



"No one can read of her 

 experiences, without catch- 

 ing her enthusiasm and 

 wishing for a swamp equaling 

 the Limberlost in its treas- 

 ures. Her observations are 

 scientifically valuable, her 

 narrative entertaining, her 

 enthusiasm catching and her 

 revelations stimulating." ■ — 

 The Dial. 



"This is a book which puts 

 the reader under a spell. It 

 is a book of magic. It opens 

 the eyes of the readers to the 

 wonders and beauties of 

 nature such as most of us 

 are blind to or never take 

 the time to inquire about." 

 — Minneapolis Journal. 



84 Beautiful Illustrations from photographs by the author, net $2.50 



WILD ANIMALS 

 AT HOME 



By ERNEST THOMPSON SETON 



Author of "Wild Animals I Have Known", 

 "The Biography of a Grizzly", etc. 



Mr. Seton has not given us such delightful animal studies since "Wild Animals I Have Known." 

 In this new collection you will find the story of Johnnie the Bear and his set-to with the jam and the cats 

 (see illustrations) the too close investigation of Mistress Pole-cat by Mr. Bob-cat — to the discomfiture 



of the latter, and other tales of furry friends 

 as real and as human as "Lobo" the wolf, 

 "Redruff" the partridge and the immortal 

 grizzly. 



Here again is revealed that almost uncanny 

 psychological insight into animals' brains that 

 Mr. Seton seems to have — the quality that 

 makes them all so human. 



This is the companion volume to "Wild 

 Animals I Have Known." 



Illustrated by the author, net $1.50 





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THE FRIENDLY ROAD 



By DAVID GRAYSON 



Author of "Adventures in Contentment," etc. 



David Grayson and the " Friendly Road. " Was ever a happier combination ? David Gray- 

 son is friendship itself, and when you find him starting off penniless and alone along the country 

 roads, you know he will be well taken care of by the friends he makes on the way. And so he 

 is. He tells of his stay with the Vedders who had read his other books; of the discouraged 

 parson into whom he instilled new life and of homes he made cheerful which before were dreary. 

 His philosophy is joyous and the book is very beautiful. 



Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty. Cloth, net, $1.35. Leather, net, #1.50. 



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THE CHILDREN'S BOOK 

 OF CHRISTMAS STORIES 



Edited by ASA DON DICKINSON 

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"Read us a Christmas story" is what child- 

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