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" Marked by that feeling for nature which it is so desirable to extend." — " H. W." in 

 Bayswater Chronicle. 



"The publishers have done well in issuing these little readable manuals for the guid- 

 ance of the Londoner, who, pent up all the week over his desk, or otherwise debarred 

 from the sight of more natural objects than city sparrows, seeks in the short space granted 

 him by the Saturday half-holiday movement, or on the feast days of St. Lubbock, that closer 

 acquaintance with the rural delights so necessary for his bodily and mental health. It is, 

 of course, impossible in the short space of some seventy or eighty small pages to do more 

 than indicate the chief attractions of localities so pleasant by nature as those above named; 

 but these are very fairly set forth, and being illustrated by sections of a map on the scale 

 of nearly one and a-half miles to the inch, will be found of decided utility to the pedestrian 

 in search of an object." — The Field. 



Plant Life : Popular Papers on the Phenomena of Botany. 

 With 148 Illustrations drawn by the Author. Crown 8vo. Cloth 

 extra, 3s. 6d. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" An unpretending book, whose contents cover a very great extent of botanical ground, 

 particularly those parts which are new and interesting. . . . All abundantly and well 

 illustrated, proving the author to be a man of thorough botanical culture, and possessing 

 much grace of literary style." — Science Gossip. 



"A commendable attempt to interest a wider public in the pursuits to which the author 

 has evidently paid great attention. . . . We have no doubt that many into whose hands 

 this book may come will be stimulated to use their own observing faculties in the same 

 field ; and to this end we wish it every success." — Acadeiny. 



" Will be found of material assistance to young students of botany. The volume con- 

 tains more than 150 illustrations, and will make an excellent companion to any ordinary 

 text-book of botany." — Scotsmaji. 



" If this volume does not speedily become popular, we venture to say it is not the fault 

 either of author or publishers. The former writes with a mastery of the subject and a 

 perspicuity of style, which makes his chapters delightful reading, while the latter have 

 evidently spared no expense in seconding his efforts to popularise one of the most fascinat- 

 ing of all studies." — Literary World. 



*' For information at once scientifically exact as to its substance, and thoroughly popular 

 in form, while it has the further merit of embodying all the latest accessions to the know- 

 ledge of botany, we can heartily commend ' Plant-Life,' a richly-illustrated little volume." 

 — Glasgow Mail. 



" It is written in an interesting style. Its few quotations are so apt, and its stray allu- 

 sions so wisely and happily chosen, that we feel its author could have given us much 

 sound philosophy if he had seen fit. The book has 156 illustrations of great beauty and 

 value." — Aberdeefi Daily Free Press. 



" A more delightful work than this we have seldom met with." — Newcastle Daily 

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