BOOKS FOR NATURE-LOVERS. 



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and Anna B. Comstock. D. Appleton & Co.: $2.25. 

 From birds and flowers to butterflies is a natural 

 transition. If one goes about with an opera-glass one 

 is obliged in self-defence to begin the study of the but- 

 terflies, for they are constantly in the way. This 

 admirable manual of 300 pages by recognized author- 

 ities is the best popular work on the subject. It is 

 profusely illustrated by colored plates, which are un- 

 usually successful specimens of the printer's art. Like 

 all the best descriptive works dealing with Nature it 

 is pleasant to read as well as to study. 



Songs of Nature, edited by John Burroughs. Mc- 

 Clure, Phillips & Co. : $1.50. This collection is a val- 

 uable anthology of British and American poems relat- 

 ing to the outer world. While we may not find all 

 our favorite authors here, we must acknowledge that 

 the compilation has been made with taste and judg- 

 ment by one of our foremost Nature-writers, himself 

 a poet of no mean order. It is a book that young 

 students should know by heart. 



