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R MAGAZINE that treats in an interesting way the various phases of nature 
study, confining itself to nc) one branch but aiming at accuracy in all subjects 
treated, is the position occupied by The Amateur Naturalist. In its 
columns the nature student will find himself confined to no one subject, but from time 
to time will be published interesting articles relating to all. 
In no other magazine will the beginner, especially, find such an abundant and 
varied store of information. Not a technical article has yet appeared in its columns, 
and not one that was dull or uninteresting, and yet accuracy has been maintained 
and is one of the prominent features. 
That there is a demand for a publication of this character the constant and 
steady increase of our number of subscribers is sufficient evidence. Does it appeal to 
you ? The numbers already published contain about twenty articles each, besides an 
equal numl^er of short but interesting notes, in addition to the editorial. We subjoin 
the titles of a few of the more prominent articles in the first A'olume : 
Exterminated by man, — The plan of a flower, — Flowers that are not flowers,— 
Visit to the Big Trees, — Fruits and vegetables, — Curious trees, — Gems of the United 
States, — Mineral hunter's paradise, — The discoverer of radium, — Quartz and quartz 
crystals, — Porto Rican minerals, — Rubbles and sapphires, — Some giants among small 
things, — The seasons and the birds, — Winter birds in Maine, — Hummingbirds, — 
Sources of colors, — How a toad sheds his skin, — Deep sea fish, — Flint rmplements and 
weapons, — The Colorado River, — Sound in the clouds, — Problems in modern astron- 
omy, — Life on other planets, — Bird-song studies, — Date-leaf boat of Arabia, — Electric 
fish, — Habits of the scorpion, — The ocean's floor, — The milk- weed butterfly, — Arctic 
travel in winter, — New York City minerals, — Antiquity of the rose. 
These and scores besides make up the contents of the numbers already published, 
and others equally interesting and timely will follow. 
The Amateur Naturalist is at present published bimonthly at fifty cents per 
year. Subscriptions may begin at any time at the above price, but those desiring a 
complete file should accept one of our special offers. 
No. 1. For $1.00 we will send you the back numl)ers from No. 1 (1904 complete) 
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No. 2. For $1.75 we will send you The Amateur Naturalist from No. 1 to 
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