Popular Books on Natural History. 
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PLANTS OP THE LAND & WATER: 
Short & Entertaining Chapters on the Vegetable World. 
BY MARY JkNJD ELIZABETH KIRBY. 
With numerous Illustrations, embossed cloth , 3s. 
Prom the LEICESTER MERCURY, JANUARY 31st, 1857. 
“It cannot fail to excite a taste for the beautiful study to which it 
relates in the mind of the youngest reader, and it is at the same time a 
volume to which the most advanced botanist may have recourse with 
advantage. It comprises, in a comparatively limited space, the essence 
of many grave and learned volumes. It sets forth in language at once 
forcible and graceful many of the most striking wonders of the vegetable 
creation.” 
WHAT IS A BIRD? 
The Forms of Birds—Their Instinct—and Use in Creation Considered. 
WITH ANECDOTES & ILLUSTRATIVE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. 
BY MRS. JOHN WRIGHT. 
HANDSOMELY BOUND IN CLOTH, THREE SHILLINGS. 
THE OBSERVING EYE*. 
Or, Letters to Children on the Three Lowest Divisions of Animal 
Life—Radiated, Articulated, and Molluscous. 
Sponges, Corals, Star Fishes, Worms, Lobsters, Insects, Shell-Making 
Creatures, &c. By Mrs. John Wright. In one Volume, with 
numerous Illustrations, embossed cloth, price 3s. This little volume, 
designed to interest and instruct the Young in Natural History, has 
attained extensive popularity. It is used by the Royal Children, as 
well as in many a family circle. 
London: Jarrold and Sons, 47, St. Paul’s Churchyard. 
