Part 23

TEACHERS’ MANUAL. To accompany Portfolios of COLORED PLATES of “Bird-Life.” Contains the same text as the Teachers’ Edition of “Bird-Life,” but is without the 75 uncolored plates. Sold only with the Portfolios, as follows: Portfolio No. I. Permanent Residents and Winter Visitants. 32 plates. Portfolio No. II. March and April Migrants. 24 plates. Portfolio No. III. May Migrants, Types of Birds’ Eggs, and 9 half-tone plates showing Types of Birds’ Nests. 34 Plates. Price of Portfolios, each, $1.25; with the MANUAL, $2.00; the three Portfolios, with the MANUAL, $4.00.

=Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America.= With Keys to the Species, Descriptions of their Plumages, Nests, etc., and their Distribution and Migrations. With over 200 Illustrations. 12mo. LIBRARY EDITION, $3.00; POCKET EDITION, flexible covers, $3.50.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY’S PUBLICATIONS.

FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS. Uniform with “Familiar Flowers,” “Familiar Trees,” and “Familiar Features of the Roadside.” With many Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

The great popularity of Mr. F. Schuyler Mathews’s charmingly illustrated books upon flowers, trees, and roadside life insures a cordial reception for his forthcoming book, which describes the animals, reptiles, insects, and birds commonly met with in the country. His book will be found a most convenient and interesting guide to an acquaintance with common wild creatures.

FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS, author of “Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden,” “Familiar Trees and their Leaves,” etc. With 130 Illustrations by the Author. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

“Which one of us, whether afoot, awheel, on horseback, or in comfortable carriage, has not whiled away the time by glancing about? How many of us, however, have taken in the details of what charms us? We see the flowering fields and budding woods, listen to the notes of birds and frogs, the hum of some big bumblebee, but how much do we know of what we sense? These questions, these doubts have occurred to all of us, and it is to answer them that Mr. Mathews sets forth. It is to his credit that he succeeds so well. He puts before us in chronological order the flowers, birds, and beasts we meet on our highway and byway travels, tells us how to recognize them, what they are really like, and gives us at once charming drawings in words and lines, for Mr. Mathews is his own illustrator.”—Boston Journal.

FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS, author of “Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden,” “The Beautiful Flower Garden,” etc. Illustrated with over 200 Drawings from Nature by the Author, and giving the botanical names and habitat of each tree and recording the precise character and coloring of its leafage. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

“It is not often that we find a book which deserves such unreserved commendation. It is commendable for several reasons: it is a book that has been needed for a long time, it is written in a popular and attractive style, it is accurately and profusely illustrated, and it is by an authority on the subject of which it treats.”—Public Opinion.

FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS. Illustrated with 200 Drawings by the Author. 12mo. Library Edition, cloth, $1.75; Pocket Edition, flexible morocco, $2.25.

“A book of much value and interest, admirably arranged for the student and the lover of flowers.... The text is full of compact information, well selected and interestingly presented.... It seems to us to be a most attractive handbook of its kind.”—New York Sun.

THE ART OF TAXIDERMY. By JOHN ROWLEY, Chief of the Department of Taxidermy in the American Museum of Natural History. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00.

Mr. Rowley has introduced new features into the art which have not been described in print before, and his book represents the latest advances in taxidermy as an art and as a science. He takes a hunting party to the Canadian woods in his opening chapter, and gives a series of vivid pictures of actual field work. This is followed by a series of careful explanations of the proper treatment of animals, large and small, of birds, and heads. The many lovers of outdoor sport who are interested as amateurs in the various phases of taxidermy will find their requirements fully met, while to professional taxidermists this important and comprehensive work will be indispensable. It is elaborately illustrated.

INSECT LIFE. By JOHN HENRY COMSTOCK, Professor of Entomology in Cornell University. With Illustrations by Anna Botsford Comstock, member of the Society of American Wood Engravers. 12mo. Library Edition, cloth, $2.50; Teachers’ and Students’ Edition, $1.50.

“Any one who will go through the work with fidelity will be rewarded by a knowledge of insect life which will be of pleasure and benefit to him at all seasons, and will give an increased charm to the days or weeks spent each summer outside of the great cities. It is the best book of its class which has yet appeared.”—New York Mail and Express.

“The arrangement of the lessons and experiments and the advice on collection and manipulation are only some of the very admirable features of a work that must take first place in the class to which it belongs.”—Philadelphia Press.

“The volume is admirably written, and the simple and lucid style is a constant delight.... It is sure to serve an excellent purpose in the direction of popular culture, and the love of natural science which it will develop in youthful minds can hardly fail to bear rich fruit.”—Boston Beacon.

OUTLINES OF THE EARTH’S HISTORY. By Prof. N. S. SHALER, of Harvard University. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

“Any one who reads the preliminary chapters will not stop until he has read the entire book. The subject is certainly one of supreme interest, and it would be hard to find any one more competent to write about it than Professor Shaler.”—New York Herald.

“Professor Shaler fortunately possesses a popular style, and what he writes on a scientific topic is entertaining as well as instructive. This book is illustrated with a number of splendid full-page cuts, which admirably illuminate the work.”—Boston Globe.

“Professor Shaler, of Harvard, in the well-worded text and the handsome illustrations, presents an interesting and instructive volume to the students of physiography. It is a simple study of the earth’s history, revealing Nature’s processes and its continuous and increasing, unceasing energies. It is well calculated to arouse an interest in geological study, as it furnishes the key to unlock some of the great mysteries the student meets in this broad field of science.... He explains many curious phenomena. The work is very free from technicalities, and is so plainly told as to be easily understood by every intellectual reader.”—Chicago Inter-Ocean.

APPLETONS’ HOME-READING BOOKS.

Edited by W. T. HARRIS, A. M., LL. D., U. S. Commissioner of Education.

CLASSED IN FOUR DIVISIONS, AS FOLLOWS:

THE FIRST comprises natural history, including popular treatises on plants and animals, and also descriptions of geographical localities, all of which pertain to the study of geography in the common schools. Descriptive astronomy, and anything that relates to organic Nature, comes under this head.

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