Animal Books

First among the animal books are Mr. Kipling's two Jungle Books. Two other beast stories by Mr. Kipling are "Moti Guj, Mutineer," the tale of a truant elephant, which is in Life's Handicap and "The Maltese Cat," a splendid tale of a polo pony, which is in The Day's Work. Next to these comes Mr. E. Thompson-Seton's Wild Animals I Have Known. The lives of animals by themselves, or by some one who knows everything about them, are always favorite books with small readers. Among the best are these:—

Black Beauty (the story of a horse)	By	Mrs. Sewell.
Conrad the Squirrel	"	the author of Wandering Willie.
The Story of the Red Deer	"	J. W. Fortescue.
Every Inch a King (the story of a dog)	"	Anon.
The Lives of the Hunted	"	E. Thompson-Seton.
The Trail of the Sandhill Stag	"	"
The Adventures of a Siberian Cub	"	Leon Golschmann.
The Autobiography of a Grizzly.	"	E. Thompson-Seton.

The best tale of a bear is perhaps Bret Harte's "Baby Sylvester," which will be found in one of his volumes of short stories. Good animal stories are scattered about other collections of short stories. In Mr. Anstey's Paleface and Redskin are stories of dogs.

Mr. Lang's

Red Book of Animal Stories

has both dogs and cats in it, and many other creatures too. Here also should be placed Mr. Warde Fowler's

Tales of the Birds.

Other very popular animal books are Mr. Joel Chandler Harris's

Nights with Uncle Remus,
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit (largely illustrations),
Mr. Rabbit at Home,

and the same author has written also

The Story of Aaron,
Aaron in the Wild Woods,

which are stories not only of animals, but of people too; and here, perhaps, may be placed Æsop's Fables.

Wood Magic

Richard Jefferies

is an attempt to do for English wild life somewhat the same service that Mr. Kipling performed for India.

Other open air and animal books are:—

By the Rev. J. G. Wood—

By Back-yard Zoo.
Pet Land revisited.
Pet Land
A Tour Round My Garden.

Also

Curiosities of Natural History	By	Frank Buckland.
White's Selborne	Edited by Frank Buckland.
Wanderings in South America	By	Charles Waterton.
Wild Traits in Domestic Animals	"	Louis Robinson.
The Voyage of the "Beagle"	"	Charles Darwin.
Ants, Bees, and Wasps	"	Sir John Lubbock. (Lord Avebury).
On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence of Animals	"	"
Bob, Son of Battle	"	"

A series of very interesting scientific books, under the general title "The Romance of Science," is published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Among these volumes are—

The Making of Flowers	By	Professor Henslow.
The Birth and Growth of Worlds	"	Professor Green.
Spinning Tops	"	Professor Perry.
Time and Tide	"	Sir Robert Ball.

The same publishers also issue a series of "Natural History Rambles," including—

In Search of Minerals	By	D. T. Ansted.
Lane and Field	"	the Rev J. G. Wood.
Ponds and Ditches	"	M. C. Cooke.
Underground	"	J. E. Taylor.
The Woodlands	"	M. C. Cooke.
The Sea-shore	"	Professor Duncan.

There is also a new series, called "The Wonder Books of Science," of which

The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes, and
The Wonder Book of the Atmosphere

are the first.

Other good scientific yet very entertaining books:—

The Fairyland of Science	By	A. B. Buckley.
Through Magic Glasses	"	"
Life and Her Children	"	"
The Romance of the Insect World	"	Miss L. Badenoch.
The Ocean	"	"
Glaucus	"	Charles Kingsley.
Madam How and Lady Why	"	"
The Old Red Sandstone	"	Hugh Miller.
The Testimony of the Rocks	"	"
Homes without Hands	"	Rev. J. G. Wood.
Sun, Moon, and Stars	"	A. Giberne.
The Story of the Heavens	"	Sir Robert Ball.
Other Worlds than Ours	"	R. A. Proctor.
The Orbs around us	"	"
The Boys Book of Inventions	"	R. S. Baker.
Extinct Animals	"	E. Ray Lankester.
Electricity for Young People	"	Tudor Jenks.