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By FRANK M. CHAPMAN.

Bird Studies with a Camera. With Introductory Chapters on the Outfit and Methods of the Bird Photographer. By Frank M. Chapman, Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Zoölogy in the American Museum of Natural History; Author of “Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America” and “Bird-Life.” Illustrated with over 100 Photographs from Nature by the Author. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

Bird students and photographers will find that this book possesses for them a unique interest and value. It contains fascinating accounts of the habits of some of our common birds and descriptions of the largest bird colonies existing in eastern North America; while its author’s phenomenal success in photographing birds in Nature not only lends to the illustrations the charm of realism, but makes the book a record of surprising achievements with the camera. The book is practical as well as descriptive, and in the opening chapters the questions of camera, lens, plates, blinds, decoys, and other pertinent matters are fully discussed, making the work an admirable guide for the camera hunter.

Bird-Life. A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds. With 75 full-page Plates and numerous Text Drawings by Ernest Seton-Thompson. Library Edition, 12mo, cloth, $1.75; Teachers’ Edition, same as Library Edition, but containing an Appendix, with new matter designed for the use of teachers, and including lists of birds for each month of the year, 12mo, cloth, $2.00. Edition with 75 Colored Lithographic Plates, 8vo, cloth, $5.00.

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.

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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.

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The Story of the Birds. J. N. Baskett $0.65
The Story of the Fishes. J. N. Baskett .75
The Plant World. Frank Vincent .60
The Animal World. Frank Vincent .60
The Insect World. C. M. Weed .60
The Story of Oliver Twist. Ella B. Kirk .60
The Story of Rob Roy. Edith T. Harris .60
In Brook and Bayou. Clara Kern Bayliss .60
Curious Homes and their Tenants. James Carter Beard .65
Crusoe’s Island. F. A. Ober .65
Uncle Sam’s Secrets. O. P. Austin .75
The Hall of Shells. Mrs. A. S. Hardy .60
Nature Study Readers. J. W. Troeger.
  Harold’s First Discoveries. Book I .25
  Harold’s Rambles. Book II .40
  Harold’s Quests. Book III .50
  Harold’s Explorations. Book IV
  Harold’s Discussions. Book V
Uncle Robert’s Geography. Francis W. Parker and Nellie L. Helm.   Playtime and Seedtime. Book I .32
  On the Farm. Book II .42
  Uncle Robert’s Visit. Book III .50
  Rivers and Winds. Book IV
  Mountain, Plain, and Desert. Book V
  Our Own Continent. Book VI
News from the Birds. Leander S. Keyser .60
Historic Boston and its Neighborhood. Edward Everett Hale .50
The Earth and Sky. Edward S. Holden .28
The Family of the Sun. Edward S. Holden .50
Stories of the Great Astronomers. Edward S. Holden .75
About the Weather. Mark W. Harrington .65
Stories from the Arabian Nights. Adam Singleton .65
Our Country’s Flag and the Flags of Foreign Countries. Edward S. Holden .80
Our Navy in Time of War. Franklin Matthews .75
The Chronicles of Sir John Froissart. Adam Singleton .65
The Storied West Indies. F. A. Ober .75
Uncle Sam’s Soldiers. O. P. Austin .75
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The Story of the Alphabet. By Edward Clodd.

The Story of Eclipses. By G. F. Chambers.

The Story of the Living Machine. By H. W. Conn.

The Story of the British Race. By John Munro, C. E.

The Story of Geographical Discovery. By Joseph Jacobs.

The Story of the Cotton Plant. By F. Wilkinson, F.G.S.

The Story of the Mind. By Prof. J. Mark Baldwin.

The Story of Photography. By Alfred T. Story.

The Story of Life in the Seas. By Sidney J. Hickson.

The Story of Germ Life. By Prof. H. W. Conn.

The Story of the Earth’s Atmosphere. By Douglas Archibald.

The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the East. By Robert Anderson, M. A., F. A. S.

The Story of Electricity. By John Munro, C. E.

The Story of a Piece of Coal. By E. A. Martin, F.G.S.

The Story of the Solar System. By C. F. Chambers, F. R. A. S.

The Story of the Earth. By H. G. Seeley, F.R.S.

The Story of the Plants. By Grant Allen.

The Story of “Primitive” Man. By Edward Clodd.

The Story of the Stars. By G. F. Chambers, F. R. A. S.

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The History of the World,

From the Earliest Historical Time to the Year 1898. By Edgar Sanderson, M. A., author of “A History of the British Empire,” etc.

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Comprising a Chronological Table of Universal History, a Chronological Dictionary of Universal History, and a Biographical Dictionary. With Geographical Notes. For the use of Students, Teachers, and Readers. By Louis Heilprin. Fifth edition, revised to 1898.

Natural History.

By R. Lydekker, B. A.; W. F. Kirby, F. L. S.; B. B. Woodward, F. L. S.; R. Kirkpatrick; R. I. Pocock; R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL. D.; W. Garstang, M. A.; F. A. Bather, M. A., and H. M. Bernard, M. A. Nearly 800 pages, and 500 Illustrations drawn especially for this work.

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ALASKA AND THE KLONDIKE.

BY ANGELO HEILPRIN.

A Journey to the New Eldorado. With Hints to the Traveler and Observations on the Physical History and Geology of the Gold Regions, the Condition of and Methods of Working the Klondike Placers, and the Laws Governing and Regulating Mining in the Northwest Territory of Canada. By Angelo Heilprin, Professor of Geology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Past-President of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, etc. Fully illustrated from Photographs and with a new Map of the Gold Regions. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

“Will take and retain immediate rank as a contribution of essential value not only to the literature of travel, but to that of American commercial and political development.... Should be in the hands of every person interested either in fact or in prospect in Alaska and the Klondike.”—Brooklyn Standard-Union.

“For the first time the new gold fields of the North have been dealt with by a scientific man capable of weighing evidence.”—Chicago Evening Post.

“Presents for the first time a plain, straightforward story of what he saw, how he saw it, the men and things he met, what the hardships were and how he overcame them. The book is fully illustrated. It is replete with valuable hints and instruction, and students of the gold problem in Alaska ought to appreciate it. The entire subject has been developed with extreme care and great thoroughness.”—Boston Globe.

“It is among the practical books, everywhere bearing evidence of its reliability. The story of the journey is told with enough of personal incidents and accidents of travel to make every page interesting to the general reader, and it will be found of practical value to those intending to make the hard journey.”—Chicago Inter-Ocean.

“Mr. Heilprin observed Dawson with the eyes of a student of great scientific attainments, who had little in common with the crowd of elemental and uncouth men gathered there, or with their life; and he noted many things which they themselves probably accepted as matters of course, besides writing an important scientific treatise.”—Boston Herald.

“It is noticeably fair-minded in its presentation of facts—the work of a clear-minded and well-trained observer.”—New York Outlook.

“The first adequate presentation of the Klondike gold problem made by a geologist.”—New York Mail and Express.

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