"Deserves to take a permanent place in the literature of youth."—London Times.
"So interesting that, having once opened the book, we do not know how to leave off reading."—Saturday Review.
LIFE AND HER CHILDREN: Glimpses of Animal Life from the Amœba to the Insects. By Arabella B. Buckley. With over 100 Illustrations. Cloth, gilt, $1.50.
"The work forms a charming introduction to the study of zoölogy—the science of living things—which, we trust, will find its way into many hands."—Nature.
WINNERS IN LIFE'S RACE; or, the Great Backboned Family. By Arabella B. Buckley. With numerous Illustrations. Cloth, gilt, $1.50.
"We can conceive no better gift-book than this volume. Miss Buckley has spared no pains to incorporate in her book the latest results of scientific research. The illustrations in the book deserve the highest praise—they are numerous, accurate, and striking."—Spectator.
A SHORT HISTORY OF NATURAL SCIENCE; and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of the Greeks to the Present Time. By Arabella B. Buckley. New edition, revised and rearranged. With 77 Illustrations. Cloth, $2.00.
"The work, though mainly intended for children and young persons, may be most advantageously read by many persons of riper age, and may serve to implant in their minds a fuller and clearer conception of 'the promises, the achievements, and claims of science.'"—Journal of Science.
A WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Marvels in Animate and Inanimate Nature. A Book for Young Readers. With 322 Illustrations on Wood. Large 12mo. Cloth, illuminated, $2.00.
CONTENTS.—Wonders of Marine Life; Curiosities of Vegetable Life; Curiosities of the Insect and Reptile World; Marvels of Bird and Beast Life; Phenomenal Forces of Nature.