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.