“No one can read it without having his knowledge of nature enlarged, his curiosity quickened, and his sensitiveness to the beauty that is all about him in the world increased and stimulated.”—Chicago Tribune.
“He writes clearly and simply and indulges in little rhetoric or false sentiment. His ‘first studies,’ therefore, will probably reveal to many people many things of which they were unaware.”—The Nation.
“A series of interesting and distinctly original essays.”
—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
“A book of uncommon merit, first, in its point of view, and, second, in the peculiar skill with which the subject of nature is handled.”—Washington Post.
“A book on nature widely different from anything yet written, and fresh, suggestive, and delightful.”
—New York Times.
“A book for all nature lovers.... A most delightful vade mecum.”—Bliss Carman in New York Commercial Advertiser.
BY PROFESSOR JOHN C. VAN DYKE