“The author has worked skilfully into his book details of the facts and inferences which form the groundwork of modern Botany. The illustrations are striking, and cover a wide field of interest, and the style is lively.”—Athenæum.
“In twenty-nine fascinating, well-printed, and well-illustrated chapters, Prof. Scott Elliot describes a few of the wonders of plant life. A very charming and interesting volume.”—Daily Telegraph.
“Mr. Scott Elliot is of course a well-known authority on all that concerns plants, and the number of facts he has brought together will not only surprise but fascinate all his readers.”—Westminster Gazette.
THE ROMANCE OF INSECT LIFE
DESCRIBING THE CURIOUS & INTERESTING IN THE INSECT WORLD
By EDMUND SELOUS
AUTHOR OF “THE ROMANCE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD,” ETC.
With Sixteen Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo, 5s.
“An entertaining volume, one more of a series which seeks with much success to describe the wonders of nature and science in simple, attractive form.”—Graphic.
“Offers most interesting descriptions of the strange and curious inhabitants of the insect world, sure to excite inquiry and to foster observation. There are ants white and yellow, locusts and cicadas, bees and butterflies, spiders and beetles, scorpions and cockroaches—and especially ants—with a really scientific investigation of their wonderful habits, not in dry detail, but in free and charming exposition and narrative. An admirable book to put in the hands of a boy or girl with a turn for natural science—and whether or not.”—Educational Times.