While the coöperation of foreign scholars will not be declined, the books will be under the guarantee of American experts, and generally from the American point of view; and where material crowds space, preference will be given to American facts over others of not more than equal interest.
The series will be in six divisions:
I. NATURAL HISTORY
This division will consist of two sections.
Section A. A large popular Natural History in several volumes, with the topics treated in due proportion, by authors of unquestioned authority. 8vo. 7-1/2x10-1/4 in.
The books so far publisht in this section are:
FISHES, by David Starr Jordan, President of the Leland Stanford Junior University. $6.00 net; carriage extra.
AMERICAN INSECTS, by Vernon L. Kellogg, Professor in the Leland Stanford Junior University. $5.00 net; carriage extra. Arranged for are:
SEEDLESS PLANTS, by George T. Moore, Head of Department of Botany, Marine Biological Laboratory, assisted by other specialists.
WILD MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA, by C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the United States Biological Survey.