Covers classification, propagation and distribution. For the person who eats oysters, clams or scallops, there is information on their structure, life-histories and habits. A chapter is devoted to shell-fish as collectors and carriers of disease organisms. The oyster culturist will find the life history of bivalves, a comparison of various culture methods, and a description of oyster fields in various parts of the world. Several facts concerning the habits of bivalves, here presented for the first time, will be of interest to naturalists.
FISH STORIES: Alleged and Experienced, with a Little History, Natural and Unnatural
By Charles F. Holder, Author of "The Log of a Sea Angler," etc., and David Starr Jordan, Author of "A Guide to the Study of Fishes," etc. With colored plates and many illustrations from photographs. $1.75 net.
"A delightful miscellany, telling about fish of the strangest kind, with scientific description melting into accounts of personal adventure. Nearly everything that is entertaining in the fish world is touched upon and science and fishing are made very readable."—New York Sun.
INSECT STORIES
By Vernon L. Kellogg.
Illustrated, $1.50 net.
Strange, true stories, primarily for children, but certainly for those grown-ups who like to read discriminatingly to their children.
"The author is among a few scientific writers of distinction who can interest the popular mind. No intelligent youth can fail to read it with delight and profit."—The Nation.
THE LIFE OF A FOSSIL HUNTER