Uncle William (who in real life is Vice Chancellor of the University of Kansas) has a series of clear-headed talks with the boys on reading, sports, manners, various professions, and politics. He is never patronizing, and always has the boy's point of view in mind. GILLIE, R.C. The Kinsfolk and Friends of Jesus. Macmillan. 2.25 This sequel to The Story of Stories, is told in simple language. The illustrations, part of them in color, are from famous paintings. SCIENCE, OUT-OF-DOOR BOOKS, AND STORIES OF ANIMALS (p. 185) Science is, like virtue, its own exceeding great reward. KINGSLEY. BAKER, R.S. Boy's Second Book of Inventions. Doubleday. 1.60 This second volume is like unto the first in giving accounts of recent marvellous discoveries and inventions, such as radium, flying machines, and the seismograph, used in the measurement of earthquakes. It is fully illustrated. BLANCHAN, NELTJE (Pseudonym of Mrs. N.B. (DEG.) Doubleday). Birds That Hunt and Are Hunted. Doubleday. 2.00 Illustrated with full-page color plates. Non-technical. Birds grouped according to size and color; no specific color key. Rather full biographies. There are chapters giving the characteristics of the families, the habitats, and the seasons of occurrence. AUDUBON SOCIETY. One hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds, and water-fowls, are described. The color plates are forty-eight in number. DICKERSON, M.C. The Frog Book. Doubleday. 4.00 "The original manuscript for this book concerned Toads and (p. 186) Frogs of Northeastern North America only.... Brief accounts of the species of other parts of North America were added later." There are sixteen pages of color plates and nearly three hundred half-tones from photographs from life by the author. The wonderful transformation of the tadpole is fully described. GOOD, ARTHUR. Magical Experiments. McKay. 1.25 Some of the wonders here described are intended merely for amusement, others are of a scientific character and designed to act as an introduction to the study of Physics. No apparatus is needed beyond the simple articles, such as knives, forks, and plates, which every household possesses. The book is instructive and entertaining alike to experimenter and observer. HEILPRIN, ANGELO. The Animal Life of Our Sea-shore. Lippincott. 1.25 An authoritative manual, prepared with special reference to the New Jersey coast and the Southern shore of Long Island. It is fully illustrated. HOWARD, L.O. The Insect Book. Doubleday. 3.00