=WILD MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA=, by C. HART MERRIAM, Chief of
the United States Biological Survey.
=BIRDS OF THE WORLD=, A popular account by FRANK H. KNOWLTON,
M.S., Ph.D., Member American Ornithologists Union, President
Biological Society of Washington, etc., etc., with Chapter on
Anatomy of Birds by FREDERIC A. LUCAS, Chief Curator Brooklyn
Museum of Arts and Sciences, and edited by ROBERT RIDGWAY,
Curator of Birds, U. S. National Museum.
=REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS=, by LEONHARD STEJNEGER, Curator of
Reptiles, U. S. National Museum.
=Section B. A Shorter Natural History=, mainly by the Authors of
Section A, preserving its popular character, its proportional
treatment, and its authority so far as that can be preserved
without its fullness. Size not yet determined.
II. CLASSIFICATION OF NATURE
=1. Library Series=, very full descriptions. 8vo. 7-1/2x10-1/4
in.
Already publisht: = NORTH AMERICAN TREES=, by N. L. BRITTON,
Director of the New York Botanical Garden. $7.00 net; carriage
extra.
=FERNS=, by CAMPBELL E. WATERS, of Johns Hopkins University.
8vo, pp. xi+362. $3.00 net; by mail, $3.30.
=2. Pocket Series, Identification Books=--"How to Know," brief
and in portable shape.
III. FUNCTIONS OF NATURE
These books will treat of the relation of facts to causes and
effects--of heredity and the relations of organism to
environment. 8vo. 6-5/8x8-7/8 in.
Already publisht:
=THE BIRD: ITS FORM AND FUNCTION=, by C. W. BEEBE, Curator of
Birds in the New York Zoological Park. 8vo, 496 pp. $3.50 net;
by mail, $3.80.
Arranged for:
=THE INSECT: ITS FORM AND FUNCTION=, by VERNON L. KELLOGG,
Professor in the Leland Stanford Junior University.
=THE FISH: ITS FORM AND FUNCTION=, by H. M. SMITH, of the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries.
IV. WORKING WITH NATURE
How to propagate, develop, care for and depict the plants and
animals. The volumes in this group cover such a range of
subjects that it is impracticable to make them of uniform size.
Already publisht:
=NATURE AND HEALTH=, by EDWARD CURTIS, Professor Emeritus in the
College of Physicians and Surgeons. 12mo. $1.25 net; by mail,
$1.37.
Arranged for:
=PHOTOGRAPHING NATURE=, by E. R. SANBORN, Photographer of the
New York Zoological Park.
=THE SHELLFISH INDUSTRIES=, by JAMES L. KELLOGG, Professor in
Williams College.
= CHEMISTRY OF DAILY LIFE=, by HENRY P. TALBOT, Professor of
Chemistry in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
=DOMESTIC ANIMALS=, by WILLIAM H. BREWER, Professor Emeritus in
Yale University.
=THE CARE OF TREES IN LAWN, STREET AND PARK=, by B. E. FERNOW,
Professor of Forestry in the University of Toronto.
V. DIVERSIONS FROM NATURE
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