Chapter IV: Part 4

"_Many a mother and teacher will accord a vote of thanks to the author._"

Among the Meadow People.

STORIES OF FIELD LIFE, WRITTEN FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
By CLARA D. PIERSON.

Illustrated by F. C. GORDON.
New Edition, 12mo, 194 pages, cloth, gilt top, $1.25

"One of the daintiest and in many ways most attractive of the
many books of nature study which the past year has brought
forth."--_Boston Advertiser._

"They are like Mrs. Gatty's well-known 'Parables from Nature,'
written in the best of English, as fascinating as fairy tales,
and yet 'really true,' a quality which we all know appeals to
the childish mind."--_N. Y. Evangelist._

"We have seen nothing better for its purpose, and hope many a
teacher of kindergartens and many a mother may avail herself of
the privilege of using these little tales."--_N. Y. Christian
Advocate._

"It will be a great advance in the work of education in the
school and the home when such books are more generally
utilized."--_Zion's Herald._

"These charming stories of field life will delight many a child
of kindergarten age; and it is safe to say that older brothers
and sisters will also want to claim a share in
them."--_Christian Register._

Among the Forest People

By CLARA D. PIERSON

Illustrated by F. C. GORDON
12mo, 220 pages, cloth, gilt top $1.25

"A thoroughly charming book for the little people, which grown
folks can read, also, with many a satisfied chuckle at its slily
insinuated 'morals,' and inimitable mingling of human sentiments
and affairs in the wild life of 'the Forest People.' The
illustrations have really artistic value; thoroughly well done,
with a pleasing combination of the conventional in form and
light and shade, they are also clever and accurate in
drawing."--_Living Church._

"A most charming series of stories for children--yes, and for
children of all ages, both young and old--is given us in the
volume before us. No one can read these realistic conversations
of the little creatures of the wood without being most tenderly
drawn toward them, and each story teaches many entertaining
facts regarding the lives and habits of these little people.
Mothers and teachers must welcome this book most cordially. One
cannot speak too strongly in praise of it."--_Boston
Transcript._

"I declare I really feel tempted to adopt or borrow a nice
little girl of six or seven, just for the pleasure of reading
this perfect book to her while she snuggles down in my
lap."--KATE SANBORN.

"The telling is conceived with decided originality."--_Outlook._

"There has not been such a book for many a year, and it makes
the old folks long to be young again."--_N. Y. Observer._

"Is an utterly delightful book for the little folk."--_Interior._

Among the Farmyard People

By CLARA D. PIERSON

Illustrated by F. C. GORDON
12mo, 256 pages, cloth, gilt top, $1.25

"The very pretty stories of animal life, 'Among the Forest
People,' and 'Among the Meadow People,' are continued in Clara
D. Pierson's 'Among the Farmyard People.' To those who know the
earlier volumes, this needs no introduction or praise. To those
who may still have that pleasure in store, we can commend
heartily these tenderly realistic conversations, which show a
sympathetic knowledge at once of animals and of children, who
will be amused and taught and edified by these dainty little
tales that never obtrude the always healthy moral of this
genuine Child's Book of Nature."--_Churchman._

"They will be found valuable for use by mothers and kindergarten
teachers. The beautiful illustrations furnished by F. C. Gordon
are distinctively instructive. Altogether the book is one of the
most desirable works that can be found to train the child's
imagination, affection, and powers of observation."--_Boston
Beacon._

"We heartily recommend the book for its thoroughly healthy tone,
far better adapted to a sweet and simple childhood than much of
the rather stimulating juvenile literature of the day."--_N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser._

"A helpful book for young readers, teaching first lessons in
natural history, and inculcating principles of love for
animals."--_Philadelphia Evening Telegram._

"A charming and pretty book for young children. It will help
them to observe, and it will also help them to think. Nearly
every story ends with something unsaid, which the nursery people
are to think out for themselves."--_Church Standard._

Among the Pond People

By CLARA D. PIERSON

With 12 full-page illustrations by F. C. GORDON
12mo, 222 pages, cloth, gilt top $1.25

This last book of Mrs. Pierson's has all the charm of the
earlier volumes. The adventures of Mother Eel, the Playful
Muskrat, the Snappy Snapping Turtle, and the other Pond People,
will be eagerly followed by children, whether they are
naturalists or ordinary readers. The fact that one does not
continually feel that she is writing for the purpose of
instructing the young, gives Mrs. Pierson her hold on so many
boys and girls. The books teach a great many lessons, but one
does not feel that the author is lying in wait to enlighten the
unwary youngster.

"In it, as in the old Greek comedies, the frogs have a voice and
speak their little orations and crack their jokes and play their
pranks. The 'science' is elementary but the entertainment
genuine, and the little people to whom it is read will ever
cherish a kindly interest in the denizens of the ponds and their
floral homes and environments."--_Interior._

"One lays down the book with quickened sympathy for everything
that crawls and creeps and swims."--_Critic._

"The Pond People are quite as real and as fascinating as were
the Meadow People and the Barnyard People of previous books.
They are genuine stories, full of a humor that will appeal to
boys and girls, yet cleverly conveying information about the
frogs, turtles, minnows, etc., and often suggesting a moral in a
delicate manner which no child could
resent."--_Congregationalist._

"In its way the work is very daintily done."--_Churchman._

Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price

E. P. DUTTON & CO., Publishers
31 West 23d Street New York

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