Chapter IV: Child Life in Literature (2)

A Dictionary of Birds. By Alfred Newton, assisted by Hans Gadow,
and others. Cheap issue, unabridged. London, Adam and Charles
Black, 1893-96. [New York, The Macmillan Co.] 8vo, pp. xii + 1,088,
numerous line cuts. Price, $5.

Bird students should be grateful to the publishers of this invaluable work for issuing it in an edition which places it within the reach of all.

It is not necessary for us to add our meed of praise to what is universally conceded to be "the best book ever written about birds." To those of Bird-Lore's readers who have not had the fortune to examine this or the preceding edition, we may say that the work is based on Professor Newton's article 'Birds' in the Encyclopædia Britanica which, with the coöperation of eminent specialists, has been enlarged and augmented to make an ornithological dictionary of over 1,000 pages; an indispensable work of reference to every student of ornithology who will find in its pages an immense amount of information not elsewhere obtainable.--F. M. C.

Wabeno, The Magician. The Sequel to Tommy-Anne and the Three Hearts,
by Mabel Osgood Wright. Illustrated by Joseph M. Gleeson. New
York, The Macmillan Company, 1899. Price, $1.50.

This pretty green and gold covered book, with its mystical sign of three interlaced hearts, will be a treasure to the army of little folks who have so enjoyed its predecessor 'Tommy-Anne.' Not only will they meet in its pages the delightful Tommy-Anne herself, but several other old friends: Obi, the almost too-human Waddles, the unfortunate Horned Owl, and others. In this volume Anne--having dropped the Tommy from her name, pushes her "whys" into the several kingdoms of earth and air. She interviews the "Man in the Moon," learns the story of the red man from a talkative Indian arrow head, and the secrets of the hive from a friendly honey-bee. Through her magic spectacles life at the bottom of the sea becomes visible, and the past history of the earth comes to light. It may readily be seen that the author has not forgotten her own childish "wonderments," and is therefore eminently fitted to satisfy those of children to-day, and although the imagination has full play in the manner of conveying it--the "how"--the information given is trustworthy. The book, with all its charm of fantasy may be put into the hands of children with the assurance that it will let them into the secrets of many interesting things in Nature, and leave no sting of false statements to be corrected as the years pass on.

The book, as usual with the publications of the house of Macmillan, is fully illustrated, beautifully printed and altogether a pleasure to look at and handle.--Olive Thorne Miller.

The Birds of Eastern North America. Key to the Families and Species.
By Charles B. Cory. Part I, Water Birds, pp. i-ix, 1-130; Part
II, Land Birds, pp. i-ix, 131-387. 4to. Numerous illustrations.
Special edition printed for the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago,
Ill., 1899.

Mr. Cory has spared neither pains nor expense to lighten the labors of young ornithologists in the matter of identification. Arbitrary 'Keys' arranged on apparently the simplest plans, a careful use of distinguishing type, and numberless illustrations characterize this work, which will doubtless rank as its talented author's most valuable and important contribution to the literature of ornithology.

The present volumes contain only the analytical keys to families and species, and apparently are to be followed by others giving detailed descriptions of plumage and biographical matter. A list of the birds of Eastern North America, with the ranges of the species, is appended to the second volume.--F. M. C.

Dickey Downy; the Autobiography of a Bird. By Virginia Sharpe
Patterson. Introduction by Hon. John F. Lacey, M.C. Drawings by
Elizabeth M. Hallowell. Philadelphia, A. J. Rowland, 1899. 16mo,
pp. 192, full-page coloro-types, 4.

In this little volume the Bobolink recounts the history of his life with particular reference to his experiences with man. Due regard has been paid to the known habits of the bird, and the book seems well designed to arouse the interest and enlist the sympathy of children in bird-life. The colored illustration of the Scarlet Tanager facing page 64 is wrongly labeled "Summer Tanager," but beyond this slip we notice no errors.

Congressman Lacey's introduction shows that its writer has an adequate conception of both the economic and æsthetic value of birds, of the evils of wantonly destroying them, and of the need for their protection.--F. M. C.

Book News

In the October number of 'The Osprey,' the announcement is made that Dr. Gill, the editor-in-chief, will hereafter be assisted by the following associate editors: Robert Ridgway, Leonhard Stejneger, Frederic A. Lucas, Charles W. Richmond, Paul Bartsch, William Palmer, Harry C. Oberholser, and Witmer Stone. Surely here is "a multitude of counsellors" whose coöperation is an assurance that 'The Osprey' will not only return to its former high plane, but will doubtless reach a level of excellence before unknown. We note with pleasure that the somewhat too appropriate yellow cover, used during the preceding editorial administration, has been changed for one of Bird-Lore's hue.

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From the announcement of the Massachusetts Audubon Society of the Audubon Calendar, issued by them for 1900, we quote the following: "The calendar consists of twelve large plates of exquisite drawings of birds, one for each month, reproduced in colors with all the spirit and fidelity of the original water-color paintings. Descriptive text of the birds on each plate. Frank M. Chapman, Olive Thorne Miller, Florence A. Merriam, Abbott Thayer, Mabel Osgood Wright, Wm. T. Davis, William Brewster, Ralph Hoffmann, Bradford Torrey, M. A. Wilcox, Harriet E. Richards, H. E. Parkhurst, have contributed original paragraphs. Size 9-1/2 by 12-1/2 inches. In paper box. Price 75 cents. Address orders to Taber-Prang Art Company, Springfield, Mass."

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That the editors of St. Nicholas realize the importance of developing children's interest in nature studies, is evidenced by the establishment in their magazine for 1900, of a department of 'Nature and Science.' It will be in charge of Mr. E. F. Bigelow, formerly editor of 'The Observer,' and now of 'Popular Science.'

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Lists of the birds of the Middle Gulf States are so few in number that bird students will welcome a fully annotated catalogue of the birds of Louisiana, by Prof. Geo. E. Beyer, of Tulane University, shortly to be published by the Society of Louisiana Naturalists.

=Bird-Lore=

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We have thus far avoided all mention of the financial side of the conducting of Bird-Lore, nor do we now propose to adopt the course which circumstances, alas! have so often forced upon popular natural history journals, of turning the editorial page into a plea for subscriptions.

We trust, however, that in this concluding number of our first volume we may be permitted to make several statements in which we hope our subscribers will have a mutual interest.

In the first place, replying to the inquiry as to whether Bird-Lore will not soon be issued at monthly instead of bi-monthly intervals, let us say that the management of Bird-Lore is with us an avocation to which we can devote only the margin of time left from fully occupied days. To publish it each month would involve greatly increased labor, which, under the circumstances, we cannot assume, and we have attempted to bridge this difficulty by printing as much matter in each number as is ordinarily contained in two numbers of any popular ornithological journal.

In the end, therefore, the subscriber receives quite as much for his money, and in support of this statement we may be pardoned for calling attention to the fact that the present volume of Bird-Lore contains some 200 pages of text with over 70 illustrations, more, we believe, than is offered by any other bird magazine for the sum of one dollar.

To continue with this unpleasant subject: being perfectly familiar with the sad fate which has befallen so many of our predecessors--and of which when this journal was in contemplation our friends rarely failed to remind us!--we did not establish Bird-Lore as a money making enterprise, but as a means of popularizing a study, the advancement of which is foremost in our desires, and as an aid to the cause of the Audubon Societies.

We believe, therefore, we may venture to say, that our relations with our subscribers are of a wholly different and more intimate nature than those which exist between the publishers and purchasers of magazines which yield an adequate money return for labor expended.

We have common interests to the furtherance of which we, for our part, are willing to devote no little time and thought, as we trust is shown by our announcements for 1900. To properly carry out our plans, however, it will be necessary to increase the size of Bird-Lore, a step not as yet warranted by our subscription list. We would, therefore, ask the coöperation of every reader who has at heart the interests of bird study and bird protection. This coöperation may be shown in one or both of two ways: First, you may aid in increasing Bird-Lore's circulation by securing new subscribers, by presenting a year's subscription as a Christmas gift to some friend who is interested, or whom you want to interest in birds, or by suggesting this course to others. Second, you may assist us by promptly renewing your subscription when it expires, or in the event of your not caring to re-subscribe, we ask, as a means of regulating our edition, that you kindly send us a postal to that effect.

Bird-Lore for 1900

Bird-Lore for 1900 will, we think, reach a standard of excellence not before attained by a journal of popular ornithology. No effort has been spared to secure authoritative articles of interest to the general reader, as well as those of practical value to the teacher and student.

There will be papers by John Burroughs, recording the rarer birds he has observed about his home; by Bradford Torrey, describing his methods of attracting winter birds; by Robert Ridgway, on song birds in Europe and America; by Otto Widmann, on a visit to Audubon's birthplace; and also contributions from William Brewster, E. A. Mearns, C. Hart Merriam, T. S. Roberts, and other well-known ornithologists.

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A valuable contribution to the study of bird migration will be a paper by Captain Reynaud, in charge of the Homing Pigeon Service of the French Army, who will write of his experiments in this branch of the service.

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Attention will be paid to the bird-life of countries made prominent by recent events: L. M. McCormick, who has lately returned from the Philippines, writing of the birds of Luzon; H. W. Henshaw, of the birds of Hawaii, where he has long been a resident; Tappan Adney, who passed a year in the Klondike, of the birds of that region; and F. M. Chapman, of the birds of Cuba.

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A. J. Campbell, the authority on Australian birds, will also contribute a paper on foreign birds, describing the remarkable habits of the Bower Birds, with photographs of their bowers from nature.

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For teachers there will be a series of suggestive articles on methods of teaching ornithology, by Olive Thorne Miller; Florence A. Merriam; Marion C. Hubbard, of Wellesley; Lynds Jones, of Oberlin, and others, who have made a specialty of instruction in this branch of nature study.

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Students will be glad to avail themselves of the assistance offered by Bird-Lore's Advisory Council, a new idea in self-educational work, the details of which are announced on another page. Among papers designed more especially for students will be Ernest Seton-Thompson's 'How to Know the Hawks and Owls,' illustrated by the author, F. A. Lucas' 'Tongues of Birds,' also illustrated by the author, and Professor Pinchot's 'A Method of Recording Observations.'

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A paper of unusual value to those who study birds with the aid of a camera will be by John Rowley, of the American Museum of Natural History, who will describe a recently invented camera which opens new fields in bird photography.

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For 'Young Observers' there will be articles by other young observers, and poems and jingles all designed to arouse and stimulate the child's interest in birds.

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The illustrations will, if possible, be of even higher quality than those for which already Bird-Lore has become distinguished.

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The Audubon Department, under Mrs. Wright's care, will, as heretofore, print reports of the great work which is being done in the interests of bird study and bird protection, and the series of helpful articles by its Editor will be continued.

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This outline of the leading features of Bird-Lore for the coming year will, we trust, be deemed sufficient warrant for the belief expressed in our opening sentence. It will be seen that our difficulty is not lack of material, but lack of space, and this difficulty we hope our subscribers will help us to overcome by seconding our efforts in their behalf.

=The Audubon Societies=

"_You cannot with a scalpel find the poet's soul,
Nor yet the wild bird's song._"

Edited by Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright (President of the Audubon Society of the State of Connecticut), Fairfield, Conn., to whom all communications relating to the work of the Audubon and other Bird Protective Societies should be addressed. Reports, etc., designed for this department should be sent at least one month prior to the date of publication.

DIRECTORY OF STATE AUDUBON SOCIETIES

With names and addresses of their Secretaries.

=New Hampshire= Mrs. F. W. Batchelder, Manchester.
=Massachusetts= Miss Harriet E. Richards, care Boston Society
of Natural History, Boston.
=Rhode Island= Mrs. H. T. Grant, Jr., 187 Bowen street,
Providence.
=Connecticut= Mrs. Henry S. Glover, Fairfield.
=New York= Miss Emma H. Lockwood, 243 West Seventy-fifth
street, New York City.
=New Jersey= Miss Anna Haviland, 53 Sandford Ave.,
Plainfield, N. J.
=Pennsylvania= Mrs. Edward Robins, 114 South Twenty-first
street, Philadelphia.
=District of Columbia= Mrs. John Dewhurst Patten, 3033 P street,
Washington.
=Wheeling, W. Va.=
(branch of Penn Society) Elizabeth I. Cummins, 1314 Chapline street,
Wheeling.
=Ohio= Miss Clara Russell, 903 Paradrome street,
Cincinnati.
=Indiana= Amos W. Butler, State House, Indianapolis.
=Illinois= Miss Mary Drummond, Wheaton.
=Iowa= Miss Nellie S. Board, Keokuk.
=Wisconsin= Mrs. George W. Peckham, 646 Marshall street,
Milwaukee.
=Minnesota= Mrs. J. P. Elmer, 314 West Third street,
St. Paul.
=Tennessee= Mrs. C. C. Conner, Ripley.
=Texas= Miss Cecile Seixas, 2008 Thirty-ninth
street, Galveston.
=California= Mrs. George S. Gay, Redlands.

The Law and the Bird

During the past ten months Bird-Lore has printed interesting statistics concerning the organization of the various State Audubon Societies, as well as significant reports of the progress of their work. So far so good. There are, of course, slight differences in the platforms of these societies regarding by-laws, methods, fees versus no fees, etc. Upon one point, however, they all agree--that while they deplore the use of the feathers of wild birds in millinery, the great point is the education of children to have the proper regard for bird life.

It is, however, necessary to go a step behind even this. _A priori_ the bird must be given a legal status before it can be protected with any general success, even by those most willing so to do. In appealing to the average child of the public school, it should be remembered of how many races this average child is compounded,--races with instincts concerning what are called the lower animals, quite beyond the moral comprehension of the animal-loving Anglo-Saxon. To make this average school child respect the rights of the bird, the bird must be given a legal status to command, and not to beg respect. This child may be appealed to in other ways and may readily assent to all that you say, _while your personal influence is with him_, but he goes away and forgets; he does not feel the weight of a merely moral penalty.

Game birds have this legal status, in a greater or less degree, in all states, with perhaps the single exception of Mississippi, and sportsmen are always on the alert for infringement of the game laws.

It would seem to me wise for Audubonites to turn more attention to the legal status of the class of birds that they specially seek to protect.

Legislation in this respect is, of course, difficult to obtain, because many sportsmen are afraid of weakening the game laws by stirring up discussion regarding song birds, etc.; but much more can be made of the existing laws. That these are by no means adequately enforced, is evident to anyone who notices the hordes of men and boys prowling, these autumn days, about woods and meadows, where legitimate game birds are unknown, and Robins, Flickers, and even the smaller migrants are the only game. It makes one feel that the song bird protectionists must often "pass by on the other side," not having the honesty of their convictions in as militant a degree as the sportsmen, even when they have the law to back the bird.

It will doubtless be interesting to open these 'pages,' during the coming year, to a presentation and discussion of this legal status. We should like to receive the condensed bird laws of every state possessing such, as well as opinions as to what birds should be excluded from protection in the best interests of the Commonwealth, to the end that there may be a federation of Audubon Societies regarding the best method of obtaining legislation for the protection of desirable birds not covered by the game laws.

Be the roads many--illustrated lectures to arouse public sentiment, birdless bonnets, leaflets, thousands of pledge cards signed by ready sympathizers--the goal must be conservative, well thought out legislation, free from any taint of emotional insanity. If we are to keep the bird it must be by the aid of the law, the only voice that _must_ be listened to, speaking the only language understood by all the races that go to make up the people of the United States.--M. O. W.

Reports from Societies

RHODE ISLAND SOCIETY

An exhibition of birdless hats--'Audubonnets' as they have been facetiously styled--was held in the parlors of the Narragansett Hotel, in Providence, on the 9th of October. The response to the invitations, which were sent by the society to the leading milliners, was very gratifying, nearly all of them entering cordially into the scheme. About one hundred and fifty hats were exhibited, and it is safe to say that such a beautiful and artistic display of millinery was never before seen in Providence. Most of the hats were especially designed for the occasion, and an endless variety of styles and trimmings was shown. The result proved conclusively that the plumage of wild birds can be easily discarded without violating the laws of fashion.

The exhibition had been well advertised and, in spite of unpleasant weather, the parlors were thronged with visitors throughout the day. Many sales were made, the proceeds going to the exhibitors.

Four ribbon prizes were awarded, but it is the opinion of the committee in charge that prizes, even of that nature, were a disadvantage.

The 'Providence News' thus comments upon the exhibition: "It was only the other day that the 'News' was moved to remark from the evidence of the fashion plates, that bird plumage was to be more than ever the fashion this season. But there is evidence that the protest against it is a mighty one, and if the birds in other communities have supporters of the number and character that they find here in Rhode Island, the milliners who oppose the sentiment of the Audubons will at no early day be compelled to reform or to go out of business."

Annie M. Grant, _Sec'y._

PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY

During the year that has followed the issuing of our second annual report the Society has spread to nearly every county in the State. The membership has grown from 3,300 to 5,000, and a steady increase of interest is shown in the letters received by the secretary.

Bird-Day was most successfully observed in a large number of schools, and both teachers and pupils seemed well pleased with the results. We owe thanks to many of our local secretaries for their good work among children, and for the classes for bird study which they formed during the summer. This is a movement of the utmost importance, as with increasing membership it becomes more and more difficult for the secretary to conduct individual correspondence, and everyone who will band together local members and act as local secretary, will further the interests of the Society more than can be done in any other way.

We would like to call the attention of our members to the following:

1. When this Society was organized the quills used in millinery were all taken from large domestic birds. Lately the Brown Pelican, Eagles, Owls, and Turkey Vulture have been made to pay tribute to the fashions; and we wish most earnestly to protest against the use of these quills. A good illustration of the feathers to be avoided will be found in the October number of Bird-Lore.

2. We would also call attention to the fact that this magazine is the official organ of the Audubon Societies, and is essential to anyone desiring to keep up with what is being done for the protection of birds.

3. As heretofore, we are dependent almost entirely upon voluntary subscriptions for carrying on the objects of the organization, and we therefore appeal again for assistance from those interested in furthering the cause of the protection of birds. Increased funds will, of course, enable us to reach a larger number of persons, and to issue a larger amount of literature, for which there is a constant demand. Donations should be forwarded to the treasurer, Mr. William L. Baily, 421 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.

For the coming year we have in view the usual course of lectures, by Mr. Stone, and also the furthering of bird study in the schools, to which end we hope to issue some educational circulars.

Julia Stockton Robins, _Sec'y._

THE WISCONSIN SOCIETY

Our busy season is in the spring of the year. At about Easter time our State Superintendent of Schools issued his 'Arbor and Bird-Day Annual,' which contained an invitation to teachers and children to join the Audubon Society. This invitation brought an almost overwhelming response, every day for several weeks bringing me ten or fifteen letters from would-be branches, and our school membership mounted rapidly to over 10,000. A prize offered to these children for the best personal observation on a Bird Family was won by a little country girl, who wrote a very good composition on the Ground Sparrow. We have tried, with varying degrees of success, in different places, to institute the work of the 'Bird Restorers' among these children.

We shall soon have a little library of bird books circulating among the schools, and we are trying to raise money for a set of lantern slides to accompany a lecture--lecture and slides to be sent from place to place.

I believe that the Audubon work has already made a deep impression in Wisconsin. The milliners' windows abound in Gulls and Birds of Paradise, but they are not finding a ready sale. As to wings, perhaps it is too much to expect that women will not believe their milliners when told that "These wings are all right, because they are made."

E. G. Peckham, _Sec'y._

The Passing of the Tern

The surprising results which may follow Fashion's demand for a certain kind of bird have never been more clearly shown than in the case of the Terns or Sea Swallows of our Atlantic coasts.

Useless for food, the birds had escaped the demands of the hunter, and thousands nested in security along our beaches. The exquisite purity of their plumage and their unsurpassed gracefulness on the wing made them a particularly grateful element of the coast scenery to every lover of the beautiful, while to the prosaic fisherman they often gave welcome evidence of the direction of the land, as with unerring flight they returned through the densest fogs, bearing food to their young.

Suddenly, as a result of causes too mysterious for the mind of man to comprehend, Fashion claimed the Terns for her own.

Up and down the coast word went forth, that Sea Swallows, or 'Summer Gulls,' were worth ten cents each, and the milliner's agent was there to confirm the report.

It was in June when the baymen were idle and, unrestrained by law, they hastened to the beaches in keen competition to destroy the birds which were nesting there.

WILSON'S TERN ON NEST]

Never, in this country, at least, has there been such a slaughter of birds. A Cobb's Island, Virginia, bayman, whose conscience, even at this late date, urged him to a confession of shame for his part in the proceedings, told me recently that in a single day of that memorable season, 1,400 Terns were killed on Cobb's Island alone, and 40,000 are said to have been there shot during the summer. The destruction at other favorable places was proportionately great.

Two seasons of this work were sufficient to sweep the Terns from all their more accessible resorts, the only survivors being residents of a few uninhabited islands. Even here they would have succumbed had not bird-lovers raised a sum to pay keepers to protect them.

Then Fashion, as if content with the destruction she had wrought, found fresh victims, and the Terns, for a time, escaped persecution. Now, however, the demand for them has been revived, and again the milliners' agent is abroad placing a price on the comparatively few birds remaining. Before me is a circular issued by a New York feather dealer, asking for "large quantities" of "Sea Gulls, Wilson's Turns (_sic_), Laughing Gulls, Royal Gulls," etc., and this is only one instance among hundreds. In fact, the feather merchants themselves state that the demand for Terns and Gulls exceeds the supply.[J]

[Footnote J: See also note from 'Brooklyn Eagle' on page 198.]

What will be the result? Is there no appeal from Fashion's decree? Woman alone can answer these questions, and the case is so clear she cannot shirk the responsibility of replying.

Aigrettes are decorative, quills difficult to identify, neither bespeak death, and ignorance may lead the most humane woman into wearing either. But with the Tern no such excuse exists, and the woman who places its always disgustingly mutilated body on her bonnet, does so in deliberate defiance of the laws of humanity and good taste.

Frank M. Chapman.

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"Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright combines in an unusual degree minute knowledge of natural life and the power of conveying that knowledge in an interesting fashion.... The illustrative work deserves special attention, so accurate and spirited is it and so well done in point of workmanship."--_The Outlook._

"The illustrations call for almost unqualified praise.... It is, perhaps, not too much to say that these are the best small illustrations of our mammals ever brought together in a single volume."--_The Nation._

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, New York

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We do not describe these books, but we will send you any of them, _postpaid_, "on approval." After examining them at your leisure you can either send us the price, if you wish to retain the volumes, or return them to us, if for any reason they are not satisfactory.

_Photographing Birds and Butterflies in Colors_

Color photography has surely come to stay. We have published three volumes illustrated in this manner, and the pictures will probably surprise you unless you have kept up with such matters very closely. They are photographed direct from the birds and butterflies, and only three colors are used in printing; yet the results are generally _absolutely accurate_ renderings of the original hues. Their price is about one-twentieth of what such books could have been bought for a few years ago.

"The Butterfly Book," by Dr. W. J. Holland (already in its second edition), has, besides hundreds of text illustrations, 48 colored plates, which show over a thousand species of American butterflies, with all their native beauty and brilliance of coloring. It tells everything about butterflies, and tells it in a way anybody can understand. The price is $3 net.

Neltje Blanchan's "Birds that Hunt and are Hunted" (10th thousand) gives the life-histories of 173 of our game and water birds and birds of prey. You can actually see the iridescent sheen on the neck of the wild pigeon that serves as a frontispiece, and the other 47 plates are equally remarkable. Quite as remarkable also is the price: $2.

"Bird Neighbors," by the same author, has 52 colored plates, and describes 150 of the song birds and other more common feathered neighbors. With the aid of these life-like plates there can be not the least doubt as to the identification of a bird. It is almost a sufficient commentary on the volume that we have had to print 20,000 copies in the year since it appeared. It costs $2.

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=The Life of Henry Drummond.= By George Adam Smith.
With photogravure portrait Net $3 00

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=The Day's Work.= By Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated 1 50

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=Cyrano de Bergerac.= By Edmond Rostand. Translated by
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=The People of Our Neighborhood.= By Mary E. Wilkins.
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Bob, Son of Battle. A Novel. By Alfred Ollivant 1 25

=SECOND EDITION.=
=The Nameless Castle.= By Maurus Jokai. With portrait 1 25

=7th THOUSAND.=
=A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee."= Introduction by Rear-Admiral
Sampson. Illustrated 1 50

=SECOND EDITION.=
=Songs of Action.= By A. Conan Doyle 1 25

=SECOND EDITION.=
=What Shall Our Boys Do for a Living?= By Charles F. Wingate. 1 00

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=Little Masterpieces.= Edited by Bliss Perry. 9 volumes,
cloth, $2.70; full leather 5 40

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=Tales from McClure's.= Illustrated, cloth, 25 cts. each;
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STANDARD POPULAR BIRD BOOKS

A New Bird Book by PROF. DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, Completing His Series of Popular Ornithologies.

_The Wild Fowl of the United States and British Possessions_

By Prof. Daniel Giraud Elliot. The Swan, Geese, Ducks and Mergansers
of North America. Portrait and 63 illustrations of every species
described. Post 8vo, ornamental cloth, =$2.50=. Limited edition of 100
copies on hand-made paper, 4to, white cloth, =$10 net=.

The third and last volume of Prof. Elliot's valuable popular Works,
and completes the Game Bird Series. Published uniform with "Shore
Birds" and "Game Birds."

_North American Shore Birds_

The Snipe, Sandpiper, Plover, and their Allies. By Prof. D. G.
Elliot. Profusely illustrated by full-page drawings by Edwin
Sheppard. Post 8vo, cloth. Second edition, =$2.50=.

_Game Birds of North America_

The Partridge, Grouse, Ptarmigan, Wild Turkey, etc. By Prof. D. G.
Elliot. Profusely illustrated by 46 full-page drawings by Edwin
Sheppard. Post 8vo. Second edition, =$2.50=.

FRANCIS P. HARPER, 17 East 16th St., New York

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A Monthly Journal Published by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE

THE ORGAN OF

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Containing original and instructive articles of interest to all animal owners, including serial and short stories, and interesting miscellany by well-known writers.

SUBSCRIPTION, ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

Published at the Headquarters
of the Society

MADISON AVENUE AND 26TH STREET
NEW YORK

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The articles and illustrations are excellent and forcible in their teachings.--_Journal of Education_, Boston.

Our Animal Friends equals in beauty of exterior and valuable contents the most widely circulated periodicals of the times.--_The North American_, Philadelphia.

The magazine is admirably edited and illustrated, and contains matter of great general interest.--_Forest and Stream_, New York.

Should be read by every boy and girl in the land, and there are many children of larger growth that would derive benefit from its pages.--_Spirit of the Times._

As entertaining as it is instructive.--_Philadelphia Inquirer._

No publication in this country so admirably combines exact scientific information with racy and refined literary matter.--_Yorkshire_ (England) _Weekly Post_.

Lovers of our wild and domestic animals, young people especially, will find in it much that is readable and instructive.--_Review of Reviews._

It is well printed and illustrated, and original in matter.--_Sunday-School Times_, Philadelphia.

A good magazine for every home where there are children, and its truths are just as good for those of mature life.--_Chicago Inter Ocean._

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HOUGH'S "AMERICAN WOODS"

A publication on the trees of the United States, illustrated by actual specimens of the woods

"A work where plant life does the writing and which no one can read without thinking."--G. A. Parker, Esq., Hartford, Conn.

"I know of nothing so well calculated to make young people fall in love with trees."--Prin. E. H. Russell, Worcester, Mass.

PREPARATIONS OF WOODS FOR STEREOPTICON
AND MICROSCOPE, AND WOODEN CARDS FOR
FANCY AND BUSINESS PURPOSES

Send for circulars, and enclose 10 cents for sample specimens from _American Woods_.

Address ROMEYN B. HOUGH, Lowville, N. Y.

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_FRANK M. CHAPMAN'S BOOKS_

_BIRD-LIFE_

A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds. By Frank M. Chapman, Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Zoölogy, American Museum of Natural History; author of "Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America."

TEACHERS' EDITION--Containing an Appendix with new matter designed
for the use of teachers, and including lists of birds for each month
of the year; and with additional annotated lists of birds found at
Washington (D. C.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Portland (Conn.), Cambridge
(Mass.), St. Louis (Mo.), Oberlin (O.) and Milwaukee (Wis.). With 75
full-page uncolored plates and 25 drawings in the text, by Ernest
Seton Thompson. =12mo, cloth, $2.=

LIBRARY EDITION--Same as above, but without the Teachers' Appendix.
=12mo, cloth, $1.75.=

ALSO, EDITION IN COLORS. 8vo, CLOTH, $5.

"His chronicles are full of the enthusiasm of the born naturalist. He gossips about the affairs of birds in a delightful strain, making 'Bird-Life' an irresistible invitation to a fuller study of ornithology. It is not dry details he offers, but pretty stories, biographical sketches of interesting families--all sorts of bird-lore that proves the most enchanting reading."--_Chicago Evening Post._

_TEACHERS' MANUAL_

To accompany Portfolios of COLORED PLATES. Contains the same text as
the "Teachers' Edition of Bird-Life," but is without the 75 uncolored
plates. Sold only with the Portfolios of the colored plates, as
follows:

Portfolio No. I.--Permanent Residents and Winter Visitants. 32 plates.

Portfolio No. II.--March and April Migrants. 34 plates.

Portfolio No. III.--May Migrants, Types of Birds' Eggs, and Nine
Half-tone Plates showing Types of Birds' Nests from Photographs from
Nature. 34 plates.

Price of Portfolios, each, $1.25; with the Manual, $2; the three
Portfolios with the Manual, $4.

_HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA_

With Keys to the Species; Descriptions of their Plumages, Nests,
etc.; their Distribution and Migrations. By Frank M. Chapman. With
nearly 200 Illustrations. 12mo. Library Edition, cloth, =$3=; Pocket
Edition, flexible morocco, =$3.50=.

"A book so free from technicalities as to be intelligible to a fourteen-year-old boy, and so convenient and full of original information as to be indispensable to the working ornithologist.... As a handbook of the birds of eastern North America it is bound to supersede all other works."--_Science._

_INSECT LIFE_

By John Henry Comstock, Professor of Entomology in Cornell
University. With Illustrations by Anna Botsford Comstock, member of
the Society of American Wood Engravers. 12mo. Library Edition, cloth,
$2.50; Teachers' and Students' Edition, $1.50.

_FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST_

By F. Schuyler Mathews. With many illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

_Other Books by Mr. Mathews_

Each 12mo. Cloth, $1.75

Familiar Features of the Roadside The Flowers, Shrubs, Birds and
Insects. With 130 illustrations by the author.

Familiar Trees and Their Leaves Illustrated with over 200 drawings
from nature by the author, and giving the botanical names and habitat
of each tree, and recording the precise character and coloring of its
leafage.

Familiar Flowers of Field And Garden, Illustrated with 200 drawings by
the author.

These books are for sale by all booksellers; or they will be sent by mail, on receipt of price, by the publishers,