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Chapter I: Natural History

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This division will consist of two sections.

=Section A. A large popular Natural History= in several volumes,
with the topics treated in due proportion, by authors of
unquestioned authority. 8vo. 7-1/2x10-1/4 in.

The books so far publisht in this section are:

=FISHES=, by DAVID STARR JORDAN, President of the Leland
Stanford Junior University. $6.00 net; carriage extra.

=AMERICAN INSECTS=, by VERNON L. KELLOGG, Professor in the
Leland Stanford Junior University. $5.00 net; carriage extra.
Arranged for are:

=SEEDLESS PLANTS=, by GEORGE T. MOORE, Head of Department of
Botany, Marine Biological Laboratory, assisted by other
specialists.

=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.

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