[ad1]BooksFOR THE STUDY OF NATURESUITABLE FOR USE IN SCHOOLSThe Hiawatha Primer.ByMiss Florence Holbrook,Principal of the Forestville School, Chicago. Based on Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha, and designed for use as the child’s first book in reading. (Riverside Literature Series, Extra No. P. Cloth only, 40 cents.)The Hiawatha Primer contains 139 pages of reading text, 8 full-page colored illustrations, 4 full-page black and white illustrations, and 65 part-page illustrations in black and white, or silhouette; and equipped with reading and writing lessons in the latest vertical script, and many special features.The Book of Nature Myths.ByMiss Florence Holbrook.A reading book for the primary grades, designed to follow “The Hiawatha Primer.” (Riverside Literature Series, Extra No. V. Cloth only, 45 cents.)The Book of Nature Myths contains 209 pages of reading text, with 8 full-page and 21 part-page illustrations in black and white, by E. Boyd Smith.The Song of Hiawatha.ByHenry W. Longfellow.(Riverside Literature Series, Nos. 13 and 14.)Revised Edition.With Introductions, Notes, and a Vocabulary; also with 12 full-page Illustrations and many drawings of Indian Wearing Apparel and Utensils, byFrederic Remington. In two parts; each, paper, 15 cents.[Also in one volume; linen, 40 cents.]A First Book of Birds.ByOlive Thorne Miller.Illustrated. School Edition, Square 12mo, 60 cents,net.This is a bird book intended for children. The 20 full-page illustrations, of which 8 are in colors, are a strong feature of the book.A Second Book of Birds.ByOlive Thorne Miller.Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00,net. Postage 10 cents extra.This book is devoted to Bird Families; after defining what is meant by this term, the author describes most of the well known families. There are 24 full-page illustrations, of which 8 are in colors, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.Everyday Birds.ByBradford Torrey.Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00.A score of brief biographies of our familiar birds, written for young readers. There are 12 full-page illustrations, after Audubon, in colors.Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers.ByJohn Burroughs.Notes on the smaller, more common mammals,—the squirrels, the woodchuck, the rabbit and hare, the skunk, the fox, the weasel, etc.,—compiled by the author from his writings, with some interesting new matter. With 15 full-page colored illustrations from Audubon, and a colored frontispiece from life.School Edition.Square 12mo, 60 cents,net.Birds of Village and Field.ByFlorence A. Merriam.A Bird Book for Beginners. With a General Field Color Key to 154 Birds, and over 300 Illustrations. 12mo, $2.00.[ad2]Birds and Bees.ByJohn Burroughs.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 28.) With an Introduction byMary E. Burt. Paper, 15 cents,net.Sharp Eyes and Other Papers.ByJohn Burroughs.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 36.) Paper, 15 cents,net. (This book is also bound together with Birds and Bees in one volume, cloth, 40 cents,net.)A Bunch of Herbs, and Other Papers.ByJohn Burroughs.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 92.) With a Biographical Sketch. Paper, 15 cents,net.A-Hunting of the Deer, and Other Papers.ByCharles Dudley Warner.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 37.) With a Portrait and Biographical Sketch. Paper, 15 cents,net; cloth, 25 cents,net.Succession of Forest Trees, Wild Apples, and Sounds.ByHenry David Thoreau.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 27.) With a Biographical Sketch byRalph Waldo Emerson. Paper, 15 cents,net.Birds through an Opera Glass.ByFlorence A. Merriam.(Riverside Library for Young People, No. 3.) With Hints to Observers and an Appendix, Bibliography, and Index. With many Illustrations. 16mo, 75 cents.The Woodpeckers.By Mrs.Fannie Hardy Eckstorm.With five full-page colored plates and many text illustrations. Square 12mo, $1.00.A lively, yet accurate and orderly account of the woodpecker family, treating somewhat exhaustively of five of the commonest species, and less fully of the others. The book is in a form quite certain to interest young people, and very likely to lead them to further observation and investigation. Fully illustrated with five colored pictures by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the leading American bird artist, and with cuts and diagrams in the text.Corn Plants: Their Uses and Ways of Life.ByFrederick Leroy Sargent,formerly Instructor in Botany in the University of Wisconsin. In compact form and in readable style the author gives a clear account of the six important grain plants of the world,—wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice, and maize. 12mo, 75 cents.Every-Day Butterflies.BySamuel H. Scudder.This book is written for popular reading. It includes familiar accounts of sixty or more of the commonest butterflies taken in the order of the season. With numerous Illustrations, including 8 full-page colored plates. Crown 8vo, $2.00.A catalogue giving lists of books by Florence A. Merriam, Olive Thorne Miller, John Burroughs, Henry David Thoreau, Bradford Torrey, Frank Bolles, and many other authors suitable for use in the study of Nature, will be sent on application.HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.[cover2]
SUITABLE FOR USE IN SCHOOLS
The Hiawatha Primer.ByMiss Florence Holbrook,Principal of the Forestville School, Chicago. Based on Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha, and designed for use as the child’s first book in reading. (Riverside Literature Series, Extra No. P. Cloth only, 40 cents.)
The Hiawatha Primer contains 139 pages of reading text, 8 full-page colored illustrations, 4 full-page black and white illustrations, and 65 part-page illustrations in black and white, or silhouette; and equipped with reading and writing lessons in the latest vertical script, and many special features.
The Book of Nature Myths.ByMiss Florence Holbrook.A reading book for the primary grades, designed to follow “The Hiawatha Primer.” (Riverside Literature Series, Extra No. V. Cloth only, 45 cents.)
The Book of Nature Myths contains 209 pages of reading text, with 8 full-page and 21 part-page illustrations in black and white, by E. Boyd Smith.
The Song of Hiawatha.ByHenry W. Longfellow.(Riverside Literature Series, Nos. 13 and 14.)Revised Edition.With Introductions, Notes, and a Vocabulary; also with 12 full-page Illustrations and many drawings of Indian Wearing Apparel and Utensils, byFrederic Remington. In two parts; each, paper, 15 cents.[Also in one volume; linen, 40 cents.]
A First Book of Birds.ByOlive Thorne Miller.Illustrated. School Edition, Square 12mo, 60 cents,net.
This is a bird book intended for children. The 20 full-page illustrations, of which 8 are in colors, are a strong feature of the book.
A Second Book of Birds.ByOlive Thorne Miller.Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00,net. Postage 10 cents extra.
This book is devoted to Bird Families; after defining what is meant by this term, the author describes most of the well known families. There are 24 full-page illustrations, of which 8 are in colors, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
Everyday Birds.ByBradford Torrey.Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00.
A score of brief biographies of our familiar birds, written for young readers. There are 12 full-page illustrations, after Audubon, in colors.
Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers.ByJohn Burroughs.Notes on the smaller, more common mammals,—the squirrels, the woodchuck, the rabbit and hare, the skunk, the fox, the weasel, etc.,—compiled by the author from his writings, with some interesting new matter. With 15 full-page colored illustrations from Audubon, and a colored frontispiece from life.School Edition.Square 12mo, 60 cents,net.
Birds of Village and Field.ByFlorence A. Merriam.A Bird Book for Beginners. With a General Field Color Key to 154 Birds, and over 300 Illustrations. 12mo, $2.00.
[ad2]Birds and Bees.ByJohn Burroughs.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 28.) With an Introduction byMary E. Burt. Paper, 15 cents,net.
Sharp Eyes and Other Papers.ByJohn Burroughs.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 36.) Paper, 15 cents,net. (This book is also bound together with Birds and Bees in one volume, cloth, 40 cents,net.)
A Bunch of Herbs, and Other Papers.ByJohn Burroughs.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 92.) With a Biographical Sketch. Paper, 15 cents,net.
A-Hunting of the Deer, and Other Papers.ByCharles Dudley Warner.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 37.) With a Portrait and Biographical Sketch. Paper, 15 cents,net; cloth, 25 cents,net.
Succession of Forest Trees, Wild Apples, and Sounds.ByHenry David Thoreau.(Riverside Literature Series, No. 27.) With a Biographical Sketch byRalph Waldo Emerson. Paper, 15 cents,net.
Birds through an Opera Glass.ByFlorence A. Merriam.(Riverside Library for Young People, No. 3.) With Hints to Observers and an Appendix, Bibliography, and Index. With many Illustrations. 16mo, 75 cents.
The Woodpeckers.By Mrs.Fannie Hardy Eckstorm.With five full-page colored plates and many text illustrations. Square 12mo, $1.00.
A lively, yet accurate and orderly account of the woodpecker family, treating somewhat exhaustively of five of the commonest species, and less fully of the others. The book is in a form quite certain to interest young people, and very likely to lead them to further observation and investigation. Fully illustrated with five colored pictures by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the leading American bird artist, and with cuts and diagrams in the text.
Corn Plants: Their Uses and Ways of Life.ByFrederick Leroy Sargent,formerly Instructor in Botany in the University of Wisconsin. In compact form and in readable style the author gives a clear account of the six important grain plants of the world,—wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice, and maize. 12mo, 75 cents.
Every-Day Butterflies.BySamuel H. Scudder.This book is written for popular reading. It includes familiar accounts of sixty or more of the commonest butterflies taken in the order of the season. With numerous Illustrations, including 8 full-page colored plates. Crown 8vo, $2.00.
A catalogue giving lists of books by Florence A. Merriam, Olive Thorne Miller, John Burroughs, Henry David Thoreau, Bradford Torrey, Frank Bolles, and many other authors suitable for use in the study of Nature, will be sent on application.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.
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Transcriber's note:Inconsistent hyphenations (cornfield/corn-field, henroost/hen-roost, outbuildings/out-buildings, runways/run-ways, sidehill/side-hill, snakelike/snake-like) have been retained.
Inconsistent hyphenations (cornfield/corn-field, henroost/hen-roost, outbuildings/out-buildings, runways/run-ways, sidehill/side-hill, snakelike/snake-like) have been retained.