Two stories by Jacob Abbott, revised, and in new and attractive form. They are admirably suited for young readers. The illustrations are numerous and pleasing.

Bartlett's Animals at Home 45 cents

The object of these stories is to arouse the interest of children in certain representative individual animals, and by so doing to awaken a love for Natural History in general. The illustrations are attractive and true to life.

Bradish's Stories of Country Life 40 cents

These recollections of a childhood spent on a northwestern farm aim to emphasize the attractiveness of life in the country, and to add to its charm by awakening an intelligent interest in its many activities.

Dana's Plants and Their Children 65 cents

A series of easy lessons on the wonders of Plant Life, as entertaining for children as stories. These studies in nature are not only interesting and instructive in themselves, but they teach the child to see, to think, and to observe for himself.

Holder's Stories of Animal Life 60 cents

This book is intended to serve either as a first book on ZoÖlogy or as a supplementary reader. The author has aimed to create in young students an enthusiastic interest in Nature Study by presenting some of the most remarkable phases of animal life.

Kelly's Short Stories of Our Shy Neighbors 50 cents

This book furnishes children with entertaining and instructive reading in the field of Natural History. It tells about the living creatures that dwell near us and yet are oftentimes strangers. It does this in the form of stories, written in a pleasing and attractive style, and copiously illustrated.

Monteith's Some Useful Animals 50 cents

The subjects here treated assist both in Nature Study and in learning to read. The moral lessons derived from the actions of animals are vivid and engaging, and much useful and interesting information is imparted.

Needham's Outdoor Studies 40 cents

This book is suitable for pupils in the intermediate or grammar grades. May be used as a guide for field work as well as a reader in Nature Study, and it will pave the way for more advanced text-book study and for laboratory work in the higher grades.

Pyle's Stories of Humble Friends 50 cents

These stories are about animals and birds familiar to the children. They are simple in style and sympathetic in treatment. The many pictures, drawn by the author, are vividly illustrative of the incidents described.

Stokes's Ten Common Trees 40 cents

A series of simple nature lessons for young children, familiarly treating and giving a few definite impressions of what trees are and how they live.

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

FOR

HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES

BY

MARGARETTA BURNET
Teacher of ZoÖlogy, Woodward High School, Cincinnati, O.

Cloth, 12mo, 216 pages. Illustrated. Price, 75 cents

This new text-book on ZoÖlogy is intended for classes in High Schools, Academies, and other Secondary Schools. While sufficiently elementary for beginners in the study it is full and comprehensive enough for students pursuing a regular course in the Natural Sciences. It has been prepared by a practical teacher, and is the direct result of school-room experience, field observation and laboratory practice.

The design of the book is to give a good general knowledge of the subject of ZoÖlogy, to cultivate an interest in nature study, and to encourage the pupil to observe and to compare for himself and then to arrange and classify his knowledge. Only typical or principal forms are described, and in their description only such technical terms are used as are necessary, and these are carefully defined.

Each subject is fully illustrated, the illustrations being selected and arranged to aid the pupil in understanding the structure of each form.

Copies of Burnet's School ZoÖlogy will be sent prepaid to any address, on receipt of the price, by the Publishers:

American Book Company

New York ? Cincinnati ? Chicago

A Manual for the Identification of Species East of the Rocky Mountains

By Austin C. Apgar

Author of "Trees of the Northern United States," etc.

Cloth, 12mo, 415 pages, with numerous illustrations. Price, $2.00

The object of this book is to encourage the study of Birds by making it a pleasant and easy task. The treatment, while thoroughly scientific and accurate, is interesting and popular in form and attractive to the reader or student. It covers the following divisions and subjects:

The descriptions of the several species have been prepared with great care and present several advantages over those in other books. They are short and so expressed that they may be recalled readily while looking at the bird. They are thus especially adapted for field use. The illustrations were drawn especially for this work. Their number, scientific accuracy, and careful execution add much to the value and interest of the book. The general Key to Land and Water Birds and a very full index make the book convenient and serviceable both for the study and for field work.

Apgar's Birds of the United States will be sent, prepaid, to any address on receipt of the price by the Publishers:

American Book Company

NEW YORK ? CINCINNATI ? CHICAGO

By James Baldwin

Editor of "Harper's Readers," Author of "Old Greek Stories," "Old Stories of the East," etc.

In method and in subject matter, as well as in artistic and mechanical execution, these new readers establish an ideal standard, equally well adapted for city and country schools. They possess many original and meritorious features which are in accord with the most approved methods of instruction, and which will commend them to the best teachers and the best schools. The illustrations are an important feature of the books, and are the work of the best artists. They are not merely pictures inserted for the purpose of ornament, but are intended to assist in making the reading exercises both interesting and instructive.

BALDWIN'S SCHOOL READERS—EIGHT BOOK EDITION

First Year, 128 pp. 25 cents
Second Year, 160 pp. 35 cents
Third Year, 208 pp. 40 cents
Fourth Year, 208 pp. 40 cents
Fifth Year, 208 pp. 40 cents
Sixth Year, 240 pp. 45 cents
Seventh Year, 240 pp. 45 cents
Eighth Year, 240 pp. 45 cents

For the convenience of ungraded schools, and for all who may prefer them in such combined form, an edition corresponding to the ordinary five book series of school readers will be furnished as follows:

BALDWIN'S SCHOOL READERS—FIVE BOOK EDITION

First Year, 128 pages 25 cents
Second Year, 160 pages 35 cents
Third Year, 208 pages 40 cents
Combined Fourth and Fifth Years. 416 pages 60 cents
Combined Sixth and Seventh Years. 480 pages 65 cents

Copies of any of the above books will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of the price.

American Book Company

New York ? Cincinnati ? Chicago