Books for Nature Study.

IN BOTANY.

IN GEOGRAPHY.

Payne's Geographical Nature Studies.

For Primary Work in Home Geography. By FRANK OWEN PAYNE, M.Sc. Cloth, 12mo, 144 pages. Fully illustrated. Price, 25 cents.

Carpenter's Geographical Reader-Asia.

By FRANK G. CARPENTER. Cloth, 12mo, 304 pages. With colored maps and numerous illustrations. Price, 60 cents.

Carpenter's Geographical Reader-North America. By FRANK G. Carpenter, author of "Asia." Cloth, 12m0, 352 pages, with six colored maps and numerous illustrations. Price, 60 cents.

IN SCIENCE.

Needham's Elementary Lessons in Zoology.
By JAMES G. NEEDHAM. Cloth, 12m0, 302 pages. Il-
lustrated. Price, 90 cents.

Burnet's School Zoology.

By MARGARETTA BURNET. Cloth, 12m0, 216 pages.
Illustrated. Price, 75 cents.

Dana's Geological Story Briefly Told.

By JAMES D. DANA. Cloth, 12m0, 302 pages. With numerous illustrations. Price, $1.15.

Bowen's Astronomy by Observation.

By ELIZA A. BOWEN. Boards, 94 pages. $1.00. Based on the observation method. Careful directions are given when, how, and where to find the heavenly bodies. Their motions are described in familiar language, and the quarto pages admit maps on a large scale. Todd's New Astronomy.

BY DAVID P. TODD M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory, Amherst College. Cloth, 12m0, 480 pages. With colored plates and copius illustrations. Price, $1.30.

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"As Professor Davis is easily the leader among physical geographers, so this, his most recent work, is ahead of anything he or any other person has written on this particular subject."-GEORGE L. COLLIE, Professor of Geology, Beloit "College, Beloit, Wis.

HEROES OF THE MIDDLE WEST.

MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD.

An interesting story of our own locality, its explorers and settlers.

BIRD WORLD.

STICKNEY.

Contains many interesting stories of our common birds, how they feed, fly, and are clothed. Beautifully illustrated, many of the pictures in natural colors.

SEED DISPERSAL.

W. J. BEAL.

"A book for young botanists and teachers." Written in a pleasing style and containing much information about common plants, especially as to the method by which their seeds are scattered.

PICCIOLA

A Translation from the French of JOSEPH XAVIER BONIFACE by ABBY L. ALGER. A beautiful and pathetic story, carefully edited and well translated.

grammar grades. A good library book.

GENERAL PHYSICS.

HASTINGS & BEACH.

A text-book for colleges and universities.

Well adapted to upper

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-Harper's Magazine for April contains a valuable study of sleep under the title The Ape of Death. Henry Cabot Lodge's History of the Spanish-American War, which is appearing serially, is the most satisfactory account of the late struggle yet published, Aspects of Rome, by Arthur Symons shows rare insight into the modern life of the "'eternal city," Thirteen days in unexplored Montenegro is a valuable travel sketch, and Russell Sturgis' Equipment of a modern city house deserves careful reading. We must mention also The trial of the Oregon, and the Rescue of Admiral Cervera.

Self-Culture for April contains four illustrated articles, Among the Canadian Rockies, Princeton University, The Hawaiian Islands, The German Army and its Organization, The Franco-Siamese difficulty. The departments are full of interest, and instructive papers on various topics solicit attention.

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The Macmillan Company

Has just published a new General History for High Schools and Colleges. It is entitled "Adams' European History." The new institutional method. Full bibliographies and references. Unity and continuity of development. All important facts given. Stock historical anecdotes omitted. A good "backbone book" for wider reading and study. Sells for $1.40. Their Channing's Student's History of the United States, published recently, is taking the lead everywhere. It also sells for $1.40.

Botsford's History of Greece is also very fine. It sells for $1.10.

The McLellan & Ames' Arithmetics, based on the Psychology of Number, are pedagogically sound, and every lesson is a study of children, as well as of Arithmetic. The Public School sells at 60 cents, the Primary at 35 cents, and the Mental at 25 cents.

The new German Reader, by Prof. Hewett, of Cornell, is a fine collection, well edited, and ought to be used in every high school where German is taught. It sells for $1.00.

Dr. Lewis' Introduction to the Study of English Literature, just ready, is a collection of short masterpieces of modern literature designed for reading and study in the higher grades. Lyrics, ballads, essays and short stories, graded by careful experiment with some hundreds of students, and adapted to their expressed interests. Each section opens with a critical introduction. It sells for 90 cents.

They publish many other high school and college books, and will be very glad to send circulars and special catalogues to teachers.

Books for Nature Study.

***Write for catalogue, and for descriptive circulars of new publications. We have NEW text-books in all branches for the primary, grammar and high school grades.