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north of Mexico, and at the same time has kept this book entirely
within the comprehension of the unscientific nature-lover. Directions
are given for the capture, preparation, and preservation, of specimens.
There are forty-eight pages of color plates, reproducing more than a
thousand North American butterflies, and several hundred black and white
text illustrations.
INGERSOLL, ERNEST.
The Book of the Ocean.
Century. 1.50
Waves, tides, and currents, early exploration, war-ships and naval
battles, merchantmen, yachts and yachting, marine industries, and the
animal life of the ocean, are all discussed in this good-sized, fully
illustrated volume.
MEADOWCROFT, W.H.
The ABC of Electricity.
Excelsior Publishing. 50
A simple treatise on electricity and its uses in connection with the
telephone, telegraph, electric light, et cetera.
MORLEY, M.W.
A Song of Life.
Illustrated by the Author and Robert Forsyth.
McClurg. 1.25
How few thoughtful parents have not been perplexed by the question of
when and how best to tell their children the great truths of the
beginning and development of life in the world of nature. Miss (p. 160)
Morley is well qualified to treat this most difficult subject, which
she does delicately and reverently, from a scientific standpoint.
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