r marvels. There are
many illustrations.

BAMFORD, M.E. (p. 157)
Up and Down the Brooks.
Houghton. .75

A careful observer and nature-lover gives us a familiar account of the
wonderful lives of the little brook creatures. The insects mentioned
in these pages are those of Alameda County, California, but members of
the same families will be found in or beside almost any brook, East or
West.

CHAPMAN, F.M.
Bird-Life.
Illustrated by E.E. Thompson-Seton.
Appleton. 2.00

Illustrated with seventy-five full-page plates in color and
figures in the text. Non-technical, with a color key to about one
hundred and fifty of the more common species. This book is in two
parts. The first chapters define the bird, its place in Nature,
and its relation to man, and outline the leading facts in its
life-history. The second part gives a Field Key based on color,
and biographies of some of the common birds.
AUDUBON SOCIETY.

CLODD, EDWARD.
The Childhood of the World.
Kegan Paul. 1.25

This book ... is an attempt, in the absence of any kindred
elementary work, to narrate, in as simple language as the subject
will permit, the story of man's progress from the unknown time of
his early appearance upon the earth to the period from which
writers of history ordinarily begin. ... The First Part of this
book describes the progress of man in material things, while (p. 158)
the Second Part seeks to explain his mode of advance from
lower to higher stages of religious belief.--_Preface._

And step by step, since time began,
I see the steady gain of man.
WHITTIER.

The subject of this volume seems a little appalling for children, but
it is treated in so remarkable a manner and with such simplicity that
the book should be in the hands of all young people. It is not
surprising to learn that it has been translated into many languages.

ECKSTORM, F. (H.).
The Bird Book.
Heath. .60

Illustrated with full-page woodcuts and figures in the text.
Written in popular style; chapters on Water-Birds in their Homes;
Structure and Comparison; Problems of Bird-Life; Some Common
Land-Bi