The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-29
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n special e401blGt00 ~ th0 uDtaey-Ltet1
Of book, on birds and nature. I'm the
spring . young mans faacy lightly turns
to thoughts ofloyo:"
| Thus 1'ennyson diagnosed tho youthful
mind whel he wrote Locksley Hall. In
our times We have changed all that tor ut
this season the thoughts Of young and old
alike turn to the enjoyment of nature,
while their reading is along the same lines
So wide spread Is the interest In nature
study that hundreds of excellent books
haze been written for school purposes on
this subject There Is also rapidly in
creasing number OF beautiful books and
periodicals for general readers devoted to
popular science. birds, Insects, flowers and
In fac5 al forms Of out-of-door lifo.
Ono Of the newer publishing firms,
Doubleday, Page s. Company Of New
Yor& has been perhaps the most success
tul in meeting tho demands Of readers
along this line. At least their list OF pub
LEGATIONS include some of tho most inter
esting and beautiful books devoted to The
various branches OF out Of door !ifo
They have just sent to the vii mington
Institute tree Library large numb bsr Of
colored plates, photographers and half
tones selected from their books and period
icns.
AL of tho bulletin boards at the library
arc now covered with as many of these
pictures rs can be put up. Among them
are several series OF plates printed in col
ors showing tho successive processes in
color work printing. These pictures are
selected from Nc tie Blanchan' S Natures
Gardens' and the same authors bird
Ncighbors," Marshnll's Mushroom
Book" Hollands Butterfly Book"
Howards "Inssc5 Book" ami ALASKA
Book -tThe Hartman Alaska Expedl
tom and from Country Life,' the capl
tai periodical recently established by
this firm.
Another publishing house that's co oper
atlns with tho Library in It's efforts to
bring nature books to the at tsntion of tho
public is Houghton, Mitfln 4 Company,
OF Boston. This firm has recently s4dJ
t o the library. also without charge. n quan
tlty OF woil printed leaflets entitled Books
about pirds,' No firm has issued bat
ter collection OF books about birds, espoc
Tally Of books treating bird lie from tho
literary point Of view, than has this one.
Or example tho leaflet cnunierutes anu
describes tho books of Olive Thorne Miller
bradford Torrsy, John Burroughs, Frank
Boles Florence Merriam and others,
Those leaflets will bs distributed freely
t o any readers in terested in The subject
CHM IL Company OF Boston Is house
associated III the minds of tho people
N''iA oShooi oouAss AeSCtillS. HuWSNtF,
they have been Issuing II number of books
i'll more attractive editions than is the case
with school books generally
Ihe limits of u newspaper article will
not admit OF the enumeration OF all the
DOCKS devoted to nature in The library,
Among those not already referred TO a
iew IN the various classes may, however,,
be mentioned with profit. In tho realm
OF plant life of special interest are
~ n tJpt I,.N IA
llei and garden Mrs. Dapa's "How to
know the Wild flowers" According to
Season. and Others. For trees the reader
should seok l1arrot koeier's Our Native
Trees AID Schuyler Matthews "FAmiiar
Trees and their I.onvcs." In this con nee
lion tention should certainly be called
to Alich Morse Eares "Old Time Gar
dons.
In the field of animal life, no moro
beautiful books have ever been plh'ishol
than those of WllliamH. Gibson. E,ne,t
lngoraol wild Ncighbo,s" "Frlenll
Worth Knowing" give interestia. &c
counts of many of the smaller common
wild animals. No list of his subject
should fail to mention Ernest Soton
"WiIu Animal | nav,
known' and "Livcs of the Huntoti
It ls diitlcut to select small nunl0or
from tho many excellent ones that have
pcsii puD l.n2u Wl lin the past lew yelr>
Iho past few years have seen tho publ
cation of number Of excsi)cnt booIs on
the subject OF insects. j. Cem,tock'S In
sect Il fe' Is n fold handbook for the na
ture study Of in-ccts. Julian p, Ballnrds
IN oth, and Butterflies" was published IA
number of years ago but Is stli! nno OF
the best in its field. saunders "Evcry
day Butterflies" Is acaoital work aud has
many beautiful illustrations, Among
other books Of special mo.it are Need
hams ont door StuIics' and Margarnt
Morley, THE Boo People" Weeds Ten
New England Blossoms" shows the close
relation between insect. and some of thy
commouer flowers