ppus (p. 222)
I am going to be a horse
And on my middle finger-nails
To run my earthly course."

NEWCOMB, SIMON.
Astronomy for Everybody.
Doubleday. 2.00

When a work, by an authority as eminent as Professor Newcomb, is
interesting to young people, and is to a sufficient degree within
their comprehension, it should certainly be put into their hands, even
if, as in the present case, it was not specially prepared for them.

PARSONS, F.T. (S.) (formerly Mrs. W.S. DANA).
How to Know the Ferns.
Scribner. 1.50

This companion to How to Know the Wild Flowers gives in convenient
form a great deal of pleasantly told information as to the names,
haunts, and habits, of our common ferns. They are arranged in six
groups, the classification being based on the frond differences. In
almost all cases the nomenclature of Gray's Manual has been followed,
and in parentheses, that used in the Illustrated Flora of Britton and
Brown is given. Indices to the Latin and English names and to
technical terms are included. The many illustrations are helpful.

ROGERS, J.E.
The Shell Book.
Doubleday. 4.00

Every person interested in shells has felt the need of a (p. 223)
manual of the shell-bearing animals of sea and land, comparable
to the comprehensive manuals provided for those who wish to study
birds or insects or trees.... The plan and nomenclature of this
book follow the accepted standard, The Manual of Conchology, by
Tryon and Pilsbry.--_Preface._

Miss Rogers has made an extensive study of conchology on the east and
west coasts of North America. The result is this popular guide to a
knowledge of the families of living mollusks, which is also an aid to
the identification of shells native and foreign. There is a chapter on
the maintenance of aquariums and snaileries. Eight of the plates are
in color, and ninety-six in black and white for the most part from
photographs by A.R. Dugmore.

ROGERS, J.E.
The Tree Book.
Doubleday. 4.00

Most of this volume is devoted to teaching us in an interesting manner
how to know the trees of North America. There are, in addition,
articles on Forestry, The Uses of Wood, and The Life of the Trees.
Sixteen of the plates are in color and one hundred and sixty in black
and white from photographs