"Of very great interest and value to the lover of birds and the student of their ways. * * * Her descriptions are bright, clear and simple. * * * Crisp and well-written."
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_SCENES FROM BIRD-LIFE IN PLAIN ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS..._
Mabel O. Wright and Dr. Elliott Coues Profusely Illustrated by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
"Entertaining as well as valuable."--_Evening Telegraph_, Philadelphia.
"A volume which cannot be too widely circulated."--_Daily Advertiser_, Boston.
"A delightful and at the same time a most instructive book."--_The Herald_, New York.
"One of the most charming as well as the most useful of books on birds ever printed."--_Forest and Stream._
"There is no other book in existence so well fitted for arousing and directing the interest that all children feel toward the birds."--_Tribune_, Chicago.
"An extremely praiseworthy attempt to teach children about our domestic birds, by encouraging them to observe the living creatures rather than the inanimate 'specimen.' More than a hundred accurate and spirited illustrations add greatly to the attractiveness of the volume."--_The Nation._
"_By far the best bird book for boys and girls yet published in America._"--C. H. M. in _Science_.
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_OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR OF "BIRDCRAFT," "CITIZEN BIRD," ETC._
A New England Chronicle of Birds and Flowers
"The birds have seldom found a truer friend, and the flowers have never had a more loving interpreter. This tiny volume ought to find many friends."--_The Herald_, Boston.
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"Probably the most charming nature-book for children published."--_The Dial._
By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT Author of "Citizen Bird," "Four-footed Americans," Etc.
"It has had a remarkable success, and it has well deserved it."--_Evening Transcript_, Boston.
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Edited by FRANK M. CHAPMAN Illustrated by ERNEST SETON THOMPSON
"Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright combines in an unusual degree minute knowledge of natural life and the power of conveying that knowledge in an interesting fashion.... The illustrative work deserves special attention, so accurate and spirited is it and so well done in point of workmanship."--_The Outlook._