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AUTHOR OF THE “ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY,” “COMMON OBJECTS OF THE SEA-SHORE,” “MY FEATHERED FRIENDS,” ETC., ETC.
LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, LIMITED BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL MANCHESTER AND NEW YORK 1897
_With Plates Printed in Colours, Crown 8vo, Cloth, 3s. 6d. each._
Wood’s (Rev. J. G.) Common Objects of the Seashore. Illustrations by G. B. SOWERBY. 12th Edition.
Wood’s (Rev. J. G.) Common Objects of the Country. 150 Illustrations by COLEMAN. 14th Edition.
Our Woodlands, Heaths, and Hedges. By W. S. COLEMAN. 4th Edition.
Moore’s British Ferns and Allied Plants. 10th Edition.
Coleman’s British Butterflies. 200 Figures. 16th Edition.
Atkinson’s British Birds’ Eggs and Nests. 18th Edition.
Wild Flowers: Where to Find and How to Know Them. SPENCER THOMSON. 22nd Edition.
Haunts of the Wild Flowers. By ANNE PRATT. 3rd Edition.
Wood’s (Rev. J. G.) Fresh and Salt-Water Aquarium. 2nd Edition.
Wood’s (Rev. J. G.) Common British Moths. 100 Illustrations by E. SMITH, T. W. WOOD, and W. S. COLEMAN. 8th Edition.
Wood’s (Rev. J. G.) Common British Beetles. 100 Illustrations by E. SMITH and T. W. WOOD. 2nd Edition.
Roses and their Culture. By W. D. PRIOR. 2nd Edition.
In the following pages will be found short and simple descriptions of some of the numerous objects that are to be found in our fields, woods, and waters.
As this little work is not intended for scientific readers, but simply as a guide to those who are desirous of learning something of natural objects, scientific language has been studiously avoided, and scientific names have been only given in cases where no popular name can be found. In so small a compass but little can be done; and therefore I have been content to take certain typical objects, which will serve as guides, and to omit mention of those which can be placed under the same head.
Every object described by the pen is illustrated by the pencil, in order to aid the reader in his researches; and the subjects have been so chosen that no one with observant eyes can walk in the fields for half-an-hour without finding very many of the objects described in the book.