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CHICAGO
June, 1905
THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
SELECTED READING LIST ON
NATURE STUDY.
This is a selected list of books on the study of
nature, and is not intended to show the entire
resources of the Public Library on the subjects in¬
cluded. For a more exhaustive list consult the
card catalogue and finding lists. These books
may be obtained at the main library or at any
one of the delivery stations. Library cards, which
entitle the holder to draw books for home use,
are issued at the main library and at all delivery
stations.
GENERAL NATURE BOOKS.
Abbott, C. C. Clear skies and cloudy.
Phila., 1899 L..K8247
Recent rambles. Phila., 1899 K 8105
Allen, C. G. B. In nature's workshop.
London, 1901 K 8237
Bayliss, C. K. In brook and bayou;
or, Life in still waters. N. Y.,
1902 K 8593
Bignell, E. My woodland intimates.
N. Y., 1903 K 8847
Boardman, W. H. The lovers of the
woods. N. Y., 1901 K14712
3
Briggs, H. M. By tangled paths, stray
leaves from nature's byways. Lon¬
don, 1896 K 8158
Brightwen, (Mrs.) E. E. More about
wild nature. London, 1892 K 8134
Wild nature won by kindness. Lon¬
don, 1890 K 8119
Burroughs, J. Far and near. Boston,
1904 K 8338
Fresh fields. Boston, 1885 E 2005
Locusts and wild honey. Boston,
1880 E 897
Riverby. Boston, 1894 K 8161
Signs and seasons. Boston, 1886..K 8039
Gibson, W. H. Eye-spy. N. Y., 1897.K 9063
My studio neighbors. N. Y., 1898.K 8163
Strolls by starlight and sunshine.
N. Y., 1891 K 8073
Grinnell, M. Neighbours of field,
wood, and stream. N. Y., 1901.K 8239
Hodge, C. F. Nature study and life.
Boston, 1902 K 8321
Ingersoll, E. Nature's calendar, a guide
and record for outdoor observa¬
tions in natural history. N. Y.,
1900 K 8193
Kearton, R. Wild life at home; how
to study and photograph it. Lon¬
don, 1898 K 8254
Wild nature's ways. London, 1903.K 8785
Lange, D. Handbook of nature study.
N. Y., 1898 K 8214
Mathews, F. S. Familiar features of
the roadside. N. Y., 1897 K 8248
4
Miall, L. C. House, garden and field;
a collection of short nature studies.
Lond., 1904 K 8310
Miller, F. M. R. The brook book.
N. Y., 1902 K 8322
Quayle, W. A. In God's out-of-doors.
N. Y., 1902 K 8325
Sharp, D. L. Roof and meadow. N. Y.,
1904 K 8782
A watcher in the woods. N. Y.,
1903 K 8334
Wild life near home. N. Y., 1901.K 8260
Skinner, C. M. Nature in a city yard.
N. Y., 1897 K 8213
Stenhouse, E. An introduction to na¬
ture-study. London, 1903 K 8337
Torrey, B. The clerk of the woods.
Boston, 1903 K 8318
Nature's invitation. Boston, 1904..K 8781
Van Dyke, H. Fisherman's luck and
some other uncertain things. N. Y.,
1899 E 6211
Little rivers, a book of essays in
profitable idleness. N. Y., 1895..E 6208
Van Dyke, J. C. Nature for its own
sake. N. Y., 1898 E 6209
Walton, M. A. A hermit's wild friends.
Boston, 1903 K 8331
Wheeler, A. C. (/. P. Mowbray). A
journey to nature. N1. Y., 1901..F 9598
White, S. E. The forest. N. Y., 1903. K 8335
The mountains. N. Y., 1904 K14772
Williams, M. M. Next to the ground.
N. Y., 1902 K 8324
5
ANIMALS.
Burroughs, J. Squirrels and other fur-
bearers. Boston, 1902 K 8235
Cook, R. A. Along four-footed trails.
N. Y., 1903 K 8332
Cornish, C. J. Animals of to-day; their
life and conversation. London,
1899 K 8191
Cram, W. E. Little beasts of field and
wood. Boston, 1899 K 8148
Fisher, (Mrs.) A. B. B. Life and her
children. N. Y., 1881 K 7953
Groos, K. The play of animals. N. Y.,
1898 K 8205
Holder! C. F. Stories of animal life.
N. Y., 1899 K 8256
Hornaday, W. T. The American nat¬
ural history. N. Y., 1904 K17341
Hulbert, W. D. Forest neighbors.
N. Y., 1902 K 8320
Ingersoll, E. Friends worth knowing.
N. Y., 1881 K 7960
Habits of animals. Chicago, 1882.K 8122
Wild life of orchard and field.
N. Y., 1902 K 8259
Wild neighbors. N. Y., 1897 K 8199
Kennedy, W. Beasts; thumb-nail studies
in pets. London, 1899 K 8236
Latter, O. H. The natural history of
some common animals. Cambridge
(Eng.), 1904 K 919S
6
Long, W. J. Beasts of the field. Bos¬
ton, 1901 K 8315
A little brother to the bear and other
animal studies. Boston, 1903...K 8333
School of the woods. Boston,
1903 K 8317
Secrets of the woods. Boston,
1901 K 8312
Ways of wood folk. Boston, 1901.K 8313
Wilderness ways. Boston, 1900...K 8314
Wood folk at school. Boston,
1903 K 8311
Mathews, F. S. Familiar life in field
and forest. N. Y., 1898 K 8x89
Morgan, C. L. Animal behaviour. Lon¬
don, 1900 K 8291
Porter, J. H. Wild beasts. N. Y., 1894.K 8200
Rice, W. Animals; a popular natural
history of wild beasts. Chicago,
1901 K 8290
Roberts, C. G. D. The watchers of the
trails. Boston, 1904 K 8330
Selous, E. The romance of the animal
world. Phila., 1905 K17337
Seton, E. T. Lives of the hunted. N. Y.,
1901 K 8217
The trail of the sandhill stag. N. Y.,
1899 K 8212
Wild animals I have known. N. Y.,
1898 K 8207
Stone, W. American animals. N. Y.,
1902 K 8288
Thomson, J. A. The study of animal
life. N. Y., 1892 K 8116
7
Wright, (Mrs.) M. O. Four-footed
Americans and their kin. N. Y.,
1898 K 8244
BEES AND WASPS.
Comstock, (Mrs.) A. B. How to keep
bees. N. Y., 1905 K15437
Harrison, C. The book of the honey
bee. London, 1903 Ki5334,14
Lubbock, (Sir) J. Ants, bees, and
wasps. N. Y., 1882. (International
scientific ser.) K 8397
Maeterlinck, M. The life of the bee.
N. Y., 1901 . K 8419
Morley, M. W. The bee people. Chi¬
cago, 1899 K 8411
The honey-makers. Chicago, 1899.K 8412
Wasps and their ways. N. Y.,
1900 K 8381
Peckham, G. W., and Peckham, E. G.
Wasps, social and solitary. Bos¬
ton, 1905 K18062
BIRDS.
Bailey, (Mrs.) F. A. M. Handbook of
birds of the western United States.
Boston, 1902 K 8816
Baskett, J. N. The story of the birds.
N. Y., 1902 K 8780
Bignell, E. My woodland intimates.
N. Y., 1903 K 8847
Burroughs, J. Wake-robin. N. Y.,
1871 K 3089
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Chapman, F, M. Bird-life, a guide to
the study of our common birds.
N. Y., 1897 K 8452
Color key to North American birds.
N. Y., 1903 K 8788
Handbook of birds of eastern North
America. N. Y., 1895 K 8537
Cheney, S. P. Wood notes wild; nota¬
tions of bird music. Boston,
1892 K 8516
Davie, O. Nests and eggs of North
American birds. Columbus, 1898.K 8522
Doubleday, (Mrs.) N. B. DeG. (Neltje
Blanchan). Bird neighbors. N. Y.,
1897 K 8807
How to attract the birds. N. Y.,
1902 K 8805
Dugmore, A. B. Bird homes. N. Y.,
1900 K 8815
Eckstrom, F. H. The bird book. Bos¬
ton, 1901 K 882c
The woodpeckers. Boston, 1901..K8821
Herrick, F. H. The home life of wild
birds. N. Y., 1901 K 8823
Job, H. K. Among the water-fowl; ob¬
servation, adventure, photography.
N. Y., 1902 K 880S
Wild wings. Boston, 1905 K 8779
Keartoni, R. Our bird friends; a book
for all boys and girls. London,
1900 K 8809
Lange, D. Our native birds; how to pro¬
tect them and attract them to our
homes. N. Y., 1899 K 8812
9
Long, W. J. Fowls of the air. Boston,
1901 K 8316
Mathews, F. S. Field book of wild birds
and their music. N. Y., 1904....K 8784
Miller, (Mrs.) H. M. The first book of
birds. Boston, 1899 K 8813
The second book of birds. Boston,
1901 K 8814
True bird stories. Boston, 1903..K 8836
Pearson, T. G. Stories of bird life. Rich¬
mond, Va., 1901 K 8827
Pycraft, W. P. The story of bird-life.
London, 1900 K 8840
Reed, C. A. North American birds eggs.
N. Y., 1904 K 8783
Ridgway, R. Descriptive catalogue of the
birds of Illinois. (In Illinois Nat¬
ural history survey, 1889-95. 2v.). Doc.
Scott, W. E. D. Bird studies, an account
of the land birds of eastern North
America. N. Y., 1898 *K 8832
Selous, E. Bird watching. London, 1901.
(Haddon Hall library) K 8829
Seton, E. T. Bird portraits. Boston,
1901 V 2588
Torrey, B. Everyday birds. Boston,
1901 K 8866
Walter, H. E. and Walter, A. H. Wild
birds in city parks. Chicago,
1904 K 8838
Weed, C. M. Birds in their relations to
man. Phila., 1903 K 8837
Wheelock, I. G. Nestlings of forest and
marsh. Chicago, 1902 K 8839
10
Witchell, C. A. Cries and call-notes of
Wright, (Mrs.) M. O. Bird craft, a
field book of two hundred song,
game, and water birds. N. Y.,
1895 K 8513
and Coues, E. Citizen bird, scenes
from bird-life. N. Y., 1892 K 8835
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.
Comstock, J. H. How to know the but¬
terflies. N. Y., 1904 K18049
Dickerson, M. C. Moths and butter- ^
flies. Boston, 1901 K18050
Eliot, I. M., and Soule, C. G. Caterpil¬
lars and their moths. N. Y., 1902.K18053
Holland, W. J. The butterfly book.
Scudder, S. H. Brief guide to the com¬
moner butterflies of the northern
United States and Canada. N. Y.,
1893 K 8447
Every-day butterflies. Boston, 1899. K 8423
Frail children of the air. Boston,
1895 K 8449
The life of a butterfly. N. Y., 1893.K 8448
Weed, C. M. Nature biographies, the
lives of some every-day butterflies,
moths, grasshoppers and flies.
wild birds. London, 1899 K 8834
N. Y, 1898
The moth book. N. Y., 1903
K 8433
K18060
N. Y., 1901
K 8432
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FLOWERS AND PLANTS.
Allen, C. G. B. The story of the plants.
N. Y., 1895. (Library of useful
stories) K 9100
Bf.al, W. J. Seed dispersal. Boston,
1898 K 9070
Britton, N. L. Manual of the flora of
the northern states and Canada.
N. Y., 1901 K 8877
Coulter, J. M. Plant relations. N. Y.,
1899 K 9079
Creevey, C- A. Flowers of field, hill, and
swamp. N. Y., 1897 K 9094
Deas, L. Flower favorites; their legends,
symbolism and significance. Lon¬
don, 1898 K 9053
Doubleday, (Mrs.) N. B. DeG. (Neltje
Blanchan). Nature's garden; an
aid to knowledge of our wild
flowers and their insect visitors.
N. Y., 1900 K 9111
Gibson, W. H. Blossom hosts and in¬
sect guests. N. Y., 1901 K 8869
Going, M. Field, forest, and wayside
flowers. N. Y., 1899 K 9095
With the wild flowers. N. Y., 1894.K 9°2&
Hale, G. E. Little flower-people. Bos¬
ton, 1899 K17064
Hulme, F. E. Familiar wild flowers.
London [n. d.] 5v K 8922
Lounsberry, A. A guide to the wild
flowers. N. Y., 1899 K 9097
Lubbock, (Sir) J. Flowers, fruits and
leaves. London, 1886 K 8932
12
MacDougal, D. T. The nature and work
of plants. N. Y., 1900 K 9091
Mathews, F. S. Familiar flowers of field
and garden. N. Y., 1895 K 9047
Field book of American wild flowers.
N. Y., 1902 K 9118
Miller, E., and Whiting, M. C. Wild
flowers of the north-eastern states.
N. Y„ 1895 *V 1837
Oliver, G. W. Plant culture. N. Y.,
1900 K15304
Osterhout, W. J. V. Experiments with
plants. N. Y., 1905 K17069
Parsons, (Mrs.) F. T. D. Flow to know
the ferns. N. Y., 1899 K 9099
How to know the wild flowers. N. Y.,
189s K 8995
Peterson, M. G. How to know wild
fruits; guide to plants when not in
flower. N. Y., 1905 K15355
Pratt, M. L. The fairyland of flowers.
Boston, 1890 K17070
Step, E. The romance of wild flowers.
London, 1899. (Library of natural
history) K 9093
Wait, M. C. (comp.). Among flowers
and trees with the poets. Boston,
1901 E 8959
Waters, C. E. Ferns; a manual for the
northwestern states. N. Y., 1903.K17140
Wright, (Mrs.) M. O. Flowers and
ferns in their haunts. N. Y., 1901.K 8879
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INSECTS.
Badenoch, L. N. Romance of the insect
world. N. Y., 1893 K 8413
True tales of the insects. N. Y.,
1899 K 8414
Brightwen, (Mrs.) E. E. Inmates of
my house and garden. N. Y.,
1895 K 8097
Carpenter, G. H. Insects, their struc¬
ture and life. London, 1899 K 8428
Church, (Mrs.) E. R. M. Flyers and
crawlers; or, Talks about insects.
Phila., 1884 K 8389
Comstock, J. H. Insect life. N. Y.,
1897 K 8409
Cragin, B. S. Our insect friends and
foes; how to collect, preserve and
study them. N. Y., 1899 K 8407
Emerton, J. H. The common spiders of
the United States. Boston, 1902.K18054
Howard, L. O. The insect book. N. Y.,
1901 K 8431
Packard, A. S. Entomology for begin¬
ners. N. Y., 1890 K 8382
Guide to the study of insects. Salem,
1874 K 3164
Our common insects. Boston, 1873.K 3n4
Patterson, A. J. The spinner family.
Chicago, 1903 K18068
Sutherland, H. The book of bugs.
N. Y., 1902 K18074
Ward, J. J. Minute marvels of nature.
N. Y„ 1904 K 9340
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Weed, C. M. The insect world. N. Y.,
1899. (Appleton's home reading
books) K 8418
Life histories of American insects.
N. Y., 1897 K 8429
Wood, J. G. Insects at home. N. Y.,
1872 K 3105
MUSHROOMS.
Atkinson, G. F. Studies of American
fungi. Mushrooms, edible, poison¬
ous, etc. Ithaca, N. Y., 1901 K15365
Cooke, M. C. Edible and poisonous
mushrooms. N. Y., 1894 K 6532
Dallas, E. M., and Burgin, C. A.
Among the mushrooms. Phila.,
1900 K15310
Falconer, W. Mushrooms; how to grow
them. N. Y., 1898 K15368
Gibson, W. H. Our edible toadstools
and mushrooms, and how to dis¬
tinguish them. N. Y., 1895... ,*Ki5367
Marshall, N. L. The mushroom book.
N. Y., 1901 K15307
Palmer, J. A., jr. About mushrooms.
Boston, 1894 K 6832
Taylor, T. Student's hand-book of mush¬
rooms of America. Washington,
1897 K15366
THE SEASHORE.
Arnold, A. F. The sea-beach at ebb-tide.
N. Y., 1901 K 8246
Baker, F. C. Shells of land and water.
Chicago, 1903 K 8603
15
Bullen, F. T. Denizens of the deep.
N. Y., 1904 K 7403
Cooke, M. C. Toilers in the sea. Lon¬
don, 1889 K 8066
Emerton, J. H. Life on the seashore;
or, Animals of our coasts and bays.
Salem, Mass., 1880 K 2836
Hartwig, G. Denizens of the deep. Lon¬
don, 1887 K 7392
Heilprin, A. The animal life of our sea¬
shore, with special reference to the
New Jersey coast and southern
shore of Long Island. Phila.,
1888 K 8590
Ingersoll, E. The book of the ocean.
N. Y„ 1898 K 7382
Whymper, F. The romance of the sea,
its fictions, facts, and folk-lore.
London, 1896 K 7400
Wood, J. G. The common objects of the
sea shore. London, 1857 K 3145
TREES AND SHRUBS.
Apgar, A. C. Trees of the northern
United States. N. Y., 1892 K 8846
Davey, J. The tree doctor. N. Y.,
1904 K15539
Davis, D. L. Ornamental shrubs for gar¬
den, lawn, and park planting.
N. Y., 1899 K 9085
Dyson (Mrs.). The stories of the trees.
London, 1890 K 7082
Going, M. With the trees. N. Y., 1903.K 8867
Gordon, G. The book of shrubs. Lon¬
don, 1903 KI5334,15
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Jarvis, M. R. The tree book. London,
1903 K15S40
Keeler, H. L. Our native trees and how
to identify them. N. Y., 1900... ,K 8850
Our northern shrubs and how to
identify them. N. Y., 1903 K 8851
Lounsberry, A. A guide to the trees.
N. Y., 1900 K 8861
McFarj.and, J. H. Getting acquainted
with the trees. N. Y., 1904 K15544
Mathews, F. S. Familiar trees and their
leaves. N. Y., 1896 K 8868
Newhall, C. S. Shrubs of northeastern
America. N. Y., 1893 K 6858
Trees of northeastern America.
N. Y., 1890 K 7093
Vines of northeastern America.
N. Y., 1897 K 9092
Parkhurst, H. E. Trees, shrubs and
vines of the northeastern United
States. N. Y., 1903 K 8845
Rogers, J. E. Among green trees. Chi¬
cago, 1902 K 8849
Sargent, C. S. Manual of the trees of
North America. Boston, 1905 K15550
Ward, H. M. Trees. Cambridge (Eng.),
1904. (Cambridge biological ser.) .K17072
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