National Geographic : 1936 Aug
8 Fascinating Nature Books with Full-Color Illustrations 1. "Our Insect Friends and Foes and Spiders" More than 500 insects and spiders in natural colors; 161 monochrome illustrations; nine chapters of authentic stories about the life and habits of bees, ants, beetles, bugs, flies, butterflies, moths.and spiders; 252 pages,64 in full color. "With out question the finest popular work on insects . .. " Tan Cloth binding. $2.50 © Lee Passmore Superb Studies Your family and friends will enjoy one or more of these color-illustrated Na ture books, published by the National Geo graphic Society as a contribution to its purpose: the increase and diffusion of geo graphic knowledge. See also the adver tisement on preced ing page, describing the two-volume, 950-page work by George Shiras, 3 d "Hunting Wild Life with Camera and Flashlight," beau tifully illustrated with 950 remark able photographs. 2. Book of Birds By Henry W. Henshaw; full-color por traits of 331 birds by the naturalist artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes. with bird "biographies" and 12 bird migration maps, are contained in this 252-page volume. It offers fascinating reading to lovers of bird life. Orange Cloth binding ........... $2.00 3. Book of Wild Flowers Revealing intricate mysteries of plant life and containing paintings of 250 flowers and plants in exact color, it enables even a child to understand plant life and to identify leading varieties: 243 pages. Forest Green Cloth binding ........ $3.00 4. Book of Fishes Illustrated with full-color portraits of 92 fishes in underwater action and 134 engravings. 243 pages. Dark Green Cloth binding....... $2.00 5. Book of Doss Full-color portraits of 102 dogs byLouis Agassiz Fuertes and Hashime Mura yama, with biographies; 109 pages. Brown Cloth binding. $1.00 6. Horses of the World Twenty-four full-page illustrations in color and 72 black-white engravings with descriptive narrative; 118 pages. Molloy-made binding. $1.50 7. Cattle of the World By Dr. Alvin Howard Sanders. Twenty full-color paintings of wild types and modern breeds by Edward Herbert Miner: 142 pages. Molloy made binding ............. $1.50 8. Wild Animals of North America Illustrated with 127 full-color portraits by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Also track sketches: 254 pages. Mul berry Cloth binding ........ $.00 Each of these eight Nature books is Royal Octavo (7x10 in.) . Complete set of eight in Mulberry Cloth binding, $15.50 . Prices are postpaid in U. S . and its Possessions; elsewhere, 25 cents additional per item for postage and packing. National Geographic Society, Dept. JJ, Washington, D. PRESS OF JUDD & OETWEILER,INC. WASHINGTON, O. C.