. Little Saint Elizabeth and other stories / by Frsnces Hodgson Burnett ; illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. SCR/BNERS BOOKS FO% THE YOUNG. Little People-. And Their Homes in Meadows, IVoods and Waters. BY STELLA LOUISE HOOK. 1% BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTEATED BY DAN BEARD ANDHARRY One Aolume, square 8vo, $ HE boy or girl who reads this book will be astonished at theamount of curious and entertaining information which it con-tains about little insects, some of whose ways are familiar toall. The author is an ardent lover of nature, and writes withaffectionate fondness and with a charmingly
. Little Saint Elizabeth and other stories / by Frsnces Hodgson Burnett ; illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. SCR/BNERS BOOKS FO% THE YOUNG. Little People-. And Their Homes in Meadows, IVoods and Waters. BY STELLA LOUISE HOOK. 1% BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTEATED BY DAN BEARD ANDHARRY One Aolume, square 8vo, $ HE boy or girl who reads this book will be astonished at theamount of curious and entertaining information which it con-tains about little insects, some of whose ways are familiar toall. The author is an ardent lover of nature, and writes withaffectionate fondness and with a charmingly simple and winningstyle of these tiny denizens of the field and water. She dwells,in a way that will fascinate every young reader, on the manner ofdevelopment, habits, mode of life and appearance of animated mites,describing, in words that any child can understand, the wonderful trans-formations through which many of them pass and the strange and busylives that they lead. It is a book that takes the young reader into averitable fairy-land; and the authors daintiness of touchenables her to maintain the pleasing illusion and to hold theunflagging attention of her young readers.
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