BOOKS ON GARDEN FIELD AND WOOD
How to Know the Ferns
By FRANCES THEODORA PARSONS
Written in the same fresh entertaining way, and with the same care and authority, that made invaluable to nature lovers her work on "How to Know the Wild Flowers."
"Since the publication, six years ago, of 'How to Know the Wild Flowers,'" says the writer, "I have received such convincing testimony of the eagerness of nature lovers of all ages and conditions to familiarize themselves with the inhabitants of our woods and fields, and so many assurances of the joy which such a familiarity affords, that I have prepared this companion volume on 'How to Know the Ferns.'"
"The charm of this book is pervading and enduring as is the charm of nature."—New York Times.
"This is a notably thorough little volume. The text is not voluminous, and even with its many full-page illustrations the book is small; but brevity, as we are glad to see so many writers on nature learning, is the first of virtues in this field. . . . The author of 'How to Know the Ferns' has mastered her subject, and she treats of it with authority."—New York Tribune.
