This story of Laperouse’s work as an explorer and his close association with Australia is a most important contribution to our history.  The illustrations are from authentic sources and very interesting.

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A POPULAR GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

By FLORENCE SULMAN.  Vol.  I., with 51 full-page illustrations.  Cloth, 3s. 6d.  Vol.  II., with 72 full-page illustrations.  Cloth, 6s. (postage 2d. each.)

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:  “This book can be taken into the bush, and by its aid practically any flower identified without previous knowledge of botany.  It is a book that has been badly needed.”

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SOME FAMILIAR AUSTRALIAN WILD FLOWERS.

Photographed by Mrs. A.E.  SULMAN.  Paper cover, 2s. (postage 1d.)

AUSTRALIAN WILD FLOWERS:  Second Series.

Photographed by Mrs. A.E.  SULMAN.  Paper cover, 2s. (postage 1d.)

These are the best representation by photography of Australian wild flowers, and are particularly suitable for sending to friends abroad.

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THE PLANTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES:  An Analytical Key to the Flowering Plants (except Grasses and Rushes) and Ferns of the State, with a list of native plants discovered since 1893.

By W.A.  DIXON, F.I.C., F.C.S.  With Glossary and 49 diagrams.  Cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. (postage 2d.)

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A BUSH CALENDAR.

By AMY ELEANOR MACK.  Third edition, revised, with 42 photographs of birds, flowers, bush scenes, etc.  Cloth, 3s. 6d. (postage 1d.)

LITERARY WORLD:  “A pleasant little book....  There is much to interest those who have no personal knowledge of the antipodes ... and to those who know the country, the vivid descriptions will bring back many happy recollections.”

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BUSH DAYS.

By AMY ELEANOR MACK.  With 39 photographs.  Cloth (uniform with “A Bush
Calendar"), 3s. 6d. (postage 1d.)

T.P.’s WEEKLY (London):  “A delightful book of descriptive studies in nature.”

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF AUSTRALIA:

A Monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera.

By G.A.  Waterhouse, B.Sc., B.E., F.E.S., and G. Lyell, F.E.S.  With 4 coloured and 39 uncoloured full-page plates, and numerous figures in the text.  Demy 4to., cloth gilt, 42s. (postage 6d.)

Nature (London) says:  “The study of the butterflies of Australia is certain to be greatly advanced by the appearance of this admirable work, containing 43 excellent quarto plates, of which 4 are coloured.  In addition to this abundant and most necessary illustration in plates, the reader is provided with numbers of text-figures as well as a valuable map-index of localities....  A concluding section, with ‘Notes on Collecting and Collections,’ complete the work by rendering it a sufficient guide to the beginner.  The keen Australian naturalist is now provided with a foundation upon which to build.”