Show J ABOUT THE SPIDERS The Spinner Family By Alice Jean Patterson With frontispiece In color arid many drawings In the let by Bruce Ilorefall Published by A C McClurg Co Chicago Those who care to rund a right good work In natural history will be pleased with this book Jt docs nol protend to be In the high science class but 11 In I accurate accu-rate and sufficiently learned 1 for all needs except the I mosl strict II is prepared from original Investigations I by tho author au-thor and It hus been n pleasant task l for her ns a lover of nature to put hernotes together which she has done In simple and clear l style The anatomy of the upl ers is carefully given their means of establishing relations with their surroundings surround-ings their webmaking their nests thc different varieties of spIders and their I habllB their propagation their I organic functions their I living organisms their I winter rellrement and many curious things I about them Including how they catch their prey The Illuslnillomi number num-ber sixty all well drawn and well adapted to help out the descriptions of the text It Is a book of real value and the auliior l deserves tine thanks of the public i for doIng do-Ing her work so well |