"A delightfully readable book, beautifully illustrated and artistically bound; and for prospective travelers, there are instructions of guide-book directness as to 'How to Reach the Missions,' together with a pronouncing glossary of Spanish words and phrases." - Washington Star. "Furnishes a large amount of accurate information in very readable shape. The tourist will find not only a good sketch of the present appearance of each mission, but directions for the best means of visiting it."-San Francisco Chronicle. Order from your bookstore, or send $2.50 for a copy to the publishers Houghton Mifflin Company Santa Fe WHICH EVERY BIRD LOVER BOOKS LMS SHOULD POSSESS MANUALS A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK By RALPH HOFFMAN. "The most helpful bird manual that has yet been published for amateurs who live wit the territory described.”- New York Globe. Fully illustrated. $1.50 net. HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES By FLORENCE MERRIAM BAILEY "For all bird lovers whose home is beyond the Mississippi, or who exper to travel thither, the book is indispensable."- Chicago Interior. Fully illustrated. $3.50 net. BIRDS OF VILLAGE AND FIELD By FLORENCE MERRIAM BAILEY. "We know of no handbook which so completely answers the needs of 19 student." - Boston Transcript. Fully illustrated. $2.00 net. THE LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND By HENRY D. MINOT. "The work is a most valuable one for inciting an interest in nature, and will prove a treasur to many young people."- Boston Advertiser. Illustrated. $3.50 net. STUDY AND OBSERVATION TWO BIRD-LOVERS IN MEXICO By C. WILLIAM BEEBE. "An instructive and useful guide for all prospective voyagers to Mexico."- Besten Tran script. Over 100 illustrations. $3.00 net. WILD WINGS By HERBERT K. JOB. "The book will appeal strongly to American sportsmen and to lovers of nature everywhere" - Philadelphia North American. Illustrated. $3.00 net. METHODS OF ATTRACTING BIRDS By GILBERT H. TRAFTON. "Householders who are anxious to attract native birds to their home-lots and farmers whe are desirous of achieving the same result for the benefit of their crops, may be commended to Mr. Trafton's little book. San Francisco Argonaut. Illustrated. $1.25 net. NOTES ON NEW ENGLAND BIRDS By HENRY D. THOREAU. Arranged and edited by FRANCIS H. ALLEN. "These bird descriptions have the charm which is characteristic of Thoreau . . . put in note form, live and intimate."- Chicago Inter-Ocean. Illustrat $1.75 net. THE BIRD OUR BROTHER By OLIVE THORNE MILLER. "It brims with sympathetic narrative of bird life and bird lore, and will be given warm welcome by all who love these small feathered friends." — Philadelphia Telegraph. $1.25 net. WITH THE BIRDS IN MAINE By OLIVE THORNE MILLER. "The author shows how close has been her communion with the birds by writing = they sing, brightly, clearly, and with here and there a particularly piquant note.” — N. Y. Times. $1.10 net. TRUE BIRD STORIES FROM MY NOTE-BOOKS By OLIVE THORNE MILLER. "Those who love birds must enjoy these leaves from the author's note-book, zic those who do not already love birds will fall in love with them before they are through reading these charming word-o tures." Christian Endeavor World. Illustrated. $1.00 net. FIELD DAYS IN CALIFORNIA By BRADFORD TORREY. Adventures and experiences while bird-gazing in California. “Mr. Torrey loved by beasts, flowers, green fields, the sea, and the mountains, and there are charming references to them included in this book -N. Y. Times. Illustrated. $1.50 net. THE WOODPECKERS By FANNIE HARDY ECKSTORM. "The book is rich in facts gained from observation, and all are most pleasing told."- Chicago Inter-Ocean. Illustrated. $1.00 net. BIRDS IN THE BUSH ESSAYS AND POEMS By BRADFORD TORREY. "This is one of the most charming of books. Wherever it is opened it is found to be teresting."- Cleveland Leader. $1.15 net. THE CLERK OF THE WOODS By BRADFORD TORREY. "A thoroughly delightful book, neither too scientific nor too imaginative."— Brooklys Eagle. $1.15 net. BIRD AND BOUGH By JOHN BURROUGHS. "Every poem in this book is full to overflowing with a warm, eager sympathy with Nature her birds, her changing seasons, and her thousand and one other delights of field, forest and fell."- Boston Trans $1.00 net. BOSTON HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY NEW YORK 1 ECONOMIC PRIZES TWELFTH YEAR In order to arouse an interest in the study of topics relating to commerce and industry, and to stimulate those who have a college training to consider the problems of a business career, a committee composed of Professor J. Laurence Laughlin, University of Chicago, Chairman Professor J. B. Clark, Columbia University Professor Henry C. Adams, University of Michigan Horace White, Esq., New York City, and Professor Edwin F. Gay, Harvard University has been enabled, through the generosity of Messrs. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, of Chicago, to offer in 1916 four prizes for the best studies in the economic field. In addition to the subjects printed below, a list of available subjects proposed in past years may be had on request. Attention is expressly called to the rule that a competitor is not confined to topics proposed in the announcements of this committee, but any other subject chosen must first be approved by it. 1: The Effect of the European War on the Future Rate of Interest. 2. The Relations of Credit and Exchange between the United States and South American Countries. 3. The Economic Effects of the Entrance of Japan upon the Chinese Mainland. 4. A Critical Study of the Appropriations for Rivers and Harbors of the United States, 1895-1915. 5. A Critical Examination of the Recent Fiscal Policy of the United States, 1913-15. 6. The Needs and Future of American Shipping. Class B includes only those who, at the time the papers are sent in, are undergraduates of any American college. Class A includes any other Americans without restriction; the possession of a degree is not required of any contestant in this class, nor is any age limit set. A First Prize of One Thousand Dollars, and are offered to contestants in Class A. A First Prize of Three Hundred Dollars, and are offered to contestants in Class B. The committee reserves to itself the right to award the two prizes of $1,000 and $500 of Class A to undergraduates in Class B, if the merits of the papers demand it. The committee also reserves the privilege of dividing the prizes offered, if justice can be best obtained thereby. The winner of a prize shall not receive the amount designated until he has prepared his manuscript for the printer to the satisfaction of the committee. The ownership of the copyright of successful studies will vest in the donors, and it is expected that, without precluding the use of these papers as theses for higher degrees, they will cause them to be issued in some perma nent form. Competitors are advised that the studies should be thorough, expressed in good English, and although not limited as to length, they should not be needlessly expanded. They should be inscribed with an assumed name, the class in which they are presented, and accompanied by a sealed envelope giving the real name and address of the competitor. No paper is eligible which shall have been printed or published in a form to disclose the identity of the author before the award shall have been made. If the competitor is in CLASS B, the sealed envelope should contain the name of the institution in which he is studying. The papers should be sent on or before June 1, 1916, to J. Laurence Laughlin, Esq. The University of Chicago |