' ' 'vi^^'U*^.''' I'-v-w - toflPiit^j; ')'!'^:i'' ;'l';:^''^>v'• 'f\mmw:{^ III ill:!!,; C:?!;::^; Mother Nature's Toy-Shop Mother Nature's Toy-Shop By UNA BEARD AND ADELIA BEARD B. With Many Illustrations by the Authors Charles Scribner's Sons New York Chicago Boston Copyright, 19i8, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS SPECIAL NOTICE Allthe materialinthisbook,bothtextandcuts,is originalwith the authorsandinventedbythem; andwarningisherebygiventhatthe unauthorized printing of any portion of the text and the reproduc- tionof anyof theillustrationsor diagramsare expressly forbidden. MAY 29 1918