BY THE REV. J. G. WOOD, M.A. F.L.S.

On Friday, January 1, 1864, will be published PART I. in 8vo. price 18. sewed; to be continued Monthly, and completed in Twenty Parts, price One Shilling each,

HOMES WITHOUT HANDS:

Being an Account of the Habitations constructed by various Animals, classed according to their Principles of Construction.

By the Rev. J. G. WOOD, M.A. F.L.S.

Author of The Illustrated Natural History,' &c.

With very numerous ILLUSTRATIONS engraved on Wood by G. PEARSON, from Original Drawings made by F. W. KEYL and E. A. SMITH under the Author's superintendence expressly for this work.

The Work will begin with the BURROWERS, of which the following examples are

The PENSILE NESTS will come next in order, and will be followed by the SOCIAL, the ERECTED, the TERRESTRIAL, the AERIAL (or BRANCH NESTS), the SUBAQUATIC, and the MISCELLANEOUS NESTS.

The whole of the ILLUSTRATIONS are being drawn expressly for the work, and will present characteristic episodes in the life of each ANIMAL. The subjects have all been suggested by the Author, and the Drawings are submitted to his inspection before they are engraved. Figures of all the most remarkable examples will be given; and in every instance the ARCHITECT will be drawn together with its HABITATION, and will in most cases be represented as engaged in some occupation which identifies its species and mode of workmanship.

London: LONGMAN, GREEN, and CO. Paternoster Row.