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The books in a zoölogical library may be roughly divided into three groups:—

1 Reference books.Advanced textbooks.Elementary textbooks.Natural histories.Books for classifying or naming animals.

2 Descriptive books.Life histories and habits of animals. Adventures with animals—popular accounts of animals seen on walks and travels.

3 Economic zoölogy.Books on harmful animals and methods of destroying them.Books on useful nondomesticated animals and their products.Books on domestic animals.Books of a general nature not included in the above.

Examine as many of the books in your library as you can and record for each one in your notebook:—

1 Title of the book; author's name; publisher; date of publication.

2 The kind of book as classified above.

3 What it includes or what animals or topics are covered by the book.

4 Whether the style is popular or technical, i.e. whether it is easy for you to read.

5 The general character of its illustrations and whether they appear to be especially helpful.

6 Comments on the value or interest of the book as it appears to you.

7 Select a book which interests you, for future reading.