BRIER-PATCH PHILOSOPHY.
Brier-Patch Philosophy. By William J. Long. Illustrated by Charles Copeland. (Ginn and Co. 6s.)—When Mr. Long is describing the habits of animals, and telling us stories about them, he is interesting and readable; but when he puts his own ideas into the month of a wild rabbit, the result is apt to be a little tedious. This didactic rabbit is very fierce, and bites everything in his way, whether it be a cat bird's- nesting, or the philosophy of Kant. The chapter "On Training up a Cub in the Way He Should Go" is perhaps the best, and the descriptions of the kindergarten principles of teaching shown by mother animals in educating their young are written in a lively way. Mr. Copeland's illustrations are good ; the frontispiece of the angry rabbit is drawn with a delicate touch, and the full-page illustration called "Wandering Alone in the Vast Silence and Mystery of Nature" is attractive, as are also some of the small pictures.
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