The late Mr. H. J. Elwes who was, as befits
a President of the Arboricultural Society, the joint author of The Trees of Great Britain (still the most important work on the subject), was also President of the Ornithological Union and of the' Entcimological Society, and an F.R.S. to boot. The book of so distinguished a nitturalist--z=Memoiis of Travel, Sport and Natural History (Bemis:21s.), 'edited by' Mr. E. G. Harilrewill, therefore, be one to which all lovers of natural history will eagerly turn. Blessed with ample private means in addition to exact scientific knowledge and enthusiasm, Mr. Elwes was able to carry his tastes far afield—to the jungles of Nepal, Malaya and Formosa, to the high plateau of Central Asia, to the peculiar conditions which make the fauna and flora of Chile so interesting, and to sport in the Austrian Alps, which he preferred to any that could be fur- nished by the best forest in Scotland. A big book and a full book, which touches every continent in the world save Australia and the Polar regions—there is something in it for everyone who loves trees, beasts, birds and flowers.
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