Notes on Game and Game Shooting. By J. J. Manley.
(The Bazaar Office.)—Mr. Manley, it is evident, has a genuine taste for observing the life of animals, though he has not risen to the height of finding no pleasure in killing them. When he speaks of sports, he manifestly speaks of things " quorum pars ipse fuit." Altogether, he has put together a very agreeable and even useful book. He treats in successive chapters of " Grouse," " Partridges," " Pheasants," " Hares," " Rabbits," " Quails," " Woodcocks," " Snipe," and "Rooks." In this last there is a special reference to that curious bird the " Loudon rook." On one point we feel bound to suggest a doubt as to his accuracy. Surely the rooks in Gray's-Inn Gardens have been there for more than " twenty to twenty-fire years !" The present writer has a strong impression that he saw and heard them there constantly nearly as much as forty years ago. The Greek and Latin words need some correction (notd bene, e.g.), the want , of which is a slight disfigurement to a pleasant and well- written book.
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