WHOSE HOME IS THE WILDERNESS.
Whose Home is the Wilderness. By William J. Long. Illus- trated by Charles Copeland. (Ginn and Co. 5s. net.)—A new volume of studies of animal life from the pen of Mr. Long- needs no introduction. Those who have read the "School of the Woods" or "Northern Trails" will know exactly what to expect, and they will not be disappointed, for though Mr. Long is a prolific writer, his standard of excellence has not fallen off. There is no one who describes the wild life in the backwoods of North America with more knowledge and charm. Mr. Lang can lie concealed to watch the doings of • Atooween,' the bear, and describe them so that the whole picture rises before the reader's eyes. lathe chapter called "Queer Hunting" he tells how once while swimming in a lake he came round a corner face to face with a doe and two fawns feeding along the edge, and how he watched and puzzled them by his movements in the water. Other papers deal with wolves, wild geese, and trout. "Good Fishing" tells us of some observations on the habits of Canadian lake trout ; and in "Wild Folk One by One" Mr. Long points out how beasts. andbirds of the same species differ in character from one another. It is all, as one feels, very truly observed and described from actual experience. Mr. Copeland's pretty little sketches of* animals as usual decorate all the margins of the pages.
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