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British Country Life In Spring And Summer. Edited By Edward

Thomas. With Coloured Illustrations. (Hodder and Stoughton. 8s. 6d. net.)—This is an entirely novel book about the open-air world, and is made up of a collection of forty-six......

Birds Of Great Britain And Ireland (order Passeres)....

2 vols. By Arthur G. Butler, M.B.O.U., Ph.D., F.L.S., &a. Illustrated by H. Gronwald and F. W. Frohawk. Vol. I. (Caxton Publishing Company. £4 4s. per vol.)—When the second......

Wild Life Stories. By S. L. Bensusan. With 8 Illustrations

by R. H. Buxton. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—Wild Life Stories depicts in a series of prettily written tales the lives and adventures of various British mammals and birds. But Mr.......

Popular Natural History.

The Haunters of the Silences. By Charles G. D. Roberts. With many Illustrations and Decorations by Charles Livingston Bull. (Duckworth and Co. 6s. net.)—It is hardly necessary......

The Letters Of Samuel Reynolds Hole.

The Letters of Samuel Reynolds Hole. Edited by George A. B. Dewar. (G. Allen and Sons. 15s. net.)-This book is, we must own, something of a disappointment. We see, indeed, Dean......

Some Nature Biographies. By John J. Ward. With Upwards Of

200 Illustrations reproduced from Photographs and Photo- micrographs taken by the Author. (John Lane. 5s. net.)— Among recent books that can be recommended to the amateur......

The Story Of Insect Life. By W. Percival Westell, F.l.s.,

M.B.O.U. With 138 Illustrations from Photographs and 8 Coloured Plates. (Robert Culloy. 5s. net.)—There is a great deal that is excellent in The Story of Insect Life, but Mr.......