Index
A Ablak, 197 Accentor modularis, 231 Accipiter nisus, 39 Acridotheres fuscus, 190 — tristis, 41, 76, 171, 198 Actions of animals, interpretation of, 68-71 Adam, Mr. R. M., 20 Adaptability to climate of birds, 241 Adjutant, 5, 6 Æsalon regulus, 42 Aitken, Mr. Benjamin, 36, 48 Alphéraky, 151 Alseonax latirostris, 179 Amadavat, 97 Ammomanes, 203 — phœnicura, 207 Anas anser, 150 Anderson, Mr. A., 140, 141, 159, 207, 223 Anser cinereus, 150 — ferus, 150 — rubirostris, 151 Arachnechthra asiatica, 176 — lotenia, 175 Ardeola grayii, 111 Argya caudata, 69 — malcomi, 227, 229, 231 Arnold, Sir Edwin, 220 Astur badius, 42 — palabarius, 38 Athene brama, 73, 209
B Babbler, 14, 117, 190, 220-6 —, brotherhoods, 220-6 —, common, 69, 70, 214-9 —, large grey, 227-32 —, mad, 227-32 —, yellow-eyed, 176, 233-6 Baker, Mr. E. C. Stuart, 119 Ball, Mr., 142 Bank myna, 210 Barbet, 116 Barrington, 246 Bates, 183 Bateson, 123 Baynes, Mr. E. H., 245, 246 Bee-eater, little green, 4, 33, 51-5, 184, 254 Bennet, 98 Bhairi, 41 Bhimraj, 8, 126, 129 Bird of the open plain, 202-7 Birds and Man, 146, 239 Bird Watching, 71 Blackbird, 33 Blackwall, Mr. John, 247 Blanford, Dr., 8, 10, 14, 26, 84, 85, 95, 156 Bligh, 135 “Blue jay,” 4, 75, 171 Bombax malabaricum, 208 Bombay Ducks, 133 Brachypternus aurantius, 74 Brahminy duck, 149, 150, 153 — myna, 16 Brain-fever bird, 223 Bubulcus coromandus, 189 Bulbul, 212, 248, 249, 253 —, green, 116-20 Burroughs, John, 4, 46 Butastur teesa, 32-6 Butcher bird, 34, 45-50 Butler, 143 Butler, Colonel, 20, 113 Buzzard, 47 —, white-eyed, 32-6
C Canary, 249, 250, 251 Casarca rutila, 149 Casque, 5 Cement of bird masons, 171-7 Centropus intermedius, 14 — maximus, 14 — phasianus, 11 — rufipennis, 14, 111 — sinensis, 10 Cercomela fusca, 16 — melanura, 18 Chaffinch, 247 Chat, brown rock-, 16-20 Chelidon urbica, 173 Chilian wigeon, 109 Chinkara, 42 Chloropsis, 117, 118, 120 — Jerdoni, 118 —, Jerdon’s, 118 —, Malabar, 118 — malabarica, 118 Cholum bird, 192 Clare, 24 Climate, adaptability of birds to, 241 Clubs, bird, 223 Cobra, 89-93 Cobweb, 174-7 Coccystis jacobinus, 231 Colouration, protective, 121, 142 —, warning, 79, 204 Coot, 78-83 —, purple, 84-8 Coppersmith, 74, 212, 213 Copsychus saularis, 253 Coracias indica, 75, 171 Corby, 211, 212, 242 Cormorant, 40, 121, 125 Corporate action, 195 Corvus macrorhynchus, 211, 230, 242 — splendens, 4, 118, 211, 228, 242 Cotile riparia, 237 — sinensis, 237, 241, 254 Cotton tree, birds in the, 208-13 Coucal, 10, 11, 12, 13, 91 —, Southern Chinese, 13 Cow-bird, 9 Cowper, 23, 106 Crab, 113 Crane, 144, 167 Crateropus canorus, 215, 221, 253 Crocodile, 94 Crotalaria juncea, 141 Crow, 14, 24, 25, 26, 41, 42, 64, 65, 107, 112, 136, 165, 168, 169, 171, 189, 211, 212, 228, 230, 242, 255 Crow-pheasant, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 91, 111 Cuckoo, 9-15, 161, 171 —, lark-heeled, 10 —, pied crested, 231, 232 — -shrike, 190 —, sirkeer, 14 Culicapa ceylonensis, 179 Cunningham, Colonel, 10, 26, 92, 197, 200, 222 Cygnus olor, 99-103 Cyornis superciliaris, 181 Cyornis tickelli, 181
D Darwin, 131, 157, 158, 183 Dendrocitta rufa, 211, 231 Devil bird, 164 De Vries, 122 Dhouli, 128 Dichoceros bicornis, 5 Dicrurus ater, 126, 172, 189, 200, 228, 253 — cærulescens, 127, 128 — leucopygialis, 127, 128 Diodorus Siculus, 98 Dirt bird, 220 Dissemurus paradiseus, 126 Donald, Mr. C. H., 34, 35 Dove, 33, 171 —, little brown, 200 —, red turtle, 16 Drongo, large racket-tailed, 126 —, melodious, 126-31 —, white-bellied, 126-31 —, white-vented, 126-31
E Eagle, 32, 45, 46, 47 Ear of owl, 61 Education of birds, 243-52 Egret, 189 “Eha,” 11, 78, 117, 212, 217 Epeira diadema, 175 Evans, Mr., 58 Eyes of owl, 58-60 Eyesight of birds, 239
F Falcon, 33, 42, 45 Falcon, peregrine, 41, 42 Falconry, 37-44 Falco peregrinus, 41 Farash, at the sign of the, 72-7 Fayrer, Captain, 133 Finch-lark, 202-7 —, ashy-crowned, 202-7 —, rufous-tailed, 207 Finn, Mr. Frank, 13, 14, 26, 80, 85, 119, 142, 167, 198 Fly-catcher, 45, 46, 185, 237 —, black and orange, 181 —, brown, 179 —, European red-breasted, 180 —, fan-tailed, 8, 174, 179, 182 —, grey-headed, 179 —, Indian, 178-83 — —, red-breasted, 180 —, Nilgiri blue, 181 —, paradise, 179, 181, 182 —, Tickell’s blue, 181 —, verditer, 181 —, white-browed blue, 181 Fowler, Mr. Warde, 28 Franklinia buchanani, 174
G Gamecocks, 163 Garden and Aviary Birds of India, 119 Gazella bennetti, 42 Gecko, 186 Glead, 24, 27 Golabi maina, 192 Goldfinch, 33 Goose, 143-53 —, barred-headed, 151, 153 —, grey lag, 150, 151 Goshawk, 38, 40, 41 Grackle, 65 Green birds, 116 Green bulbul, 116-20 — pigeon, 116 Grus antigone, 144 Gull, 104-9, 113
H Handbook on the Management of Animals in Captivity, 98 Hatchell, Mr. D. G., 135 Hawk, 33, 34, 37, 45 —, dark-eyed, 38 —, long-winged, 38 —, short-winged, 38 —, yellow-eyed, 38 — -cuckoo, 221, 223 — -eagle, 42 Hawking, 37-44 Hedge-sparrow, 231 Henderson, Dr., 135 Herbert, 143 Heron, 166, 167, 171 —, night, 165-70 Herpestes griseus, 96 — ichneumon, 98 — mungo, 96 Hierococcyx varius, 221, 223 Hirundo rustica, 173 — smithii, 173 Hodgson, 216 Honeysucker, Loten’s, 175 Hooper swan, 103 Hoopoe, 43, 76, 241, 253 Hoplopterus ventralis, 111 Hornbill, great, 5, 6, 174 Hôtel des Oiseaux, 73, 77 How to Know the Indian Waders, 167 Hudson, Mr. W. H., 3, 119, 146, 239 Hume, 12, 13, 19, 87, 136, 159, 174, 206, 207, 223, 236 Hurdis, 22, 23 Hutton, 139 Hydrochelidon hybrida, 112
I Ichneumon, 94 Injury-feigning instinct, 70-1 Insect hunters, 184-91 Instinct, nest-building, 249-50
J Javan peafowl, 154 Jefferies, Richard, 209 Jerdon, 13, 16, 26, 84, 96, 117, 128, 134, 135, 154, 198, 203, 229, 230, 234, 235 Jesse, 17 Johnston, Sir H., 117 Jowaree bird, 192, 195
K King crow, 4, 25, 33, 126-31, 184, 189, 190, 228, 253 Kingfisher, white-breasted, 4 Kingsley, Charles, 7 Kipling, Lockwood, 6 Kite, 21-7, 105, 106, 254 Kites of the sea, 104-9
L Lanius erythronotus, 48-50 — lahtora, 48, 50 — vittatus, 50 Larders, shrikes’, 49 Lark, 33 Legge, 87, 127, 129, 130, 138 Leptoptilus dubius, 5 Lilford, Lord, 109 Linnæus, 216 Linnet, 33 Livy, 143 Lizard, 186-8 Long, Mr. W. J., 243, 246, 248 Loten’s honeysucker, 175 Love-bird, grey-headed, 251, 252
M Macaulay, 24 Madar plant, 141 Magpie-robin, 8, 253 Martin, Indian Sand-, 237-42 McMaster, 96, 97 Mellivora indica, 205 Merlin, 42, 43 Merops viridis, 51-5, 254 Michelet, 46, 47, 246, 249, 256, 257 Milvus govinda, 21 Mimicry, 11, 183 Minivet, 190 Motacilla alba, 31 — borealis, 31 — impersonata, 31 — maderaspatensis, 29 — melanope, 31 Muller, 183 Multiplication, checks on, 131 Mungoose, 94-8 Myna, 41, 64, 76, 184, 189, 198, 200, 254 — bank, 190, 210 — Brahminy, 16, 210 — hill, 65
N Naia haje, 91 — tripudians, 89, 91 Natural selection, 11, 59, 71, 79-82, 93, 122, 131, 163, 181, 205 Naurang, 133 Neophron ginginianus, 5 — percnopterus, 22 Nicholson, 90 Night heron, 165-70 Nuni-budi-gadu, 164 Nuthatch, chestnut-bellied, 173, 190 Nycticorax griseus, 165
O Oates, 8, 16, 17, 117, 127, 234 Ochromela nigrirufa, 181 Œnopopelia tranquebarica, 16 Oriole, 172 Oriolus kundoo, 172 “Ornament of the Forest,” 118 Ornithological and other Oddities, 13 Orthotomus sutorius, 7, 16, 176, 253 Ospreys, American, 245, 246 Owen, Miss J. A., 80 Owlet, spotted, 73, 74, 75, 209 Owls, 36-61, 130
P Paddy bird, 111 Palæornis torquatus, 73, 74 Parker, Mr. H., 87 Parrot, green, 73, 74 Partridge, 70 Pastor roseus, 192-6, 209 Pavo cristatus, 154 — muticus, 154 Peacock, 4, 40, 41, 154-9 Perreau, Captain, 251 Pettifoggers, ornithological, 216 Phalacocorax carbo, 122, 123 — fuscicollis, 123 — javanicus, 123 Pharaoh’s chicken, 22 — rat, 98 Pharoe’s mouse, 98 Pheasant, Griff’s, 10 —, monal, 4 Pitta, the Indian, 132, 136 — brachyura, 132 Pliny, 94, 143 Ploceus baya, 7, 172 Plover, 171 —, spur-winged, 111 Polecat, 256 Porphyrio, the beautiful, 84-8 — poliocephalus, 85 — veterum, 86 Poulton, Professor, 92 Prinia inornata, 7, 172 Priority, rule, 216 Protective colouration, 121, 142 Pugnacity, 142 Pyctorhis nasalis, 234 — sinensis, 176, 234 Pyrrhulauda grisea, 202-7
Q Quail, 39
R Rat-bird, 69 Ratel, Indian, 205 Redbreast, 247 Redstart, Indian, 160-4 Rhamnus, 139 Rhipidura albifrontata, 174 Rynchope albicollis, 112 Robin, 46, 47 Robin, Indian, 204 Robinson, Kay, 101 —, Phil, 3, 33, 57, 143 Roller, 33, 75, 171 Rook, 107, 108 Roosting of bee-eaters, 51-5
S Salvadori, 150 Sand-martin, 237, 254 — —, Indian, 237-42 Sandpiper, common, 111, 114 Sanyal, Babu R. P., 98 Sath Bhai, 220, 228, 233 Scavengers, bird, 104, 105 — -in-waiting, 21-7 Sciurus palmarum, 62-7, 73 Screech owl, 256 Seagull, 104-9 Selection, natural, 11, 59, 71, 79-82, 93, 122, 131, 163, 181, 205 Selection, sexual, 157, 158, 163 Selous, Edmund, 71, 195, 196, 209 Selous, F. C., 60 “Seven Sisters,” 15, 117, 220, 233 Sexual dimorphism, 182 — selection, 157, 158, 163 Shama, 8 Shikra, 42, 97, 230, 248, 249 Shrike, 34, 45-50 —, bay-backed, 49, 50 —, Indian grey, 48-50 —, rufous-backed, 48-50 Siphia hyperythra, 180 — parva, 180 Sirkeer cuckoo, 14 Sitta castaneiventris, 173 Skimmer, Indian, 112 Skunk, 204, 205 Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances, 10 Songbirds, 7 Songs of Birds, The, 58 “Son of the marshes,” 108 Sparrow, 255 — of Scripture, 18 — -hawk, 39, 40, 41, 218 Spectacle bird, 138 Speculum Mundi, 103 Spider, common garden, 175 Spizætus nepalensis, 42 Squirrel, Indian striped, 62, 67, 73, 212, 228 Stag beetle, 186 Starling, 8, 9 —, pied, 197-201 —, rosy, 192-6, 209 Sterna bergii, 113 — melanogaster, 112 — seena, 112 Sterndale, 95 Sturnopastor contra, 197, 201 — superciliaris, 199 Stolzman, 158 Stoparola albicaudata, 181 — melanops, 181 Stork, 166 Struggle for existence, 81 Sunbird, 4, 8, 175 Sunset, birds at, 253-7 Swadeshi bird, 154-9 Swallow, 45, 173 —, wire-tailed, 173 Swamp-hen, 84 Swan, 99-103 Swan, black, 103 —, mute, 99-102 Swift, 45, 173, 184, 190, 254
T Taccocua leschenaulti, 14 Tailor bird, 7, 16, 176 Tamarix articulata, 72 Teesa, the, 32-6 Terpsiphone, 179 Tern, 110-15 —, black-bellied, 112 —, Indian river, 112 —, large crested, 113 —, whiskered, 112 Terry, Captain H., 124 Thamnobia cambaiensis, 204 Thayer, Mr., 204 The Evening Telegraph, 107 The Irish Naturalist, 109 The Yorkshire Gazette, 145 Thir-thira, 164 Thompson, Mr. Seton, 121 Thrush, 33, 230 —, laughing, 190 Thurston, Mr. Edgar, 85 Tickell, 128 Tillyer, 192 Temenuchus pagodarum, 16 Tit, 190, 238 Toad, 185, 186 Topsell, 94 Totanus hypoleucus, 111 Tower Menagerie, 98 Tree-creeper, 190 Tree-pie, Indian, 211, 231 Tristram, Canon, 86 Turtur cambayensis, 200
U Ugly ducklings, 214-19 Upupa indica, 76
V Verditer flycatcher, 181, 182 Verri chinda, 227 Vulture, 105, 254 —, scavenger, 5
W Wagtail, 241 —, grey, 31 —, grey-headed, 31 —, masked, 31 —, pied, 29, 30 —, white, 31 Wagtails, Indian, 28-31 Wallace, 84, 158, 183 Wallaceism, 81 Warbler, 239 Warning colouration, 79, 204 Watson, Mr. H. E., 102 Weaver-bird, 7, 172 White ants, 188 White-browed fantail flycatcher, 174 White-eye, Indian, 8, 137-42, 176, 190, 238 Williams, Mr. W. J., 109 Woodpecker, 190 Wren-warbler, 7, 172 —, rufous-fronted, 174
X Xantholæma hæmatocephala, 74
Y Yellowhammer, 33 Yellow Ribbon Army, 218
Z Zosterops palpebrosa, 137-42, 176
The Making of Species
BY DOUGLAS DEWAR, B.A., (Cantab.), I.C.S., F.Z.S., AND FRANK FINN, B.A., (Oxon.), F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
PRESS OPINIONS
Christian World.—“In an interesting preface, Messrs. Dewar and Finn enlighten us as to the origin of their work.”
Daily Chronicle.—“There is a breezy, refreshing air about the book.”
Birmingham Post.—“Messrs. Dewar’s and Finn’s volume shows the value of such first-hand experience.”
Literary World.—“The book is certainly to be welcomed for the concise way in which it deals with the greatest problem of biology.”
Outlook.—“‘The Making of Species’ is a book of knowledge and originality. Messrs. Dewar and Finn are capable investigators. This work is thoroughly characteristic of our day. A long volume full of interest and very clearly written.”
New Age.—“The book is handsomely got up and fully illustrated.”
Aberdeen Free Press.—“The book is well written. We do not doubt that the work will produce good fruit and attract considerable attention.”
Dublin Daily Express.—“The merits of the book are undoubtedly great. We recommend it to the attentive study of all who are interested in the subject of evolution.”
Manchester Courier.—“The amateur entering this perplexing field could hardly have a better guide. The illustrations are confined to birds, but are admirably executed.”
Nation.—“An exceptionally interesting book. We gladly welcome the literary advent of two such able and independent Naturalists as Messrs. Dewar and Finn.”
Daily News.—“‘The Making of Species’ will be read with a good deal of pleasure and interest. There are many striking photographs.”
T. P.’s Weekly.—“Messrs. Dewar and Finn have accumulated some very singular and striking facts in their ‘Making of Species.’”
Newcastle Daily Chronicle.—“The authors have stated their facts in a plain and common-sense fashion.”
Truth.—“‘The Making of Species’ will do much to arrest the fossilisation of biological science in England.”
Sunday Times.—“This handsome volume.”
Daily Telegraph.—“Interesting and suggestive. It should receive wide attention.”
Bombay Ducks
AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE EVERYDAY BIRDS & BEASTS FOUND IN A NATURALIST’S EL DORADO
By DOUGLAS DEWAR, F.Z.S., I.C.S.
With Numerous Illustrations from Photographs of Living Birds
By Captain F. D. S. FAYRER, I.M.S.
PRESS OPINIONS.
Spectator.—“Mr. Douglas Dewar’s book is excellent.... A feature of the book is the photographs of birds by Captain Fayrer. They are most remarkable, and quite unlike the usual wretched snapshots and blurred reproductions with which too many naturalists’ books are nowadays illustrated.”
Standard.—“The East has ever been a place of wonderment, but the writer of ‘Bombay Ducks’ brings before Western eyes a new set of pictures.... The book is entertaining, even to a reader who is not a naturalist first and a reader afterwards.... The illustrations cannot be too highly praised.”
Daily News.—“This new and sumptuous book.... Mr. Dewar gives us a charming introduction to a great many interesting birds.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“Most entertaining dissertations on the tricks and manners of many birds and beasts in India.”
Graphic.—“The book is written in a most readable style, light and easy, yet full of information, and not overburdened with scientific words and phrases.... The habits of the different birds are fully described, often in a very amusing and interesting manner.”
Birds of the Plains
By DOUGLAS DEWAR, F.Z.S., I.C.S.
AUTHOR OF “BOMBAY DUCKS,” ETC.
With numerous Illustrations.
PRESS OPINIONS.
Globe.—“Mr. Dewar is not only a keen and patient observer, but he is gifted with the descriptive art in high degree, and his vivacious style communicates the characters and habits of birds with unerring fidelity and infinite spirit.”
Sportsman.—“Mr. Dewar has a delightfully simple and quaintly humorous way of expressing himself, and his clever word pictures of bird life make charming reading.”
Truth.—“The volume is handsomely produced, and, like its predecessor, it has a number of remarkably fine illustrations.”
Manchester Guardian.—“Those who enjoyed ‘Bombay Ducks’ will welcome ‘Birds of the Plains.’ His breezy style is pleasant and easy reading. The photographs deserve the highest praise.”
Daily Chronicle.—“Here is a work worthy of all commendation to those who love birds, and is ably seconded by Captain Fayrer’s excellent photographs.”
Indian Birds
BEING A KEY TO THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA
By DOUGLAS DEWAR, F.Z.S., I.C.S.
PRESS OPINIONS
Spectator.—“The present book is by Mr. Douglas Dewar, a charming writer, whose earlier books on birds we have had the pleasure of recommending. The book is most carefully compiled, and much ingenuity is displayed in framing this artificial analysis.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“This practical and useful work. Familiarity with these pages would enable the average man in a few weeks to know all the birds he meets in an Indian station.”
Athenæum.—“Mr. Dewar is a careful guide, already known as a careful observer and entertaining chronicler of the ways of Indian birds.”
Indian Field.—“We can thoroughly recommend this book to all not versed in ornithology and who wish to know our birds without having to kill them.”
Ornithological and Other Oddities
By FRANK FINN, B.A. (Oxon.), F.Z.S.
LATE DEPUTY-SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INDIAN MUSEUM, CALCUTTA
With numerous Illustrations from Photographs
Jungle By-Ways in India
PRESS OPINIONS.
Spectator.—“Well worth reading... told in a clever and vivid style.”
Athenæum.—“These sketches, containing information about most of the animals which attract sportsmen, enlivened by descriptions of their pursuit, deserve praise... the pen and ink sketches have much merit.”
Times.—“Mr. Stebbing has certainly the knack of setting down his jungle experiences in narrative which is interesting and vivid.”
Standard.—“Mr. Stebbing writes with great spirit.”
Daily Graphic.—“A first-rate sporting book.”
Daily Chronicle.—“Mr. Stebbing writes with the instinct and feeling of a true sportsman. The illustrations assist one to an understanding and appreciation of the text.”
Outlook.—“This book is as instructive as it is entertaining, and should prove of great value to the novice anxious to tread in the author’s footsteps.”
Morning Post.—“A delightful book... full of information and adventure... charmingly illustrated.”
Morning Leader.—“A fascinating and informing record of every variety of sport.”
Sunday Times.—“A striking picture of jungle-life. Mr. Stebbing’s descriptions are vivid and admirable.”
Queen.—“Mr. Stebbing has both knowledge and appreciation of the denizens of the jungle.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“This interesting book.”
Sporting Times.—“A really good shikar book, full of useful information... one of the best.”
Country Life.—“A rich and varied record of sport.”
T.P.’s Weekly.—“I can confidently recommend this excellent volume.”
Graphic.—“An extremely interesting book.”
Manchester Guardian.—“Mr. Stebbing narrates his experiences in such a fresh and easy style, and shows such keen and humorous appreciation of the ways of the inhabitants of the jungle, great and small, that the reader can scarcely fail to be interested... the sketches are excellent and greatly assist the letterpress.”
Indian Daily Telegraph.—“The sportsman in this country will find much to amuse and instruct in Mr. Stebbing’s book.”
Indian Review.—“There are many good things in this book, which may be commended to all sportsmen, and should find a place on the bookshelf of all lovers of nature.”
Two Dianas in Somaliland
THE RECORD OF A SHOOTING TRIP.
SOME PRESS OPINIONS.
The Sportsman.—“A more delightful book—nay, so delightful a book—is not met with once in a generation. It is sui generis; we know of none that can pretend to compare with it. There is not a line in it that cannot be read with pleasure, while the whole volume contains such a record of interesting and thrilling adventure as one rarely meets with.”
The Field.—“The story is told with great animation throughout, and with a sense of humour that carries one on attentively to the end. We shall be much mistaken if this very attractive volume on big game shooting is not soon in a second edition.”
The Athenæum.—“That most attractive book, ‘Two Dianas in Somaliland,’ which shows the author to be almost as skilful with her pen as with the rifle; and that is saying a great deal. The book is exceptionally interesting.”
The County Gentleman.—“Miss Herbert’s light, breezy style in dealing with the humours of camp life is highly entertaining. We have never read a more piquantly written narrative of big game shooting.”
Country Life.—“This sprightly and amusing book, full of wild life and adventure, of difficulties and dangers pluckily overcome is a welcome change after the innumerable recitals of ’mere man’ in Africa.”
The World.—“Miss Herbert wields her pen to good purpose. She has a keen sense of humour, she goes straight to the point, she scorns padding in purple patches, and yet so vivid is her style that she at once interests the reader in her subject. No man, and few women, will fail to follow her to the end of her adventures.”
The Liverpool Post.—“It is a most chatty and vivacious account. The book can be enjoyed by all, sportsmen or not, and it will assuredly take an honoured place among its kind.”
The Daily News.—“Certain to receive a friendly welcome from the general reader. A keen eye for the humorous side of things, a fluent and lively pen, and occasionally the display of a somewhat caustic wit, make the volume most amusing reading. We congratulate the authoress on the lively narrative. One can only hope that she will once again go a-hunting, and once again tell its story.”
The Birmingham Post.—“This is a book to read, if only for its delightfully unconventional vein; and there is a subtle suggestion of romance about it too.”
The Dundee Advertiser.—“The book in some respects is marvellous. It is the revelation of a sportswoman’s mind. Miss Herbert has a facile pen.”
The Manchester Courier.—“Miss Herbert’s book is written light-heartedly. It is a delightfully humorous and witty record. It is also an assuming one.”
The Daily Telegraph.—“This finely-printed and well-illustrated volume is a thoroughly entertaining and amusing record. Every sportsman will find this brisk and vivacious narrative to his taste.”
The Daily Mail.—“‘Two Dianas in Somaliland’ is a book out of the common run... very attractive reading.”
The Scotsman.—“Certainly no one who reads this narrative will fail to be keenly interested and amused.”
The Daily Chronicle.—“You need not be a sportsman—or a sportswoman—to enjoy this book, because it has a vivacity which would carry any reader along. It it written with the merry heart that goes all the day, and it has much to record besides lion killing.”
The Evening Standard.—“We are sure that no such story was ever related with greater charm or incisiveness. The volume is very welcome.”
Two Dianas in Alaska
By AGNES HERBERT & a SHIKÁRI.
SOME PRESS OPINIONS.
The Sportsman.—“The warm and lengthy praise we gave to the companion volume ‘Two Dianas in Somaliland’ might be repeated. They should have a place in every sportsman’s library; nay, in far more, for the piquancy of the style, and the charming friendliness of it all, enthral the reader.”
The Field.—“The story is told by Miss Herbert with all the free and joyous spirit which characterised her former volume; the same love of exploration, admiration for the beauty in nature, keenness for sport, and withal a womanly restraint and tender-heartedness.”
Country Life.—“Miss Herbert’s hand has lost nothing of its sprightliness, she describes graphically and with never failing nerve many exciting hunts. It is to the full as daring and lively as the Somaliland volume.”
Vanity Fair.—“The most fascinating sporting book I have read this year, and quite the best written. In a dozen ways I found the book captivating. Miss Herbert’s success is as emphatic in book-making as in hunting.”
The Academy.—“We commend ‘Two Dianas in Alaska’ to many readers... an amusing and picturesque journey. Scenery is powerfully described, and so are the effects of light and shade and the flight of birds. But the ways of the moose provide the most attractive reading of all.”
The Daily Telegraph.—“This is a delightful book, of equal interest to the sportsman and the general reader. Light and bright are the pages. We heartily recommend this book to all readers. It is all admirable.”
Ladies’ Field.—“Not less delightful than ‘Two Dianas in Somaliland.’ If anyone turns aside from this book because he or she is indifferent to sport they will lose some very pleasant hours. It is a charming book, and has not a dull page in it from first to last.”
Daily Graphic.—“The whole book is amazing good reading. The best book of sport and travel that we have seen this season.”
Yorkshire Post.—“This is a book of high spirits, mixed with philosophy. In these prosaic days a romance from real life is not to be resisted.”
The Queen.—“Very entertaining reading. It must not be thought that the work is entirely devoted to hunting, the scenery, places, and human beings are also described in very happy fashion.”
The Morning Post.—“This delightful book. Lively is a poor name for it, it scintillates with life. We are soon carried away with the zest of it, and the irrepressible humour which bubbles out on every page.”
The Manchester Courier.—“Those who had the good fortune to encounter the charming record of the ‘Two Dianas in Somaliland’ will want no recommendation to the equally sprightly description of their adventures in Alaska. Miss Herbert has a ready sense of humour, and her wayside jottings are inimitable.”
Fortnightly Review.—“Miss Herbert has a happy knack of amusing the reader on almost every page of her bright narrative, and this alone places her above the majority of writers on travel. It is with her asides, her not unkindly satire, her unabated philosophy, that Miss Herbert attracts the reader.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“Miss Herbert has a pretty wit, word-pictures of magic beauty. The book is witty, picturesque, exciting, and the effect on the tired brain of a dweller in cities is that of a breeze bringing health from a salutary land.”
A Vagabond in the Caucasus
WITH SOME NOTES OF HIS EXPERIENCES AMONG THE RUSSIANS
By STEPHEN GRAHAM
PRESS OPINIONS
Daily Telegraph.—“One of the most individual and interesting volumes of travel talk that we have had for many a long day. A work of quite exceptional charm and interest. An attraction that will make most readers look forward with pleasurable anticipation to the author’s future work.”
Morning Post.—“It is a good book, full of suggestiveness, promise, and horizon.”
Westminster Gazette.—“Mr. Graham’s literary touch has the delightful intimate comradeship of the born wanderer, and his book is all too short.”
Daily News.—“A book of impressions and adventures with an unusually fine literary flavour.”
Standard.—“... written with keen insight and literary skill... abounds with practical hints for prospective travellers.”
Evening Standard.—“Mr. Graham has had adventures. He relates them well. His style is direct and racy. Everything is real... entertaining.”
Truth.—“A perfectly delightful book.”
Academy.—“Mr. Graham writes with the intimate personal touch that gives distinction to Stevenson’s ‘Travels with a Donkey’ and Belloc’s ‘Path to Rome.’”
Observer.—“Mr. Graham’s experiences make an entertaining book.”
Graphic.—“An attractive book.”
Country Life.—“You follow his adventures with the same interest you would follow an engrossing novel, because you see the man and feel something of his passion.”
Bookman.—“In every way this is a most charming and attractive book. Mr. Graham’s views are fresh and original.”
Shooting Times.—“Distinctly entertaining.”
Globe.—“This is a delightful book.”
Liverpool Courier.—“It is one of the handsomest productions that has come from the Bodley Head for a considerable time.”
Observer.—“The book is a treasure, and will be turned over often with joy and sighs.”
Literary World.—“To the list of books on big-game shooting that can be commended equally to the sportsman and the general reader must be added this truly fascinating work. We have read it through from cover to cover, and pronounce it excellent.”
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⁂ The Irish Beauty is the Hon. Mrs. Calvert, daughter of Viscount Pery, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, and wife of Nicholson Calvert, M. P., of Hunsdson. Born in 1767, Mrs. Calvert lived to the age of ninety-two, and there are many people still living who remember her. In the delightful journals, now for the first time published, exciting events are described.
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⁂ This interesting contribution to Nelson literature is drawn from the journals and correspondence of the Rev. Edmund Nelson. Rector of Burnham Thorpe and his youngest daughter, the father and sister of Lord Nelson. The Rector was evidently a man of broad views and sympathies, for we find him maintaining friendly relations with his son and daughter-in-law after their separation. What is even more strange, he felt perfectly at liberty to go direct from the house of Mrs. Horatio Nelson in Norfolk to that of Sir. William and Lady Hamilton in London, where his son was staying. This book shows how completely and without reserve the family received Lady Hamilton.
⁂ Among the many queens of France, queens by right of marriage with the reigning sovereign, queens of beauty or of intrigue, the name of Sophie Dawes, the daughter of humble fisherfolk in the Isle of Wight, better known as “the notorious Mme. de Feucheres,” “The Queen of Chantilly” and “The Montespan de Saint Leu” in the land which she chose as a suitable sphere in which to exercise her talents for money-making and for getting on in the world, stand forth as a proof of what a women’s will can accomplish when that will is accompanied with an uncommon share of intelligence.
⁂ A time when the Italians are celebrating the Jubilee of the Italian Kingdom is perhaps no unfitting moment in which to glance back over the annals of that royal House of Savoy which has rendered Italian unity possible. Margaret of France may without exaggeration be counted among the builders of modern Italy. She married Emanuel Philibert, the founder of Savoyard greatness: and from the day of her marriage until the day of her death she laboured to advance the interests of her adopted land.