Part 23

Wryneck, 182

ANIMALS OF NO IMPORTANCE BY DOUGLAS DEWAR

PRESS OPINIONS

Nature.--"We may commend the book as an excellent example of 'Nature teaching.'"

Literary World.--"Mr. Dewar makes us laugh while he teaches us.... These twenty essays are in all ways delightful."

Saturday Review.--"A number of excellent books on Natural History ... proceed from Anglo-Indian authors; and certainly this ... is worthy of its predecessors."

Academy.--"A chatty anecdote book ... showing a sense of humour and kindly insight ... many amusing stories."

Indian Daily News.--"Brightly and cleverly written ... pleasant and amusing reading."

Morning Post (Delhi).--"A treasure-trove of literary art."

Madras Mail.--"Mr. Dewar ... displays quite remarkable knowledge and insight as well as a pretty wit.... Mr. Dewar's volume is calculated to give delight to all who are interested in the creatures of God's earth. Its humours will raise many a smile, while its keenness and accuracy of observation should induce many readers to study more closely the ... life ... around them."

Civil and Military Gazette.--"Shows the faculty of observation as well as a pleasant style."

Englishman.--"The reader will easily fall under the sway of the writer's charms.... Mr. Dewar's book is as interesting as it is entertaining."

BOMBAY DUCKS AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE EVERYDAY BIRDS AND BEASTS FOUND IN A NATURALIST'S EL DORADO BY DOUGLAS DEWAR ILLUSTRATED BY MAJOR F. D. S. FAYRER

PRESS OPINIONS

Standard.--"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.--"A charming introduction to a great many interesting birds."

Scotsman.--"Like a good curry, it is richly and agreeably seasoned with a pungent humour."

Manchester Guardian.--"A series of clever and accurate essays on Indian Natural History written by a man who really knows the birds and beasts."

Daily Chronicle.--"A series of informing and often diverting chapters."

Tribune.--"Those who know India ... will find themselves smiling again and again at the vivid recollection called up by these descriptions."

Times.--"A collection of bright popular papers by an observant naturalist."

Pall Mall Gazette.--"Most entertaining dissertations on the tricks and manners of many birds and beasts in India."

Yorkshire Daily Observer.--"This handsome and charming book ... the author has many interesting observations to record, and he does so in a very racy manner."

Spectator.--"Mr. Douglas Dewar's book is excellent ... the photographs of birds by Captain Fayrer ... are most remarkable."

Graphic.--"Light and easy, yet full of information."

County Gentleman.--"Thoroughly interesting."

Illustrated London News.--"Mr. Dewar ... has collected a series of essays on bird life which for sprightliness and charm are equal to anything written since that classic 'The Tribes on my Frontier' was published."

Shooting Times.--"... a more delightful work ... has not passed through our hands for many a long day.... There is not a dull line in the book, which is beautifully illustrated."