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G. P. SANDERSON. 

 Thirteen Years among the Wild Beasts of India ; their Haunts and 

 Habits, from Personal Observation, with an account of the Modes of 

 Capturing and Taming Wild Elephants. With 21 full-page Illustra- 

 tions, reproduced for this Edition direct from the original drawings, 

 and 3 Maps. Fifth Edition. Fcap. 4to, 1 2s. 



'• We find it difficult to hasten through this interesting book; on almost every page 

 some incident or some happy descriptive passage tempts the reader to linger. The 

 author relates his exploits with ability and with singular modesty. His adventures 

 with man-eaters will afford lively entertainment to the reader, and indeed there is no 

 portion of the volume which he is likely to wish shorter. The illustrations add to the 

 attractions of the book." — Pall Mall Gazette. 



"This is the best and most practical book on the wild game of Southern and 

 Eastern India that we have read, and displays an extensive acquaintance with natural 

 history. To the traveller proposing to visit India, whether he be a sportsman, a 

 naturalist, or an antiquarian, the book wiil be invaluable : full of incident and sparkling 

 with anecdote." — Bailey's Magazine. 



"This — the fifth edition of a work as charming to read as it is instructive — will be 

 welcomed equally by lovers of sport, and of natural history. Though he met with and 

 shot many other kinds of wild beasts, the bulk of the volume, well written, well illus- 

 trated, and generally well got up. deals chiefly with the elephant, the tiger, the bison, 

 the leopard, and the bear. Mr Sanderson, with exceptional powers of observation, 

 cultivated friendly intercourse with the natives ; and he was consequently able to utilise 

 to the utmost the singularly favourable opportunities enjoyed by him as director of 

 elephant-capturing operations in Mysore and Chittagong. The result is a book which 

 to graphic details of sporting adventures far surpassing the common, adds a correct 

 natural history of the animals chiefly dealt with, and particularly the elephant. From 

 this real king of beasts, Mr Sanderson carefully removes ever\- exaggeration made both 

 for or against him, which had been repeated without any good foundation by one 

 writer after another ; he substitutes for fables a description of elephantine anatomy, 

 size, habits, and character which may be said to sum up all that we know for certain 

 about the animal, and nearly all that one can wish to know. We should have wished 

 to see this edition brought up to date. The book is more fascinating than a romance ; 

 and we have read it now the third time with as great a zest as when we revelled over 

 the perusal of the first edition." — Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review. 



PROFESSOR SHELDON. 



The Future of British Agriculture, how Farmers may best be bene- 

 fited. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. 



"Fortunately Prof. Sheldon has no mind to play the part of a prophet, but from 

 the plenitude of a long experience gives sage counsel how to farm abreast of the time 

 and be ready for whatever may ensue. . . . This little book is well worth reading, 

 and it is pleasant to find that the Professor by no means despairs of the future of 

 agriculture in England." — Academy . 



" We welcome the book as a valuable contribution to our agricultural literature, 

 and as a useful guide to those branches in which the author is especially qualified to 

 instruct." — Nature. 



"In this beautifully printed and well-bound little book Professor Sheldon, in 

 his usual happy style, surveys the agricultural field, and indicates what he thinks 

 is the prospect in front of the British farmer. Like a watchman he stands upon his 

 tower — and when asked, What of the night ? he disavows not that we are in the night, 

 but earnestly declares that the morning cometh apace. The professor is an optimist ; 

 he does not believe that the country is done, and still less does he favour the idea that, 

 taking a wide survey, the former days were better than these. On the contrary, he 

 urges that the way out of the wilderness is not by any by-path, but by going right 

 ahead ; and, ere long, the man who holds the banner high will emerge triumphant." 

 — Scottish Farmer. 



J. SMITH, A.L.S. 



Ferns : British and Foreign. Fourth Edition, revised and greatly 

 enlarged, with New Figures, &c. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. 



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