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Bed Deer. By Eicha.kd Jefferies, Author of ' The Gamekeeper 

 at Home,' ' Wild Life in a Southern County,' &c. London : 

 Longmans, Green, and Co. 1884. 

 We scarcely recognised the clever author of ' Wild Life in a Southern 

 County ' in the first few pages of this, the latest volume from his 

 pen. These pages form an introduction to the subject-matter of his 

 new book, and Mr. Jefferies is happiest when he does not attempt any 

 introduction, but begins in the somewhat abrupt way that marks his; 

 style. P>ut the impression of a change in manner is only momentary. 

 Our aiithor seems at first to be speaking of a country strange to him, 

 but he becomes rapidly 'at home,' and falls into his peculiar but 

 most happy and clever style of writing. Our interest increases as we 

 turn page after page, and, warming to his subject, Mr. Jefferies draws 

 us willingly along, fascinating by his graphic, terse, and singularly 

 vigorous descriptions. 



From ' Eed Deer Land ' — wild Exnioor — we are led through 

 some delightful chapters on 'Deer in Summer,' 'Antler and Fern,' 

 'Ways of Deer,' 'Tracking Deer by Slot,' 'The Hunted Stag,' 

 ' Hind Hunting,' * A Manor House in Deerland,' and ' Game Notes 

 and Folklore.' The chapter headings almost tell their own story, and 

 are just attractive enough to lead all who know the peculiar genius 

 of the author of ' The Gamekeeper at Home' to follow him through 

 the pleasant mazes of ' L'ed Deer.' 



Norfolk Broads and Bivers ; or, The Waterways, Lagoons, and 



Decoys of East Anglia. By G. Chri&tophee Daviks, Author of * The 



Swan and her Crew.' With Illustrations. William Blackwood & 



Sons, Edinburgh and Loudon. 



N"o lover of the country ever tires of descriptions of the natural 



features of dear old England, and Mr. Davies has given us some 



delightful gossip and descriptions in the chapters before us. Collected 



from various magazines — a source which generally testifies to the 



interest of miscellaneous papers — the book has been illustrated, and 



very successfully, from photographs taken by the author himself. 



Mr. Davies thinks that there is no better ' playground ' in England, 

 and certainly none easier of access or more cheaply to be enjoyed, than 

 the Broad district, and that for persons of a certain bent of mind there 

 is an engrossing charm in the lakes and rivers of East Anglia. He 

 o-ives in this capitally illustrated volume, first, ' The Broad District,' 

 then the bird life and the fish life of the Broads ; the wherries, yachts 

 and yachting, the marshes, the decoys, and notes and incidents about 

 Great Yarmouth ; the herring fishery, the s\A'ans, the otter ; about 

 eels, eel sets, sea breaches, floods, salt tides and tempests, natural 

 phenomena, poaching and pike-fishing. Not only to tlie angler and 



