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native haunts. In themselves, the sketches are 

 worthy of being prized as affording glimpses of 

 bird life in all conditions and under all climes^' 

 Allied, as these are, with a perfect literary style, they 

 comprise a work which has long been the pleasure 



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The Tailor Bird. 



of the bird-lover, and the delight of the poet and 

 idealist. At times, as one reads, one falls into a 

 reverie ; and the thoughts, untrammelled by time or 

 space, roam over distant seas and far off lands side by 

 side with the wizard Michelet. And then, recalled to 

 life by our surroundings, we long for the power of the 

 Bird, and echo with wistful earnestness the solemn 

 and beautiful words of Riickert. 



*We hope to obtain permission from the Publisliers to 

 reproduce some of these gems of art in our ISIagazine, from 

 time to time. 



