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BOOK REVIEWS 



Wild Brother, by William Lyman Underwood, Atlantic Monthly Press, 

 Boston — S2.00. Thousands of people have heard Mr. Underwood lecture 

 on the black bear of the Maine woods that grew up as a member of a 

 backwoodsman's family. They have been entertained and thrilled by the 

 amazing story and they have believed it because they have seen on the 

 screen pictures of the bear, his surroundings and many of his adventures. 

 Mr. Underwood has put all this in book form, profusely illustrated. The 

 story is a Maine woods epic, told with a direct simplicity and a charm of 

 straightforward narrative that is sustained throughout. It will appeal with- 

 out question to all the thousands who have heard the lecture and should 

 appeal equally to many thousands more who never have had that good 

 fortune. 



The Book of Birds for Young People, by F. Schuyler Mathews, G. P. 

 Putnam's Sons — S3. 00. Mr. F. Schuyler Mathews is intimately known to all 

 nature students through his valuable books on birds and flowers. "The Field 

 Book of Wild Birds and Their Music' and "The Field Book of American 

 Wild Flowers" are constant companions of students of wild life everywhere. 

 "The Book of Birds" is essentially a book for young people, though it is 

 entertaining and instructive to people of all ages. It gives brief descriptions 

 of the birds, tells of their habits, their song and their nest building in a very 

 definite but entertaining way. There are chapters on birds of the various 

 seasons, on Southern birds, warblers, winter birds and migration, besides a 

 vast amount of interesting information on birds in general. The book is 

 profusely illustrated, there being 67 full-]>age illustrations in color and 

 28 in black and white by the author. One of the very best of the bird books 

 for children. 



The Children's Book of Birds, by Olive Thorne Miller, Houghton 

 Mifflin Company — $3.00. Long ago Olive Thorne Miller wrote "The First 

 Book of Birds." It was so immediately and worthily successful that it was 

 followed very soon by "The Second Book of Birds." Few bird books for 

 young people have had such lasting popularity. Now, combined in one, they 

 appear as "The Children's Book of Birds." The book has sixteen colored 

 plates and many other illustrations. These give added value to a book which 

 is well worth while because of the entertaining manner in which it is written 

 and the undoubted value and accuracy of material information which it 

 conveys. 



Conservation of Our Mammals and Birds. Dr. John C. Phillips writes 

 on this timely topic in the September number of the Harvard Gradmttes' 

 Magazine with logic and vigor. The article is too long to be reprinted in 

 the Bulletin, but all lovers of wild life should read and ponder it. In the 

 final paragraphs the author sums up the situation and gives some very per- 

 tinent suggestions in an outline of policy which seems to him the most 

 important for saving species actually threatened and for increasing those 

 that are capable of being increased. In the main he finds the situation 

 hopeful, but believes that definite action should be taken in the very near 

 future toward increasing the number and size of sanctuaries and taking 

 prompt action to protect some species which are now in great danger of 

 extinction. 



