SOME NEW BOOKS. 
IptE Days 1n Patacontia. By W. H. Hudson. 8vo. Pp. viii. and 256. Illustrated. 
London: Chapman & Hall, 1893. Price 14s. 
Ir every sojourner in remote regions of the world occupied his “idle 
days” as profitably as has Mr. Hudson, our information regarding 
the animal life and its inanimate surroundings of the whole globe 
would be far less incomplete than it unfortunately is at present. We 
are, indeed, glad to welcome another volume by this author, written 
in the same charming and lucid style as his ‘ Naturalist in 
La Plata,” and embellished by illustrations executed in 
the same beautiful style. The present work is, however, far less. 
exclusively devoted to the Natural History of the country it describes 

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than was its predecessor, but for a vivid description of the mode of 
life in Patagonia, and the nature of the country, it can scarcely be 
surpassed. As with ‘La Plata,’ most of the chapters in the work 
before us have already seen the light in the form of articles in 
magazines and other serials, and this reproduction has given the 
author the opportunity of revising and amplifying his descriptions and 
maturing his opinions. 
Confining our attention to those parts of the book devoted 
to the Natural History of Patagonia, we note that the author gives 
us excellent illustrations, accompanied with observations on their 
