EXTRACTS from Press Notices of J. Maclair Boraston's 

 " Nature-Tones and Undertones. ' Being sketches of 

 life in the open, illustrated by photographs from Nature. 

 240 pp., 18 plates, price 6s. net. (Sherratt & Hughes, 

 London and Manchester. ) 



" Mr Boraston has a grace of 

 style not often given to naturalists. 

 He is an accurate observer of wild 

 life, especially of birds ; and he is 

 steeped in the spirit of the open 

 air." — Times. 



" No living writer has more 

 truthfully put into words — it would 

 not be too much to say literature 

 — the passion for observation. He 

 has done much for the psychology 

 of birds and the poetry of place ; 

 and his volume in its originality, 

 and even its form, is the best 

 Nature-book of the year." 



— Outlook. 



" Most charming studies of wild 

 life and natural scenery, written 

 in clear and powerful and often 

 quaint and humorous style," 



— Nature. 



"Mr Boraston is a naturalist, a 

 naturalist who can write and bring 

 into his book something of the 

 woodland magic of the heart- 

 beats and surprises of the true 

 bird-lover." — Saturday Review. 



" It is freshly and charmingly 

 written, and wholly free from the 

 pedantries of academic science." 

 — Scotsman. 



" We have an abiding memory 

 of a former book, ' Birds by Land 

 and Sea,' and we congratulate Mr 

 Boraston on completing another 

 fine and eloquent study of nature." 

 — Liverpool Daily Courier. 



" In these hurrying, distracting 

 days it is a real relief to turn to a 

 book like this, a book which is 

 redolent only of the peace and 

 beauty of the country. Mr 

 Boraston is a keen and an original 

 observer of nature. The whole 

 book bears the impress of the true 

 lover of nature and the open air, 

 and to all such it will give the 

 most sincere pleasure." 



— Glasgow Herald. 



" Of the many books of the open 

 this is one of the pleasaiitest that 

 it has been our lot to peruse. The 

 value of the book is considerably 

 enhanced by the beautiful pictures 

 with which it is adorned." 



— Birmiug/iam Gazette. 



"The most important contribu- 

 tion that has been made for some 

 time to natural history in its mora 

 popular aspects." 



—Newcastle ChronicU. 



