MESSRS. MACMILUN & CQ.'S PUBLICATIONS. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 

 TALES OF THE BIRDS. With Illustrations 



by BRYAN HOOK. New and Cheaper Edition, with 

 an Additional Tale. Crown 8vo, 3s. Qd. 

 CONTENTS: "A Winter's Tale " " Out of Tune" "A Jubilee 



Sparrow" "The Falcon's Nest" "A Debate in an Orchard" "A 



Tragedy in Rook-life "" A Question beginning with ' Why '" "The 

 Lighthouse "and " The Owls' Revenge," which was not included in the 

 first edition. 



SATURDAY REVIEW: "It is one of the most delightful books 

 about birds ever written. All the stories are good. . . He knows all 

 about their social habits and their solitary phases of life from close and 

 constant observation, and makes the most profitable use of Ms study as 

 ornithologist by the prettinst alliance of his science with the fancy and 

 humour of an excellent story teller. . . The book finds sympathetic 

 illustration in Mr. Bryan Hook's clever drawings." 



GLOBE: " Mr. Fowler's book will be especially appreciated by young 

 readers. He displays both a knowledge and love of nature and of the 

 animal creation, and the tales have the merit moreover of conveying in an 

 unostentatious way the best of morals. The illustrations by Mr. Bryan 

 Hook are admirably drawn and engraved." 



GUARDIAN: "Mr. Fowler has produced a charming book, which 

 none are too old and few too young to appreciate. He possesses the rare 

 art of telling a stoiy simply and unaffectedly ; he is pathetic without 

 laborious effort ; he excels in suggesting the effect which he desires to 

 produce. A quiet vein of humour runs through many of the stories, and 

 many shrewd strokes of kindly satire are given under the guise of his 

 pleasant fables. . . Apart from the interest of the stories themselves, the 

 pages are brimful of minute observation of the ways and habits of bird 

 life. The Tales of the Birds would be an admirable present to any child, 

 and if the grown-up donor read it first, the present would, in a peculiar 

 degree, confer the double blessing which proverbially belongs to a gift." 



LITERAR Y WOULD ."Those who want to choose a book for holiday 

 leading should ask for Tales of the Birds. . . We might continue to des- 

 cribe, one pretty parable after another. ' The Jubilee Sparrow ' is full of 

 humour, and 'Out of Tune' carries a pathetic yet practical moral of 

 inwavd and outward harmony. Several others are equally charming, but 

 we, must forbear more than a concluding word of hearty commendation. 

 This is the sort of book to read." 



ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE: "We scarcely know which we like best 

 of these charming stories. . . Every piece gives us some further glimpse 

 into the ways of birds and makes us feel fonder of them." 



MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON. 



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