IDLE DAYS IN PATAGONIA. 



BY W. H. HUDSON, C.M.Z.S. 

 Illustrated by ALFRED HARTLEY and J. SMIT. Demy 8vo, 14.$ 



"Ihe Times" says: 



"' Idle Days in Patagonia' is a welcome and worthy addition to the literature of travel 

 and 20ological observations in South America already so rich by the labours and writings of 

 Bates, Darwin, and of Mr. Hudson himself, who is not unworthy to be named in this dis- 

 tinguished company. Mr. Hudson is a keen observer, an acute reasoner, and a very attr. ctive 

 writer, and the many readers who have appreciated his ' Naturalist in La Plata' will turn 

 with eagerness to his ' Idle Days in Patagonia,' and will not be disappointed." 



Alfred Russell Wallace in " Nature " says : 



" Full of suggestive observations and reflections, and gives us a vivid picture of both 



animate and inanimate nature in one of the least known portions of the southern hemisphere. 



In literary style, in picturesque description, and in suggestive ideas and reflections there 



-Land and Water "says:- 



"With vivid and most pleasurable recollection of the 'Naturalist in La Plata," we had a 

 ready-made welcome for Mr. Hudson's new book. . . . Interspersed with critical examina- 

 tions of natural and mental phenomena are papers on the ornithology and physical aspects of 

 Patagonia done in the style we have learned to expect from him, also personal reminiscences 

 of people and animals ; and the result is a collection of thoughtful essays, all charming, and 

 some d stinctly original. The illustrations by Messrs. Smit and Hartley are admirable. . . . 

 The book is one ot great merit." 



" The Academy " says : 



" All lovers of nature will rejoice to find in this book a worthy successor to ' The 

 Naturalist in La Plata ' . . . Mr. Hudson has written a delightful book, and has attained 

 the felicity denied to so many authors, that of producing a worthy successor to his first 

 volume of travel. It is a treasure to all who love the aspects of nature, whether in their own 

 gardens or in the great transatlantic continent. . . ." 



BIRDS IN A VILLAGE. 



BY W. H. HUDSON, C.M.Z.S. Square Crown 8vo, 7*. 6d. 



"The Academy" says: 



" Mr. Hudson is a very loving student of birds. No movement, no twitter, no cadence of 

 song escapes him ; and his analytic mind at once asks the reason of all these changeful 

 habits. . . . Mr. Hudson's style is admirable : at the same time lucid and attractive. . . . 

 No rules, no mannerism bind Mr. Hudson. His keen and subtle powers of observation are 

 seconded by a playful fancy ; while a rich imaginative halo is thrown round the bird he 

 describes, which brings it into greater prominence, as it were, and strongly impresses its 

 individuality upon the reader. ... In short, this whole book is delightful, and any kind of 

 praise or commendation is superfluous." 



" The Graphic " says : 



"The book is one to read, delight in, and appreciate. Mr. Hudson belongs to the school 

 of Thoreau and of John Burroughs : but he is better than the last because he- is more 

 suggestive, with a finer vein of poetry running like a fugue through his writing." 



" The Times" says: 



" Interesting and suggestive. South America has hitherto been Mr. Hudson's peculiar 

 province, but this volume is evidence that his devotion knows no geographical limits. Mr. 

 Hudson is certainly an attractive writer . . . always interesting." 



"The Speaker" says: 



" Equal with the best naturalists in equipment and power of observation, Mr. Hudson 

 stands head and shoulders above most naturalists and men as an interpreter of things he 

 notes. He possesses the receipt by which science is transmuted into literature. . . . Mr. 

 Hudson's ' Birds in a Village ' is one of the best tempered and most readable books we have 

 ever read." 



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