BY THE SAME AUTHOR 

 THE HOUSE IN THE WATER 



" Stories of the backwoods and of a boy's life among hunters 

 and trappers, by a writer who knows well how to weave a great 

 deal of knowledge of wild creatures and their ways into an 

 attractive narrative." Birmingham Post. 



" Under the faithful guidance of Mr. Roberts we have often 

 ventured among the wild beasts of land and sea ; and we hope 

 to do so many times in the future. It is an education not to 

 be missed by those who have the chance, and the chance is 

 every one's. Here, at any rate, is the latest guide-book to 

 the wilderness, in which the bears loom dimly in the starlight, 

 the elks toss their vast antlers, the wolves hang on the tracks 

 of the deer, and the beavers build their dwellings in the still 

 watches of the night. To Mr. Roberts these creatures of the 

 night are as human beings to other writers of fiction. He is 

 as earnest in painting them as other novelists are in depicting 

 human nature. Air. Roberts loves his wild nature, and his 

 readers, both old and young, should love it with him." Athe- 

 ncsum. 



" A book that has given us a great deal of pleasure. Mr. 

 Roberts knows how to write about the backwoods that he seems 

 so familiar with, and the pictures in his book bring home to us 

 the feeling for wild life of which the book is full." Literary 

 World. 



" Mr. Roberts is well and honourably known for his stories of 

 animal life,'but we can promise his admirers that, greedily as they 

 may have devoured ' The House in the Water,' their eyes will, 

 if possible, be still more firmly riveted to the page when they 

 get into the thick of [this fine book, with its most helpful illustra- 

 tions." The Evening Standard. 



" These sketches of wild animals are a delight. There is a 

 wholesome elemental tang in the blunt, clean words, and the 

 smell of fresh earth and the crisp rustle of forest leaves seem to 

 com* to one's senses." The World. 



