BY W. WARDE FOWLER. 



TALES OF THE BIRDS. With Illus- 

 trations by BRYAN HOOK. Uniform Edition. Crown 

 8vo. $s. 6d. Prize Editions. Crown 8vo. zs. 6d, 

 Extra gilt, gilt edges. $s. 6d. School Edition. Globe 

 8vo. is. 6d. 



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 his study as ornithologist by the prettiest 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 story 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." 



LITERARY WORLD. "Those who want to choose a book for 

 holiday reading should ask for Tales of the Birds. . . . We might 

 continue to describe one pretty parable after another. ' The Jubilee 

 Sparrow ' is full of humour, and ' Out of Tune ' carries a pathetic 

 yet practical moral of inward 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." 



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