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of the Ancient Wood, ' ' 

 by Charles G. D. Rob- 

 erts, will undoubtedly 

 be t^reatly pleased by 

 his latest work, \\hicli 

 is published under the 

 title of " The Kindred 

 of the Wild." This 

 new volume describes 

 with unusual fidelity 

 the life histories of 

 various wild animals, 

 and deserves to be 

 classed as one of the 

 best books of animal 

 stories that has 3-et 

 been published. From 

 the beginning one is 

 impressed with the au- 

 thor's decidedly inti- 

 mate knowledge of the 

 forest and its inhabit- 

 ants. The book is a 

 collection of short sto- 

 ries, which include 

 chapters on the moose, 

 the wild goose, the 

 cougar, the owl, the 

 lynx, the eagle, and 

 other inhabitants of 

 the forest and the air 

 The author writes of 

 animal life with ur- 

 doubted sympathj' and 

 we have no hesitancy 

 in pronouncing it an 

 unusually charming 

 book. 



A feature which adds 

 much to the attractive- 

 ness of this volume is 

 the large number of 

 excellent illustrations 

 bv Charles Livingston 

 Bull. Mr. Bull's draw- 

 ings of animals have 

 recently attracted wide 

 attention, and this vol- 

 ume contains more 

 than fifty of them, one 

 of which is reproduced 

 here. The volume is 

 attractively bound in 

 dark -green cloth, with 

 an appropriate cover 

 design. 



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"MOUNTED THE CARCASS WITH AN AIR OF LORDSHIP. 



FROM 



Among the Water-fowl. 

 By Herbert K. Job. 

 Pp. 224. Illustrated 



from photographs by the author. Double- 

 day, Page & Co., New York. Price, |i. 35 net. 



This attractive volume contains a popular 

 account of the water-fowl found in the northern 

 and middle states and lower Canada east of the 

 Rocky Mountains 



The book is divided into five parts. Part I, 

 entitled "The vSubmerged Tenth," contains a 

 description of the grebes and loons. Part II, 

 under the apt title of "Modern Cliff-dwellers," 

 describes the gannets, guillemots, auks, puf- 



THE KINDRED OF THE WILD," BY CHAS, 

 COURTESY L. C. PAGE & CO. 



G. D. ROBERTS. 



fins, and kittiwakes. "Ocean Wanderers," 

 including the shearwaters, jaegers, petrels, 

 and phalaropes, are noted in Part III. Part 

 IV deals with " The White-winged Fleet," the 

 gulls and terns, while Part V is devoted to 

 ducks and geese. 



Mr. Job, the author, has studied the water- 

 fowl over a wide range from New England to 

 Minnesota and the Dakotas and a large section 

 of Canada. In this book he has given us a 

 most readable description of many of the large 



