THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 

 LOWER CANADA. 



BY PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, 



COR. MEM. OF THE NAT. HIST. SOC. OP MONTREAL, AND OF THE 

 LIT. AND HIST. SOC. OF QUEBEC. 



This volume is the result of a residence of several years 

 in Lower Canada, and contains brief and popular notices 

 of subjects in the different departments of Natural His- 

 tory, not systematically arranged, but as observed by 

 the Author when wandering in the fields and woods. 

 Some of the more prominent phenomena of natural phi- 

 losophy j the habits of quadrupeds, birds, and insects ; 

 the general appearance, time of flowering, &c. of plants, 

 are briefly described in the form of dialogue, interspersed 

 with characteristic anecdotes ; embracing the course of 

 the seasons throughout the year, and presenting to the 

 reader a picture of the face of nature in that interesting 

 country. 



" Were we to attempt to make extracts to show the beauties of this 

 fascinating work, we should reprint the whole. We have rarely met 

 with information so delightfully conveyed, and in so small a compass. 

 The illustrations are worthy of the letter-press, and this is giving them 

 no small praise. The ' Canadian Naturalist ' will be as popular as 

 White's Natural History of Selborne." Church of England Quarterly 

 Review. 



"The volume, however, has the great merit of reality ; its materials 

 are drawn direct from nature ; there is also about many parts of it a pe- 

 culiar charm, which reminds one of White's Selborne. The pages are 

 embellished by pictures of trees, animals, insects, flowers, &c., that to 

 the ordinary merit of beauty of execution join the rare quality of dis- 

 tinctly-expressed character." Spectator. 



" We have seldom seen a work so deeply imbued with the same acute- 

 ness and accuracy of observation, and healthful tone of feeling, as the 

 one now before us. It is replete with information, interesting not 

 merely to the naturalist, but often to the agriculturist, and the political 

 economist." Christian Remembrancer. 



Forty-four Illustrations of the most remarkable animal 

 and vegetable productions are embodied in the text. Post 

 8vo, 12s. 



