8vo, ps. 6d. net 



THE GREAT 



DESERTS AND FORESTS 



OF NORTH AMERICA 



By PAUL FOUNTAIN 



With a Preface by W. H. HUDSON 



Author of " The Naturalist in La Plata," &c. 



Speaker. — "A Natural History abounding in freshness such as this book, is 

 not often met with." 



Yorkshire Weekly Post. — "One of the best books of American exploration 

 published for many years." 



Land and Water. — "The book is most readable, some of it containing obser- 

 vations fresh and original. "We must congratulate the author on his spirited 

 treatment of much hackneyed ground." 



Field. — "We have a wealth of common-sense, simply told descriptions of 

 rude unspoiled nature in waste and desert places. In short, it is a book of real 

 value to the naturalist and sportsman." 



Manchester Guardian. — "We commend the volume to the happy few — or 

 many — who care for the life of the open air and the lore of wild things, and who 

 desire to know how they act in every part of their lives." 



Bristol Daily Mercxiry. — " One of the most fascinating volumes that the 

 press has put forth for many a day. . . . Mr. Fountain has met with many 

 atrange adventures and encountered strange animals, and whether he writes 

 from notes or memory he invariably enlists the interest of his readers." 



Academy. — " If you want fine local colour without the embarrassment of a 

 screech-advertised story in the foreground, just ask at your library for Mr. Paul 

 Fountain's 'The Great Deserts and Forests of North America.' A book of 

 reality and America, thoroughly worth reading." 



Daily Chronicle. — "In this volume the author sets forth his experiences of 

 men and cities as well as of wild beasts in North America. There is more about 

 the latter, and the solitudes which they inhabit, than about the human beings 

 of the continent and their ways. . . . We have never read a more fascinating 

 work of the kind." 



Geographical Journal. — "Though dealing with regions well known both to 

 the geographer and naturalist, this work stands distinctly above the general 

 level of books of travel. The author possesses in a high degree the power, too 

 often wanting in travellers, of presenting vivid pictures of nature and wild life 

 which enable the reader, to whom tlie pleasure of actual travel is denied, to 

 realise the true conditions of countries remote from his own. The book supplies 

 an illustration of the fact that good work may be done without passing the limit 

 of the unknown." 



LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 

 LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY 



