SYLVAN FOLK. 



By JOHN WATSON. 



"A charming \X>Q\L.^ -^-Sheffield Independent. 



' ' Written by a born- naturalist. " Daily News. ^ 



"Such a book as will astonish and delight unfortunate dwellers 

 in cities." Liverpool Daily Post. 



" Whoever admires Jefferies lover of Nature, or lover of sport 

 will admire 'Sylvan Folk.'" Land and Water. 



"Full of delicate description as enchanting as a fairy tale. Dull 

 indeed must be the reader who is insensible to its delightful charm." 

 Manchester Examiner. 



" It reminds us of Richard Jefferies ;" and indeed it may be placed 

 on the same shelf with that of the greatest of all writers on English 

 rural life." Christian Leader. 



' ' Richard Jefferies' mantle has fallen on John Watson's shoulders. 

 May he long be spared to give us other books as true to nature and 

 as charmingly written as 'Sylvan Folk.'" Guardian. 



" It is this freshness, this outdoor atmosphere, that leads the reader 

 along in fascinated interest from the first to the last page." Literary 

 World. 



" Pages of authority for all who angle or who shoot, who 

 find their delight in the wood, their ecstasy on the moor, or their 

 heaven upon earth at the waterside." Rod and Gun. 



" His descriptions are so fresh they suggest so vividly the idea 

 of happy hours spent among attractive scenes in the open air that 

 they will give genuine pleasure to every one who reads them." Nature. 



" A sympathetic, keen-eyed, worshipful observer of Nature, Mr. 

 Watson writes with the simplicity and directness of a man who knows 

 what he is about. There is not an uninteresting page in ' Sylvan Folk ' 

 from first to last." Echo. 



"As we had occasion to speak favourably of Mr. Watson's 'A 

 Year in the Fields,' it gives us much pleasure to say that his new book 

 is in every sense worthy of it, and of the reputation which it brought 

 its author." Spectator. 



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