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SNAPSHOTS OF 

 THE WILD 



By F. ST MARS. 

 Author of "Pinion and Paw." 



Illustrated by G. VERNON STOKES. 



All lovers of Nature will revel in these graphic 

 and picturesque tales of the denizens of the wild. 



From the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 



"This work consists of a number of short sketches of the various 

 activities of wild creatures, each scene being set in the month of the 

 year when the incident described would naturally occur. Thus, in 

 January, we have a little tragedy of birds in the snow, and a picture 

 of Russian steppes in winter seen from the wolf's point of view, when 

 the pack of Nature's hounds pursue a flying sleigh through the frozen 

 woodlands, to their own undoing. In June we read of the vicissitudes 

 of a mother-starling before her ever-hungry brood could be induced 

 to take up their position 'all alive on to the roof-ridge,' in the summer 

 sunshine ; or of a wounded and dying lion, feebly beating off the 

 flies in the hot jungle, watched by a ring of hyenas waiting for the 

 nearing end. 



"No complaint can be made of lack of variety in the wild things 

 that the author has pressed into his service. Denizens of various 

 countries are all calied upon to play their tiny tragedies and comedies 

 in field, wood, or moorland, on river, sea, or shore. 



"We can well imagine that many readers, especially children, will 

 follow the adventures of Mr St Mars' strange characters with awed 

 fascination." 



W. & R. CHAMBERS, LTD., 38 Soho Square, LONDON, W. I ; 

 and 339 High Street, EDINBURGH. 



