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THE POETS' BEASTS. 



BY PHIL ROBINSON. 



" Mr. Robinson brings to his task a wide acquaintance with English poets, a bright 

 and graceful fancy, a quaint and original humour, and the peculiar faculty, which 

 has been so notable in some of his other works, of giving a special individuality, an 

 almost human personality, to the different animals, whether birds, beasts, or insects, 

 which he is describing. Besides these qualifications, he has enjoyed the acquaint- 

 ance of many of the poets' beasts, in their natural condition, in India and elsewhere, 

 and is thus able to enrich his pages with many novel and authentic anecdotes." 

 Guardian. 



"The task of writing a sequel to 'The Poets' Birds,' which should not suggest 

 unfavourable comparisons, could not have been accomplished by any one but Mr. 

 Phil Robinson. "' The Poets' Beasts,' however, fully deserves to take equal rank with 

 its charming predecessor. It is a delightful companion for a leisure hour." Globe. 



"Mr. Phil Robinson knows the poets intimately, and he seems to know the 

 beasts equally well ; so this book, which is a discourse upon the treatment of the 

 latter by the former, is a book which ought to be, and we are quite sure will be, 

 equally popular among lovers of both. Then, too, he has a fund of the most 

 delicious humour of that dainty, more ethereal kind that we recognise in the best 

 work of Addison and in the average work of Charles Lamb. . . . There is not a 

 chapter or a page in the book that is not full of thoroughly genial entertainment." 

 Manchester Examiner. 



"Mr. Phil Robinson's 'The Poets' Beasts' is as erudite, as chatty, and as fresh 

 as his delightful work on Birds." World. 



" Mr. Phil Robinson has devoted a great deal of study and research to his subject, 

 and has produced a lively and interesting volume of poetical and other lore of the 

 animal world." British Quarterly Review. 



"Those who have read 'The Poets' Birds' will need no recommendation to read 

 the sequel. It is a delightful book, at once instructive and amusing. A strong vein 

 of quaint humour runs through the book, and the author displays a wide knowledge 

 of the habits of wild animals, and a warm love for animated nature. There are few 

 people, old or young, who will not heartily enjoy 'The Poets' Beasts.'" Standard. 



" The well-known characteristics of Mr. Phil Robinson's writings, his charming 

 originality of style, which in easy colloquial fashion gives proofs of deep learning 

 and varied experiences, his poetic grace, his good-natured but keen sarcasm, vivid 

 sense of humour, and broad humanity, are all found at their brightest and best in 

 this delightful volume." Morning Post. 



"A book which all lovers of animals will read with great delight. . . . Having 

 come to the end of the book, and enjoyed every individual page of it, it is impossible 

 to say whether we have been more amused or instructed. A more fascinating way 

 of learning natural history could scarcely be devised." Christian World. 



"'iThe Poets' Beasts' is wholly unique in character. . . . Mr. Phil Robinson 

 writes with rare fancy and originality on the false and one-sided views with which 

 mankind generally, and the poets in particular, have regarded the beast world. . . . 

 Altogether, the work forms a valuable contribution to the criticism of English poetry, 

 and to the formation of a just and true standard of judgment in regard to the animal 

 world." Daily Telegraph. 



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