Appreciations of Mr. Long and his Work 
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marvels of terse, vivid English. Now you are watch- 
ing with him by moonlight, deep in the wilderness; 
now catching your breath at a daring experiment, 
or a touch of hairbreadth adventure which reveals the 
man’s absolute fearlessness; and again finding your 
eyes moist with sudden sympathy at Merganser’s devo- 
tion to her little ones. And all this is told with the 
most charming simplicity and directness, as if he were 
doing the most natural thing in 
the world in being in the wilder- 
ness alone at midnight, or splash- 
ing an enraged moose, or freezing 
at a beaver hole, or just sitting 
still an hour to find out what his 
beloved wood folk are doing. 
From Public Opinion, July 9, 
1923 
E take this opportunity of 
@ reaffirming our belief in 
the correctness of Mr. 
Long’s theories and of again ad- 
vising the study of this author’s 
work. 
From The Independent, De- 
cember 18, 1902 
N his ‘School of the Woods” Mr. William J. 
Long has given us a sympathetic study of animal 
* life. His observations, as recorded in his happily 
named volume, have shown him that wild animals teach 
their young the simple arts, if we may use such a term, 
whereby they become fitted to live after the fashion of 
their kind. ... The glimpses of animal life in Mr. 
Long’s book cover a wide range, and are indicative 
of the most careful observation, not only of our com- 
mon birds and fishes but also of the wood and forest 
animals. 
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