Appreciations of Mr. Long and his Work 
to whom mankind owes a duty of humanity. Mr. Long 
knows wild animals with personal acquaintance, and he 
writes about them as he personally knows them, not 
as sentimentalists misrepresent them. 
From The School World, London, England, 
February, 1900 
A le is a gratifying sign of the times that both in this 
country and America such successful efforts are 
being made to familiarize young people with the 
beauties and wonders of natural objects. But it would 
seem that we have much to learn in this direction, as 
in so many 
pos others, from 
; aot American edu- 
smth £ @u=2 cators. Mr. 
Se Pena 4 aE, AS Long’s book 
Tet! es 
: i ee will prove 
nothing short 
of fascinating to those boys and girls who are for- 
tunate enough to get hold of it. After reading his 
twenty-six short pages on ‘‘ Fox-Ways,” to take only 
one example, one’s ideas concerning Reynard undergo 
a complete change. [ven if we continue to regard him 
as sly and not aboveboard in all his actions, a pro- 
found respect for his marvelous resourcefulness and 
quiet, gentlemanly way of carrying out his somewhat 
shady designs is sure to result from an acquaintance 
with his biography as written by Mr. Long. Speaking 
personally, the consequence of our introduction by this 
author to the crows and the hornet (despite its love 
for strong drink) is that we have developed a human 
interest in both of them,— Mr. Long makes them 
appear so much like ordinary mortals. 
