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SCIEXCE-GOSSIF. 



The Hare. 263 pp. 8vo, with 9 illustrations by 

 G. D. Giles, A. Thorbcrn and C. "Whimper. 

 (London, New York and Bombay ; Longmans, 

 Green and Co., iSgG.j Price 5s. 



This is the latest of Messrs. Longmans' " Fcr 

 and Feather Series," edited by Mr. Alfred E. 

 T. Watson. " The Natural History of the Hare " is 



little beck is to deal \vith the first section, in which 

 Mr. Macpherson chattily compresses into about 

 sixty pases a vast amount of carefully selected lore 

 appertaining to the history of hares. This he 

 groups in chapters headed : " Studies in Hare 

 Life, " '• Pages of Hare Lore," "The Hare and the 

 Lawyers," and "The Hare and her Trod." 



'•A H.i?_E Drive.'' 

 From " Thi Hare " (Longmans' " Fur and Feather Series.") 



written by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson ; its " Shoot- 

 ing " by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles : " Coursing " by 

 Charles Richardson ; " Hunting ' by J. S. Gibbons 

 and G. H. Longman ; and. nnaliy, its " Cooker}- " is 

 explained artistically by Cclcnel Kenney Herbert. 

 Consequent on all this eminent attention, the 

 hare doubtless feels either important or "mad." 

 Our business in noticing this beautifully produced 



Among the acre important and little-understood 

 features connected with hares are their diseases. 

 Referring to them, the author remarks with 

 great truth: "Vv'e know xery httle about the 

 diseases from v.-hich wild animals suffer. In 

 confinement their maladies are connected more 

 or less with improper feeding and want of adequate 

 exercise and fresh air ; and these disorders can be 



