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The poetical effusions which are scattered throughout the 

 book, some of which occupy two or three pages, and the long 

 extracts from Longfellow's * Hiawatha,' might well have been 

 omitted. We could have dispensed also with various quotations, 

 from Lord Bacon to Miss Arabella Buckley, which are dragged 

 in here and there, and which, having no particular bearing upon 

 the nearest remarks of the author, are printed separately on an 

 opposite page. Divested of this " padding," Mr. Martin's book 

 would be no less useful, and in any new edition a re-arrangement 

 of the chapters would be desirable ; for the various subjects 

 dealt with are not arranged in any natural or logical sequence. 

 Mr. Martin commences with Mythology and Folk-lore, and ends 

 with Heraldry. In Chapter V. he deals with the life-history of 

 the animal, and yet defers his remarks on its anatomy and 

 osteology until Chapter XIV., discoursing in the meantime on 

 such topics as " Geographical distribution," " Chemico-medical 

 properties," "Importance in trade," and "Uses in manufactures.' 



In an " Appendix " we have some photo-copies from original 

 documents, and an extract of so much as relates to the Beaver 

 in Samuel Hearne's account of his journey from Prince of 

 Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean ; under- 

 taken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company in the years 

 1769—1772. 



Wild Spain : Records of Sport ivith Rifle, Rod and Gun, Natural 

 History and Exploration. By Abel Chapman and Walter 

 J. Buck. With 174 Illustrations, mostly by the Authors. 

 8vo, pp. 472. London : Gurney and Jackson. 



This is not a romantic account of a single visit to Spain. 

 For more than twenty years the authors have undertaken 

 sporting expeditions into various parts of that country, chiefly 

 in Andalusia, but including, at one time or another, nearly all 

 the western provinces from the Mediterranean to Biscay. A love 

 of wild sport has been perhaps the leading motive ; but the study 

 of Natural History has hardly been of secondary importance. In 

 pursuit of these objects the authors have spent weeks, sometimes 

 months, at a time in the sierras and wildernesses of Spain, 

 bivouacking wherever night overtook them or the chances of 



