SOME OPINIONS OF TEE PRESS ON 
IDLE DAYS IN PATAGONIA. 
By W. H. HUDSON, C.M.Z.S., 
Author of "The Naturalist in La Plata." 
Elustrated by Alfred Hahtley and J. Smit. Demy 8vo, 14s. 
Tlie Times says : — " ' Idle Days in Patagonia ' is a welcome and worthy 
addition to the literature of travel and zoological observations in^ South. 
America — already so rich by the labours and writings of Bates, Darwin, and 
of Mr. Hudson himself, who is not unworthy to be named in this distinguished 
company. Mr. Hudson is a keen observer, an acute reasoner, and a very 
attractive writer, and the many readers who have appreciated his ' Naturalist 
in La Plata' will turn with eagerness to his ' Idle Days in Patagonia,' and will 
not be disappointed." 
Alfred Russel Wallace in Nature says: — "Full of suggestive 
observations and reflections, and gives ns a vivid picture of both animate and 
inanimate nature in one of the least known portions of the southern hemi- 
sphere. ... In literary style, in picturesque description, and in suggestive 
ideas and reflections there is no falling off." 
Land and Water says : — " With vivid and most pleasurable recollection 
of the ' Naturalist in La Plata,' we had a ready-made welcome for Mr. 
Hudson's new book. . . . Interspersed with critical examinations of natural 
and mental phenomena, are papers on the ornithology and physical aspects of 
Patagonia done in the style we have learned to expect from him, also personal 
reminiscences of people and animals ; and the result is a collection of 
thoughtful essays, all charming, and some distinctly original. The illustra- 
tions by Messrs. Smit and Hartley are admirable. . . . The book is one of 
great merit." 
The National Observer says: — "Mr. Hudson's book is rather the 
work of the poet than the ornithologist and entomologist, which makes it all 
the more fascinating. . . . His work seldom fails to be suggestive. It is 
altogether a book to quicken the imagination, and to widen the horizon of the 
student and lover of nature." 
Black and White says : — " Mr. Hudson's narrative is plain and pleasant, 
his observation of animal life close and scientifically accurate, as well as novel 
and entertaining." 
The Academy says : — " All lovers of nature will rejoice to find in this 
book a worthy successor to 'The Naturalist in La Plata.' . . . Mr. Hudson 
has written a delightful book, and has attained the felicity denied to so many 
authors, that of producing a worthy successor to his first volume of travel. 
It is a treasure to all who love the aspects of nature, whether in their own 
gardens or in the great transatlantic continent. ... It would be unpardon- 
able to forget the many beautiful illustrations by Messrs. Hartley and Smit. 
Mr. Hudson may be assured that English readers will be only too glad to be 
