SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & Co.’s PUBLICATIONS. 
The Riverside Naturalist 
Notes on the various Forms of Life met with either in, on, 
or by the Water, or in its immediate Vicinity. 
By EDWARD HAMILTON, M.D., F.R.S.. &c., 
Author of “ Recollections of Fly-fishing, for Salmon, Trout, and Grayling,” &e. 
With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. CLOTH, 14s. 
‘ Dr. Hamilton has observed narrowly, and has a pretty and taking knack of telling 
what he knows. It is in every way an admirable book. It is too large to take to the 
riverside, but how delightful to turn to it after tramping home, and to refresh the pleasures 
of reminiscence by turning over its genial and observant leaves and by learning all about 
the pleasing (or troublesome) creatures with whom one has made acquaintance, while the 
fish were obstinate and shy. To the man who knows but little of natural history it will be a 
welcome text-book, while to him who already knows much of the lore of the open air it will 
be a delightful book to read as well as a useful volume of reference. The illustrations figure 
accurately and adequately the birds, beasts, and fishes which the angler may see if he keeps 
his eyes open.’ — The St. James’ Gazette. 
‘ The design of this charming and delightful volume should commend it to every angler It is the 
history, written by a competent and practical naturalist, of every animal and every flower likely to come 
under the notice of all who follow the gentle craft. Although Dr. Hamilton is well known as a naturalist, 
and appends the cabalistic letters F.L.S., F.Z.S. after his name, he designedly drops all abstruse science 
from these notes, which are not intended for the edification of ornithologists and ichthyologists, but for the 
intelligent angler or riverside wanderer who desires to know something about the forms of life that come 
within his ken. This information the author has arranged in an order which renders it readily accessible, 
dealing first with the quadrupeds, and then going on through the birds, reptiles, and fish, which are very 
fully treated of ; then follows a short chapter on the molluscs, and fresh-water crustaceans, these in their 
turn being succeeded by the insects, which are rather fully considered from the angler’s point of view ; and 
then he concludes by a chapter on the earthworms and a pleasant gossiping account of riverside flowers. 
1 The fish are more fully treated of than the other vertebrate, some forty pages being devoted to the 
various species of Salmonula;. But Dr. Hamilton is too good a naturalist to think that, valuable anil 
accurate as the information he has given may be, he has exhausted the subject, and refers his readers to Dr. 
Day’s “ British and Irish Salmonidce," “ as a book of great value both for instruction and reference.” The 
volume is profusely illustrated by woodcuts, some of which, as many of those of the birds and fish, are 
admirable, but all are not of equal merit.’ — The Field. 
FRESH WOODS 
AND 
PASTURES NEW. 
By the Author of“ An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale” “ Frank's Ranche &c. 
NEW EDITION, PRICE ONE SHILLING. 
‘ “ Fresh Woods and Pastures New’ is the pleasant title of a pleasant little book, which sets forth, in 
a series of bright and picturesque letters, the joys of the amateur angler on the Lugg and the Teme, the 
pleasures of a suburban garden, with notes on sport and natural history, collected during a holiday sojourn 
at a farmhouse. So far from being the man of business the author describes himself, much in populous 
city pent, the vivacity and keenness of his observations of nature and the myriad delights of a country life 
suggest a most un-Johnsonian acquaintance with Fleet Street. His “ Evening with the Hornets,” is not 
merely delightful reading, as are the rest of the papers, but a real acquisition to lovers of natural history.’— 
Saturday Review. 
‘ The genial author of “ Frank’s Ranche ” has not essayed to solve any important problem in “ Fresh 
Woods and Pastures New.” Instead of trying to show his readers what they should do with their boys, he 
tells them in his pleasant way how an old boy contrives to amuse himself. The “ Amateur Angler ” writes 
as agreeably as ever, and he is improving as a sportsman, for he has caught some grayling and shot a rabbit. 
Anyone fond of country sights and sounds will find an hour pass most delightfully in turning over these 
pages, which show the author’s honJmmie quite as much as his literary skill.’ — The Athenaeum. 
‘ In this delightful little volume the “ Amateur Angler,” who discoursed so pleasantly on the beauties 
of the streams and fields of Dove Dale a few years ago, recounts his subsequent experiences of country life 
and amongst country scenes. Angling plays but an inconsiderable part in the present book, but the spirit 
of the angler is over every chapter— the spirit, namely, which finds placid enjoyment in all the sights and 
sounds of Nature and something new and interesting everywhere. Of this capacity for finding amusement 
everywhere the chapter on turkeys and peacocks is an example. A battle between two flocks of turkeys is 
described with much humour. The method in which these birds light is perhaps new even to persons who 
think they know a good deal about turkeys ; it certainly will be to others. A score of other topics 
connected with the country are treated with a like charm. The little book, both in subjects and mode of 
treatment, is a gein.’ — Nature. 
&c., &c., &c. 
London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & Co., Ltd. 
St. Dunstan’s House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C, 
