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My Horse : My Love. By Sara Buckman-Linard, illustrated. T. Fisher Unwin, 
8vo. Price 3s. 6d. 
It is certainly a novelty to have a very business-like treatise on thorough-bred 
.and Arabian horses, their veterinary treatment, breeding and use in racing, 
written by a lady and put mainly in the form of a dialogue. V'aluable as is the 
information which Mrs. Buckman-Linard has put together, we own to preferring 
the direct narration of the second part, which deals mainly with English racing, 
to the catechetical form of the first part, which was originally issued separately 
in America in 1892. As might be expected in so true a horse-lover, the authoress 
speaks out plainly about the barbarous cruelty of docking. 
GolJer^s Hill, Hamfstead : Its Natural History Beauties. By James E. Whiting. 
Hampstead: S. C. Mayle. Price 2d. 
This excellent little pamphlet, which is reprinted from The Hampstead and 
Hiyhgate Express, with a preface by Ur. Danford Thomas and a view from the 
house as a frontispiece, forms an adequate guide to the natural history of London’s 
acquisition. We shall hope soon to see a second edition, when a few errors in 
scientific names can be removed. 
The Wild Bird Protectors' Handbook (Lancashire). Manchester : Sherratt & 
Hughes. Price id. In stiff covers, 6d. 
We congratulate the Manchester Branch of the R.S.P.C. A. on this handbook, 
for which we have no w'ord but praise. It contains a map, a list of species 
scheduled in the Protection Acts, and a complete list of the birds of the county, 
with notes as to migration and food, references to the specimens in the Owens 
College Museum, and local names. The following note on “ Bird food in 
winter,’’ shows the practical character of the work : — 
“ Barley meal, well mixed with boiling water, is said to be the best and cheapest 
food ; but kitchen scraps of every kind are acceptable, and meet the different 
needs of different birds, hard or soft billed. Bones and pieces of fat should be 
hung well out of reach of dog and cat, and half a cocoa-nut, dangling from a 
branch, for the tits. In severe weather water must be supplied. Above all, 
leave the birds their berries. They are now robl>ed of tons of precious food, for 
the sake of securing a little colour in Christmas decoration.” 
Map of Public Footpaths in the Neighbourhood of Barnet and Hatfield, prepared 
by the Barnet centre of the Commons Preservation Society. W. and A. K. 
Johnston, is. 6d. 
This is an altogether excellent map on the scale of 3 inches to the mile, 
mounted on linen. It will be invaluable to the naturalists and other pedestrians 
of the district. 
We are glad to learn from the Animal World for January, that the R.S.P.C. A. 
propose to start a new journal appealing more to adults than their present 
publication, which wdll then be adapted “solely to purely educational purposes.” 
The Animals' Friend for January, with its Children’s Supplement, is an excep- 
tionally good number, not only in its illustrations, but also in its literary matter. 
Inter alia, Freda Clapham writes recommending while China silk handkerchiefs, 
Maltese silk lace scarves and Shetland shawls as tasteful and sufficient substitutes 
for furs ; and Miss Carrington has an article on “ The Ages of Animals.’ 
From Our Animal Friends, one article in which we have noticed on a 
previous page, we learn with pleasure that the Audubon Societies of America 
are to have a bi-monthly magazine, to be called Bird Lore, under the editorship 
of Mr. Frank M. Chapman, of the Museum of Natural History, New York. 
Humanity for January' contains a strongly, but not, we think, too strongly 
worded open letter to Lord Coventry, entitled “ Royal Sport.” 
The Avicultural Magazine for January contains an article by Mr. H. R. 
Fillmer, Secretary of the Avicultural Society, entitled “ The Limits of Legitimate 
Aviculture,” in which he says, “ I think the feeling is growing that we ought, as 
much as possible, to encourage the keeping of birds in aviaries, and discourage 
the use of cages.” He further writes, “ All the species of swallow seem most 
