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ihe animals described than the three figures of a robin on p. xiii. of the Introduc- 
tion to this volume, showing that bird as drawn in the eighteenth and nineteenth, 
and as photographed in the twentieth century. Few more exquisite photographs 
from Nature have ever been obtained than that of butterflies covered with dew- 
drops, which forms the frontispiece of the volume ; whilst, if any need now 
remained for Mr. Kearton to prove the pains taken by him in his work, the 
pictures of his imitation ox and sheep, his various huts and his wooden mask 
must satisfy it. We notice with interest that Mr. Kearton eschews the telephoto 
lens from his wish to gather information as well as pictures and owing to the 
restlessness of his subjects. Every volume by Mr. Kearton is a treat to which a 
multitude of readers now look forward, and in this somewhat more costly one, 
though, as usual, birds occupy about nine-tenths of the space, insects, fish, and 
other animals, and even plants, receive recognition. 
The Arcadian Calendar. By E. D. Cuming and J. A. Shepherd. George 
Newnes, Limited. Price 6s. net. 
Dr. Drya.sdust and those of his kidney are, as a rule, as intolerant of humour 
in others as they are destitute of it in themselves. They may, therefore, very 
probably resent Mr. Shepherd's illustrations, which seem to be the chief raison 
tfc’/re of this volume, as beneath the dignity of natural history. With such a 
view we cannot agree ; for we find his keen eye for the comic aspect of animal 
life as refreshing in this world of sober fact as is an occasional touch of optimism 
“ r.M NOT THE Blue-Bottle I was.” 
in the weary waste of pessimism that characterises most of the modern criticism 
of human affairs. It is difficult to detect the exact method of collaboration which 
the authors have adopted, Mr. Cuming frequently alluding to Mr. Shepherd’s 
drawings, while the latter seem often admirably chosen to illustrate the seasonal 
phenomena of natural history. The owl asleep over a chimney exclaiming “ This 
must be summer,” the portraits of the unpopular pike and the cod in his prime, 
the young prawns requiring new shell-jackets every twelve days, and the impos- 
sible meeting of the butterfly mother and her caterpillar offspring, entitled 
“ Mamma,” are inimitable. Mr. Cuming’s letterpress embodies much careful 
