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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
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1897. [Edited by.] Society for the Protection of Birds. Educational 
Series, Part I. 1897. 4to. 
Comprises a series of xi. leaflets, each 4 to 8 pp., on British 
Birds, with illustration to each. No. 1, Owls, by M. Sharp ; 
2. Woodpeckers, by Sir H. Maxwell ; 3. Starling, by 0. V. 
Aplin ; 4. Swallows, by T. Southwell ; 5. Kingfisher, by Sir E. 
Grey ; 6. Osprey, by J. A. Harvie-Brown ; 7. Dippers, by W. L. 
Mellersh ; 8. Nightjar, by M. Sharp ; 9. Titmice, by S. Buxton ; 
10. Kestrel, by Bev. J. E. Kelsall ; 11. Plovers, by J. A. Pease ; 
also Acts and Orders, with Supplement, 16 pp. 
1901. On a red-throated variety of Emberiza citrinella obtained near 
Cambridge. (Bull. B.O.C. xi. pp. 69-70.) 
*1902-3. Manual of Palaearctic Birds. London (published by the author) : 
1902-3. 
Collation — 2 pts. roy. 8vo, pp. vii + pp. 922 + pp. vii and v 
syst. ind. un. ; the col. front, to pt. ii. between pp. 498-9. (Pub. 
25s. net ; thin paper, 30s. net.) 
*1910. Eggs of the Birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting 
the Western Palaearctic Area. London : 1910. 
Collation — 2 vols. 4to, 106 col. pi. of figs, with descriptive 
letterpress. (Pub. £12 : 12s. net.) Originally published in 24 
pts., 1905-10, at 10s. 6d. net each. 
Drew (Samuel), 1765-1833 
Samuel Drew, the “ Cornish metaphysician,” was born 
March 6, 1765, his father being one Joseph Drew, an early 
Cornish Methodist, who “ made a hard living in a cottage 
near St. Austell, Cornwall, by streaming for tin and a little 
small farming.” Samuel was put to work in the fields at 
seven years of age, his parents receiving 2d. a day for his 
labour. Three or four years later he was apprenticed to 
a shoemaker. Later he joined the Wesleyan Society, and 
after he had set up in business for himself became a local 
preacher and class-leader, and eventually a writer of books. 
The History of Cornwall had been begun by F. Hitchins, 
when, on the latter’s death, it was entrusted to Drew. The 
latter is described as editor only, but is stated to have 
written the greater part. The references to birds are, 
however, borrowed in the main from the works of Carew 
and Borlase, according to Mr. Harting, with but few original 
