FROM PRESS NOTICES OF SECOND EDITION (1907) 
“ Of the many admirable books recently written on British 
birds, Mr. Abel Chapman’s £ Bird-Life of the Borders ’ is un¬ 
doubtedly one of the best, and is destined, in all probability, to the 
same kind of immortality as that enjoyed by the famous ‘ Natural 
History of Selborne.’ To have watched the birds of one district 
for forty years, and to have kept careful records of all the observa¬ 
tions made during that period, is no small achievement, yet the feat 
has been performed by Mr. Chapman; and he has given us the 
results of his activity in an exceedingly valuable and interesting 
book. ... A short notice can give no adequate idea of the varied 
interest of this work, which is one of quite exceptional worth, and 
may be heartily recommended.”— Morning Post. 
“Observed at Houxty. —Mr. Abel Chapman, whose ‘Wild 
Norway,’ ‘ Wild Spain,’ etc., are well known, has his English home 
in a remarkably interesting territory, and one not nearly so often 
visited as its natural attractiveness would warrant. . . . Houxty 
is beyond doubt of great importance as a point for the observation 
of bird-migrations, and we are fortunate in having so good an 
observer of that and the whole Border region which Mr. Chapman 
knows so well.”— Daily News. 
“Amidst the flood of valueless books about birds that are 
published, it is pleasant to see a new edition, in part rewritten, of 
a work of real merit. Mr. Abel Chapman has now over forty years 
of notes to draw upon, and he has taken great care in revising a 
work that bids fair to become classic. It is delightful reading, and 
describes the wild life of Northumbria to perfection. Migration, 
Shooting, Fishing, Wildfowling, and the habits of birds, are written 
of with an intimate knowledge that few can hope to acquire.”— 
Sjiectator. 
“ Mr. Abel Chapman has taken a very wide stretch of country 
for his background on which with a master-hand he has sketched in 
and painted bird-life in all its wilder aspects. The author is not 
only a good writer, but a true sportsman and an observant 
naturalist, three qualities rarely found united in the same person. 
. . . We are indebted to Mr. Chapman for the years of research 
and observation he has spent on the Borders in noting every detail 
of bird-life as recorded in this second edition of one of the most 
charming volumes that can be found in the library of a sportsman.” 
—County Gentleman and Land and Water. 
“ Reveals on every page the author’s intense love and apprecia¬ 
tion of his subject. . . . Far more interesting reading than the 
pages of an average romance.”— Carlisle Journal. 
“ Amazingly comprehensive and definite; the book has the 
