very interesting volume."
_Manchester Courier_.--"All ornithologists in India ... will
appreciate and value 'Indian Birds.'"
_Literary Post_.--"... a model of all that such a book should be."
_Pioneer_.--"The plan of the book is unique.... It can be heartily
recommended."
_Indian Field_.--"We can thoroughly recommend this book to all not
versed in ornithology and who wish to know our birds without having to
kill them."
JUNGLE FOLK
ACCOUNTS OF SOME OF THE SMALLER FRY OF THE INDIAN JUNGLE
BY DOUGLAS DEWAR
PRESS OPINIONS
_Westminster Gazette_.--"Mr. Dewar writes brightly and cleverly about
these lesser jungle folk."
_Scotsman_.--"... interesting and delightful."
_Evening Standard_.--"The author ... writes not only out of the
fulness of his knowledge, but in a pleasant unpedantic style."
_Liverpool Daily Post_.--"... most readable and enjoyable."
_Sunday Times_.--"We give his book the highest praise possible when we
say that it will serve as a matter-of-fact commentary to Mr. Kipling's
'Jungle Books.'"
_Irish Independent_.--"... a work of the most captivating charm."
_Outlook_.--"... pleasant little essays."
_Literary World_.--"This lively book ... abounds in word-pictures and
happy humour."
_Glasgow Evening News_.--"Mr. Douglas Dewar writes with accustomed
grace and sympathetic knowledge."
_Academy_.--"... with Mr. Dewar there is a smile on every page, and
his touch is so light that one only realises, when the process is at
an end, that a large amount of information has been imparted in an
amusing form."
_Western Morning News_.--"Every page makes for easy reading and ready
attention."
_Shooting Times_.--"... delightful reading."
_Catholic Herald_.--"Quite the most interesting natural history work
we have seen for a long time."
_Manchester Courier_.--"Mr. Dewar's ... shrewd observation, his quaint
humour and his wide knowledge of Indian bird-life make his every page
interesting."
_The World_.--"We have read and enjoyed much of his work before, but
we think that 'Jungle Folk' makes even more delightful reading than
anything that has come from its author's pen."
_Birmingham Daily Post_.--"... entertaining sketches ... and light
dissertations."
_Times of India_.--"Mr. Dewar's bright and pleasant pages."
_Madras Mail_.--"The reader who has perused Mr. Dewar's books merely
for amusement will find that he has incidentally added a good deal to
his knowledge of Ind
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