be in every respect more close to nature than the scared or enraged appearance of caged animals; our sympathy is altogether with the Rat and its efforts to frustrate the intentions of the photographer, as described (pp. 38–41).
The illustrations in this book are of the most instructive character, those of fish and "twenty years a cat" being exceedingly successful. But for charm and beauty these pale before the lovely photographic landscapes taken by Mr. Charles Job, of which six appear in this volume.
We presume that this small publication is not addressed to ornithologists, by whom it might receive scant welcome, and we write this opinion in a mollient and not aggressive sense. It is apparently intended for those living in the country, who have little knowledge—if any—of the bird-life around them, who never acquired the wild lore of the schoolboy who happily nested and trespassed in many well-remembered nooks and preserves. Its usefulness may be found in its limitation; for those who know nothing, or next to nothing, about birds, after reading these pages, will probably go farther and seek to know more. The information given is concise, so far as the necessary superficial description is concerned.
