‘In its graver, as in its lighter, portions, this absorbing work is without a single dull or superfluous line, and its value is not a little enhanced by the several beautiful reproductions of photographs of Mr. Gambier Bolton.’—World.
‘Mr. Cornish is manifestly a keen lover of animals, and a close observer of their habits and humours, and he records his observations in a very attractive fashion, genial in tone, curiously felicitous in description, and with frequent touches of quiet humour.’—Times.
‘He gives in short compass the results of long and patient observation, and in doing so displays to an envious degree the faculty of critical, but easy, exposition.’—Standard.
‘A more companionable book than “Life at the Zoo” for a visitor to the great menagerie, we cannot imagine.... Interesting, thoughtful, and teeming with acute and often minute observation, and the sympathy of a true naturalist.’—Spectator.
Illustrated Books.
THE DRAGON OF THE NORTH: a Tale of the Normans in Italy. By E. J. Oswald. With Illustrations. Price 5s., cloth.
“There is fun and adventure enough in it to suit the youngsters, while it is thoroughly wholesome in every way.”—Saturday Review.
THE PHARAOHS AND THEIR LAND. Scenes of old Egyptian Life and History. By E. Berkley. With Coloured Illustrations. Price 5s., cloth.
“An account of that wonderful land which is not only interesting, but valuable.”—Leeds Mercury.