+ Boston Transcript p4 D 11 ’20 400w

“Miss Pitt is to be congratulated on a book which takes its place in the first rank of works on field natural history. It is a personal record of clever, patient, and sympathetic observation.” J. A. T.

+ Nature 106:246 O 21 ’20 1700w

“The author’s work is not inspired or inspiring, but it is clean of sentimentality and of spurious nature philosophy, pleasant reading, and informative.”

+ N Y Evening Post p29 O 23 ’20 130w

Reviewed by E. L. Pearson

+ Review 3:376 O 27 ’20 50w + Spec 125:710 N 27 ’20 30w

“The photographs of the little creatures in their haunts are most cleverly taken.”

+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p554 Ag 26 ’20 60w

“Even if they sometimes carry a rather too large conclusion, these histories of birds and beasts and creeping things are full of fine insight and the right enthusiasm.”