Long, William Joseph. Brier-patch philosophy, by “Peter Rabbit” interpreted by W: J. Long; il. by Charles Copeland. *$1.50. Ginn.
The rabbit’s sunny brier patch to which Mr. Long’s readers are invited is a pleasant place to contemplate “the sweet reasonableness of animal thinking,” and the associated subject of animal psychology. “If you care to follow the rabbit’s trail ... he will take you thru the dead timber of science, thru streets of reason and psychology, thru the open country of instincts and habits and dawning intelligence, to the origin of natural religion and the distant glimpse of immortality in which we are all interested.”
“Mr. Long in this serious piece of work, has made a contribution to animal study that will have permanent influence. It should be said, moreover, that the unusually animated illustrations save the book from being too serious.” May Estelle Cook.
+ + – Dial. 41: 390. D. 1, ’06. 490w. + Ind. 61: 1057. N. 1, ’06. 220w.
“Plausibility and proof are two very different things, and it is just in the failure to distinguish carefully between them that Mr. Long has always shown himself radically weak.”
+ – Nation. 83: 448. N. 22, ’06. 450w. + – Outlook. 84: 581. N. 3, ’06. 200w.
Long, William Joseph. Northern trails: stories of animal life in the far north. *$1.50. Ginn.
+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 863. D. 23. 120w.
“These ‘Northern trails’ lead one through many other evidences of Mr. Long’s ability as a naturalist.” George Gladden.