“The ‘Memories’ which refer to Lord Beaconsfield ... will remain, it may be said, the most important part of the book. The historian who would rightly appreciate the ‘Educator of the Tories’ must certainly take them into account. ‘Tory journalism and literature’ is, at least to the journalist, one of the most interesting of Mr. Kebbel’s chapters.”
| + + | Spec. 98: 905. Je. 8, ’07. 1300w. |
Keeler, Charles Augustus. Bird notes afield: essays on the birds of the Pacific coast with a field check list; il. with reproductions of photographs. 2d ed. *$2. Elder.
7–19063.
A revised edition of a bird book for the ornithological tourist to California. “A certain skeleton of scientific classification” underlies the work “in order to convey to the uninitiated some inkling of the systematic grouping of the various species.” The first part of the volume describes the life and habits of the birds, the second, furnishes a descriptive list with a key for classification.
“Mr. Keeler’s text shows ... much accurate and discerning observation.” George Gladden.
| + | Bookm. 25: 624. Ag. ’07. 710w. | |
| + + | Ind. 62: 1353. Je. 6, ’07. 110w. |
“Taken all in all this is the best popular work which has appeared on the birds of the Pacific coast region—interesting both to the Californians and to the bird-lover of other, less favored lands.”
| + + | Nation. 85: 83. Jl. 25, ’07. 370w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 410. Je. 22, ’07. 140w. |