“There is much more within the covers of ‘The complete shot’ than its title would lead one to expect.”
| + + | Ath. 1907, 2: 360. S. 28. 1070w. |
“The first 200 pages or so of this book, the part on guns and dogs, seem to us good and useful. They are evidently written out of a long and practiced experience, and will, no doubt, win the attention they deserve. But, frankly, the rest of the book does not go very far to justify so ambitious a title. It is written in a pleasant and natural style and is admirable journalism; but those, we think, are its limits.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 275. S. 13, ’07. 1430w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 669. O. 19, ’07. 30w. |
“The fact is that what is wanted in a new book about shooting, or any sport about which much has already been written, is the direct personal note. This is why Mr. Buckell is so successful in writing about dogs. He is not less instructive on the various methods of bringing up pheasants and partridges.”
| + − | Spec. 99: 711. N. 9, ’07. 1500w. |
Buckham, James. Afield with the seasons. **$1.25. Crowell.
7–23873.
The author reads nature like an open book and imparts the messages learned with the bloom of truth and poetry still fresh upon them. Flowers and birds and tiny animals are his friends, and as he wanders among their haunts he betrays the intimate enthusiasm of the true nature-lover. The book suggests leisure, the “hurry never” manner of forming an acquaintance with nature.