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“These papers, now for the first time gathered in book form ... present many interesting phases of animal life, particularly from what might be called the industrial side, the underlying current being the existence among other animals than man of distinct arts and crafts by which they either gain a mere living or provide themselves with shelter.”—N. Y. Times.
“The single defect of the book is the absence of an index.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 580. My. 11. 450w. |
“One receives the impression that the natural history here recorded is the outcome of an avocation. It lacks the tension, and the critical point of view, of the trained scientist.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.
| + − | Dial. 42: 366. Je. 16, ’07. 390w. | |
| + | Lond. Times. 6: 204. Je. 28, ’07. 500w. |
“Several of these articles display a lamentable want of knowledge of scientific zoology on the part of the author. After all, the volume is perhaps sufficiently accurate to suit the requirements of the readers to whom it is likely to appeal.”
| + − | Nature. 75: 437. Mr. 7, ’07. 380w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 236. Ap. 13, ’07. 170w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 80w. |
“If the papers in the volume before us are distinguished in any way from others that went before, we should say that the observation of the author is more ingenious than ever.”