In his garden on the coast of Norfolk, the author has studied bird life and plant life and he gives an account of an English year, the drama which the observant one may see enacted day by day, by the things of feathers and of petals.
“It forms a vade mecum of pleasant information for all the passing hours of the rolling year.”
| + + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 367. Mr. 25. 570w. | |
| * | + | Critic. 47: 582. D. ‘05. 60w. |
| + | Dial. 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 60w. |
Reviewed by May Estelle Cook.
| * | + | Dial. 39: 374. D. 1, ‘05. 210w. |
“As a rule, the author has nothing specially new to tell, and his book may be regarded as a guide to what the observant country resident ought to see and notice, rather than as an exponent of fresh facts.” R. L.
| + + — | Nature. 71: 418. Mr. 2, ‘05. 250w. |
“It is one of the great merits of the book that this appreciation of nature is never allowed to degenerate into sentimentalism.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 574. N. 4, ‘05. 140w. |
“This is a delightful record of a year in the country day by day. It is written with a keen sympathy with nature and a true instinct for the beautiful.”