By the Rev. W. HOUGHTON, M.A., F.L.S.
"A fresher, pleasanter, or more profitable book than this has rarely issued from the press."—Art Journal.
"Contrives to furnish a large amount of interesting natural history in brief compass and in a picturesque and engaging manner."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"It is wonderful what a very large amount of most instructive matter connected with the animal and plant world the writer has condensed into a small compass."—Land and Water.
"This pretty little volume forms one of the best little books on popular Natural History, and is admirably adapted as a present to the young."—Birmingham Daily Journal.
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Crown 8vo, elegantly bound, cloth gilt, Illustrated with 8 beautifully coloured full-page Plates and numerous Wood Engravings, price 3s. 6d.