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Excerpt from My Life as a NaturalistIs it not true of the vast majority of those who live in the country that they have eyes and see not, ears also and hear not As a rule, it is only the kind of idler for whom Stevenson wrote an apology, or perhaps the sportsman who hunts for pleasure, that can distinguish the songs of birds, or note the little dramas of plant and insect life that are enacted daily before their eyes.About the PublisherForgotte...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from British Nesting Birds: A Complete Record of Every Species Which Nests in the British Isles The great interest taken in birds to-day, and the many inquiries which have reached me for a cheap, popular, and handy British Bird book, has resulted in the preparation of this little volume. At best, the short account of each species is limited, but it is hoped that nevertheless many points will be found of interest and service to the st...

Excerpt from British Mammals Great Britain has some forty species of land mammals as against Germany's ninety and Scandinavia's sixty, while Ireland has only twenty-two. In Reptiles and Amphibians a small country like Belgium has about twenty-two species, while Great Britain has thirteen, and Ireland only four, of which none are Snakes. This extreme poverty has been accounted for by the destruction caused by the glacial epoch during Pleistoce...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.