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SOME time ago we had the pleasure of recommending an excellent little book by Mr. Worsley-Benison, called “Nature's Fairy-land,” consisting of a series of simple, pleasantly-written papers on some of those aspects of Nature which are most likely to excite the interest of children. The present volume has been planned on exactly the same lines, and is in every way worthy of its predecessor. In the opening essay the author describes the proceedings of two house-martins who did him the honour to select as the site for their nest a small wooden projection under the eaves of his roof. This paper has all the freshness and charm that spring from direct observation, and young people will read it with genuine pleasure. Among the subjects dealt with in other papers are wild roses, water scavengers, the dragon-fly's haunt, protective mimicry in insects, “fast asleep for months,” and the ministry of leaves.
Haunts of Nature.
ByH. W. S. Worsley-Benison. (London: Elliot Stock, 1889.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 40, 173 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040173b0
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